Bill Text: TX HB1836 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report by the General Land Office on private landowner participation in border security.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - Filed [HB1836 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1836-Introduced.html
| 89R1996 DRS-D | ||
| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1836 | |
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| relating to a study and report by the General Land Office on private | ||
| landowner participation in border security. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. STUDY. (a) The General Land Office shall | ||
| conduct a study to identify methods to increase private landowner | ||
| cooperation with state border security activities, including: | ||
| (1) cooperation with law enforcement relating to the | ||
| offense of criminal trespass, as described by Section 30.05, Penal | ||
| Code; and | ||
| (2) permission granted to a state entity for: | ||
| (A) the temporary placement on a landowner's | ||
| property of personnel, equipment, and infrastructure relating to | ||
| border security; or | ||
| (B) property modification for the purpose of | ||
| supporting border security. | ||
| (b) The study must consider: | ||
| (1) methods of incentivizing private landowner | ||
| participation, including: | ||
| (A) financial incentives; | ||
| (B) tax abatements; | ||
| (C) infrastructure improvements; and | ||
| (D) installation of utilities; and | ||
| (2) the amount of money required to provide the | ||
| incentives described by Subdivision (1). | ||
| (c) To collect data for the study, the General Land Office | ||
| shall conduct in-person surveys and focus groups among private | ||
| landowners, including at least 10 landowners from each county | ||
| adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border, excluding Jeff Davis County, | ||
| whose parcel of real property is: | ||
| (1) adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border; or | ||
| (2) privately held and closest in proximity to the | ||
| Texas-Mexico border. | ||
| (d) In conducting the study, the General Land Office shall | ||
| collaborate with: | ||
| (1) the comptroller of public accounts; | ||
| (2) the Department of Public Safety of the State of | ||
| Texas; | ||
| (3) the office of the attorney general; | ||
| (4) the office of the governor; | ||
| (5) the Texas Department of Transportation; | ||
| (6) the Texas Facilities Commission; and | ||
| (7) the Texas Military Department. | ||
| SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2026, the | ||
| General Land Office shall submit a report on the results of the | ||
| study conducted under Section 1 of this Act to the legislature and | ||
| each entity with which the General Land Office collaborates to | ||
| conduct the study under Section 1. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires August 31, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
