Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB167 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 11/12/2018

                            86R1577 BRG-D
 By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 167


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the enforcement by certain local governmental entities
 and campus police departments of state and federal laws governing
 immigration.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 752.053(a), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (a)  A local entity or campus police department may not:
 (1)  adopt or[,] enforce[, or endorse] a policy under
 which the entity or department prohibits or materially limits the
 enforcement of immigration laws;
 (2)  as demonstrated by pattern or practice, prohibit
 or materially limit the enforcement of immigration laws; or
 (3)  for an entity that is a law enforcement agency or
 for a department, as demonstrated by pattern or practice,
 intentionally violate Article 2.251, Code of Criminal Procedure.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.