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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to the authority of a political subdivision to use public |
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| 7 | 9 | | money to provide legal services for individuals unlawfully present |
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| 8 | 10 | | in the United States. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 13 | | by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | Sec. 140.014. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PUBLIC MONEY TO PROVIDE |
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| 13 | 15 | | LEGAL SERVICES FOR UNLAWFULLY PRESENT INDIVIDUALS. Unless required |
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| 14 | 16 | | by the United States Constitution, a political subdivision may not: |
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| 15 | 17 | | (1) use public money to provide legal services for an |
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| 16 | 18 | | individual who is unlawfully present in the United States according |
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| 17 | 19 | | to the terms of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 |
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| 18 | 20 | | U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.); or |
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| 19 | 21 | | (2) provide public money to a person to be used to |
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| 20 | 22 | | directly or indirectly provide legal services for an individual |
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| 21 | 23 | | described by Subdivision (1). |
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| 22 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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