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| 1 | 1 | 87R9874 SGM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Neave H.B. No. 2495 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate | |
| 8 | 8 | with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities | |
| 9 | 9 | that occur at a domestic violence shelter. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 752.053(c), Government Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a local entity or | |
| 14 | 14 | campus police department may prohibit persons who are employed by | |
| 15 | 15 | or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity or | |
| 16 | 16 | department from assisting or cooperating with a federal immigration | |
| 17 | 17 | officer in matters regarding activities that occur: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) [if the assistance or cooperation occurs] at a | |
| 19 | 19 | place of worship; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) at a domestic violence shelter. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |