85R1051 MEW-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 767
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to accounting for costs incurred by the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice as a result of the presence in this state of
persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 493.0152 to read as follows:
Sec. 493.0152. ACCOUNTING FOR COSTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
(a) Not later than the 30th day before the first day of each regular
legislative session, the department shall issue to the speaker of
the house of representatives, the lieutenant governor, the
governor, and the attorney general a report of the financial costs
to the department incurred during the preceding two-year period
that resulted from the presence in this state of persons who are not
lawfully present in the United States.
(b) The report must include a separate accounting for the
costs to the department incurred in specific categories of spending
as determined by the department.
(c) On request of the department, the comptroller shall
assist the department in preparing the report.
SECTION 2. This state recognizes that it is the
responsibility of the federal government to maintain the security
of the national border to prevent unlawful entry of persons and
finds that the federal government should reimburse this state for
expenditures by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice made
necessary by the presence of persons in this state who are not
lawfully present in the United States.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.