Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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11 86R1577 BRG-D
22 By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 167
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the enforcement by certain local governmental entities
88 and campus police departments of state and federal laws governing
99 immigration.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. Section 752.053(a), Government Code, is amended
1212 to read as follows:
1313 (a) A local entity or campus police department may not:
1414 (1) adopt or[,] enforce[, or endorse] a policy under
1515 which the entity or department prohibits or materially limits the
1616 enforcement of immigration laws;
1717 (2) as demonstrated by pattern or practice, prohibit
1818 or materially limit the enforcement of immigration laws; or
1919 (3) for an entity that is a law enforcement agency or
2020 for a department, as demonstrated by pattern or practice,
2121 intentionally violate Article 2.251, Code of Criminal Procedure.
2222 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.