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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL 609 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Rudd | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | SENATE BILL 1046 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Bowling | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | SB1046 | |
| 10 | 10 | 001889 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; | |
| 14 | 14 | Title 8; Title 16; Title 20; Title 28 and Title 29, | |
| 15 | 15 | relative to persons unlawfully present in this state. | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20, Chapter 1, is amended by adding | |
| 19 | 19 | the following as a new section: | |
| 20 | 20 | (a) As used in this section, "unauthorized alien" means a person who is | |
| 21 | 21 | unlawfully present in the United States according to the terms of the federal Immigration | |
| 22 | 22 | and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. ยง 1101 et. seq., and must be interpreted consistently with | |
| 23 | 23 | any applicable federal statutes, rules, or regulations. | |
| 24 | 24 | (b) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, an unauthorized alien does not | |
| 25 | 25 | have standing to commence or appear as a plaintiff in any civil action brought in this | |
| 26 | 26 | state. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |