Bill Text: TX SB432 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a report identifying each provision of state law that has been declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to State Affairs [SB432 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB432-Introduced.html
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By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 432 |
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relating to a report identifying each provision of state law that | ||
has been declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme | ||
Court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 323, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 323.021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 323.021. REPORT ON UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS OF | ||
STATE LAW. (a) The council shall plan and execute a permanent | ||
program for the systematic and continual study of the statutes of | ||
this state to determine which of those statutes have been declared | ||
unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. | ||
(b) As part of the program under this section, the council | ||
shall, before each regular session of the legislature, prepare and | ||
submit to the legislature a report that: | ||
(1) identifies each statutory provision of this state | ||
that has been declared unconstitutional by the United States | ||
Supreme Court and provides a citation to the applicable decision of | ||
the court; and | ||
(2) includes a draft of legislation that amends each | ||
provision identified under Subdivision (1) to include the following | ||
statement or substantially similar language: | ||
"This provision of law is unenforceable as a result of the | ||
decision of the United States Supreme Court in (insert name of | ||
applicable court decision) declaring the law unconstitutional." | ||
(c) The council may request the assistance of the attorney | ||
general in performing the council's duties under this section, as | ||
authorized by Section 323.012. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Legislative Council shall submit the | ||
first report due under Section 323.021, Government Code, as added | ||
by this Act, to the legislature not later than December 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |