Bill Text: TX SB260 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the abolishment of the Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs and the Governor's Advisory Committee on Immigration and Refugees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Referred to State Affairs [SB260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB260-Engrossed.html
By: Huffines, Hall | S.B. No. 260 |
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relating to the abolishment of the Office of Immigration and | ||
Refugee Affairs and the Governor's Advisory Committee on | ||
Immigration and Refugees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 752, Government Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 2. The Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs | ||
and the Governor's Advisory Committee on Immigration and Refugees | ||
are abolished. On the effective date of this Act: | ||
(1) all money other than federal money of the office is | ||
transferred to the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
(2) all contracts, leases, rights, obligations, and | ||
personal property, including records, in the custody of the office, | ||
other than federal contracts, leases, rights, obligations, and | ||
personal property, are transferred to the commission; and | ||
(3) all remaining federal money, contracts, leases, | ||
rights, obligations, and personal property are transferred as | ||
directed by the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of | ||
the United States Department of Health and Human Services. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |