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1	1	By: Kolkhorst (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 1129
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011;
3	3	May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
4	4	Affairs; May 20, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to a study by the attorney general of the effects on state
11	11	law and authority of certain international and other agreements and
12	12	bodies.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. (a) The attorney general shall conduct a study
15	15	to determine whether the law of this state or the legislative
16	16	authority of the Texas Legislature is or may be restricted,
17	17	nullified, superseded, preempted, or otherwise directly affected
18	18	by:
19	19	(1) any existing or proposed compact, agreement, or
20	20	other arrangement between the United States, this state, or a
21	21	political subdivision of this state and a foreign governmental
22	22	entity, including a foreign state or local governmental entity;
23	23	(2) any international organization, including a
24	24	nonprofit corporation, consisting of public or private entities
25	25	from the United States and any other nation or nations, acting in
26	26	coordination with a federal, state, or local government, or with a
27	27	stated purpose of influencing governmental action or public policy;
28	28	or
29	29	(3) any foreign or international body acting in
30	30	connection with or under the authority of a compact, agreement, or
31	31	other arrangement described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection,
32	32	through any means including legislative or administrative action,
33	33	judicial or quasijudicial decision, order, rule, regulation, or
34	34	other action.
35	35	(b) In conducting the study, the attorney general shall
36	36	investigate and report whether any entity described by Subsection
37	37	(a)(2) or (3) of this section has attempted, formally or
38	38	informally, to restrict, nullify, supersede, preempt, or otherwise
39	39	directly affect the law or policy of this state or the authority of
40	40	any state or local governmental body in this state.
41	41	(c) In conducting the study, the attorney general shall
42	42	include consideration of the following:
43	43	(1) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
44	44	and any entity created under or in connection with the agreement;
45	45	(2) the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North
46	46	America (SPP) and any entity created under or in connection with the
47	47	agreement, including the North American Competitiveness Council
48	48	(NACC);
49	49	(3) the World Trade Organization (WTO) and any
50	50	associated agreement;
51	51	(4) the World Health Organization (WHO) and any
52	52	associated entity or agreement;
53	53	(5) the United Nations and any associated entity or
54	54	agreement; and
55	55	(6) North America's SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc.
56	56	(NASCO).
57	57	(d) The attorney general may enter into an agreement or
58	58	other arrangement with a law school at a public institution of
59	59	higher education in this state under which the attorney general may
60	60	make use of the resources and personnel of the law school in
61	61	conducting the study.
62	62	(e) Not later than December 1, 2012, the attorney general
63	63	shall prepare a report of the findings of the study and provide a
64	64	copy of the report to each member of the legislature.
65	65	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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