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| 1 | 1 | 85R12907 AJZ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1549 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to | |
| 8 | 8 | provide notification of a failure to appear in federal court. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 411.0089 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 411.0089. FEDERAL COOPERATION. (a) The department | |
| 13 | 13 | may enter an agreement with one or more United States district | |
| 14 | 14 | courts in this state under which the court provides the department | |
| 15 | 15 | with notice of a person who fails to comply with a notice to appear | |
| 16 | 16 | for a violation of a traffic law or other regulation in a United | |
| 17 | 17 | States district court in this state. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) If the department receives notification under | |
| 19 | 19 | Subsection (a) regarding a person's failure to comply with a notice | |
| 20 | 20 | to appear in a United States district court, the department may | |
| 21 | 21 | notify that person of the failure to appear at any appropriate time. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |