| 1 | 1 | | 84R12130 JSC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1801 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the recognition of certain employment authorizations |
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| 8 | 8 | | granted by federal executive action. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Chapter 55 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 55. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 55.001. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS INVALID. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The employment authorization of a foreign national that was |
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| 15 | 15 | | granted under a federal deferred action program created by |
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| 16 | 16 | | executive order, or an agency rule or policy, or a similar measure |
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| 17 | 17 | | adopted by an official or entity within the executive branch of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | federal government, is not valid or enforceable in this state if the |
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| 19 | 19 | | order, rule, policy, or measure exceeds the authority granted to |
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| 20 | 20 | | the executive branch by the United States Constitution and was not |
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| 21 | 21 | | ratified by the legislative branch of the federal government. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) An employer may not employ a person granted an |
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| 23 | 23 | | employment authorization described by Subsection (a) who is not |
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| 24 | 24 | | otherwise lawfully present in the United States. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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