By: Hall S.B. No. 1252
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 17, 2015, read
first time and referred to Subcommittee on Border Security;
April 21, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military
Installations; April 27, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 3;
April 27, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1252 By: Hall
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an interstate compact on border security and
immigration enforcement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 7, Government Code, is amended by adding
Chapter 793 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 793. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR BORDER SECURITY
Sec. 793.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "illegal alien"
means a person who:
(1) is not a citizen or national of the United States;
and
(2) is unlawfully present in the United States
according to the terms of 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.
Sec. 793.002. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE INTERSTATE COMPACT. On
behalf of this state, the governor shall:
(1) coordinate, develop, and execute an interstate
compact for border security among interested states;
(2) call a special session of the legislature to adopt
a compact described by Subdivision (1) on or before the 31st day
after another state adopts the compact; and
(3) seek the approval of the United States Congress
for the compact.
Sec. 793.003. INTERSTATE COMPACT PROVISIONS. The compact
required by this chapter must provide for joint action among
compacting states on matters that include:
(1) the operational control of this state's border
with Mexico by the total detection and apprehension or deflection
of illegal aliens attempting to cross the border into this state;
and
(2) otherwise enforcing federal immigration laws,
including detecting, apprehending, detaining, prosecuting,
releasing, and monitoring of illegal aliens.
SECTION 2. 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, 2015.
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