Bill Text: TX SB99 | 2027-2028 | 90th Legislature Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of laws requiring agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and providing a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-09 - Filed [SB99 Detail]
Download: Texas-2027-SB99-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 99 | |
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| relating to the repeal of laws requiring agreements between certain | ||
| sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement | ||
| to enforce federal immigration law and providing a grant program to | ||
| cover the costs of implementing those agreements. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 753, Government Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 2. On and after the effective date of this Act, and | ||
| notwithstanding Subchapter C, Chapter 752, Government Code, a | ||
| sheriff who entered into an agreement as required by Section | ||
| 753.051, Government Code, as repealed by this Act, may terminate | ||
| that agreement as provided under the terms of the agreement, or | ||
| otherwise, by providing written notice to the United States | ||
| Immigration and Customs Enforcement within a reasonable period | ||
| before the stated date of termination in the notice. | ||
| SECTION 3. On and after the effective date of this Act, the | ||
| comptroller may not award any grant under the grant program | ||
| described by Subchapter C, Chapter 753, Government Code, as | ||
| repealed by this Act. Any grant awarded under that subchapter | ||
| before the effective date of this Act continues to be subject to the | ||
| requirements of that subchapter, including any rules or procedures | ||
| adopted by the comptroller, related to the administration of the | ||
| grant program, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. An action brought by the attorney general to | ||
| enforce Chapter 753, Government Code, as repealed by this Act, that | ||
| is pending on the effective date of this Act is dismissed on that | ||
| date. Any equitable relief granted under Chapter 753, Government | ||
| Code, as repealed by this Act, for purposes of enforcing that | ||
| chapter is void. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2027. | ||
