Bill Text: TX HB232 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB232 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB232-Introduced.html
| 87S10068 JCG-F | ||
| By: White | H.B. No. 232 | |
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| relating to an interstate compact on border security and | ||
| immigration enforcement. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 7, Government Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Chapter 794 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 794. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR BORDER SECURITY | ||
| Sec. 794.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "illegal alien" | ||
| means a person who: | ||
| (1) is not a citizen or national of the United States; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) is unlawfully present in the United States | ||
| according to the terms of 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq. | ||
| Sec. 794.002. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE INTERSTATE COMPACT. On | ||
| behalf of this state, the governor may: | ||
| (1) coordinate, develop, and execute an interstate | ||
| compact for border security among interested states; and | ||
| (2) seek the approval of the United States Congress | ||
| for the compact. | ||
| Sec. 794.003. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. The compact | ||
| authorized by this chapter takes effect only if approved by the | ||
| United States Congress not later than the 10th anniversary of the | ||
| date the compact is executed by the governor under Section 794.002. | ||
| Sec. 794.004. INTERSTATE COMPACT PROVISIONS. The compact | ||
| authorized by this chapter must provide for joint action among | ||
| compacting states on matters that include: | ||
| (1) the operational control of this state's border | ||
| with Mexico by the total detection and apprehension or deflection | ||
| of illegal aliens attempting to cross the border into this state; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) any other enforcement of federal immigration laws, | ||
| including the detecting, apprehending, detaining, prosecuting, | ||
| releasing, and monitoring of illegal aliens. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
