Bill Text: TX SB1254 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-23 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1254 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1254-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Hall, et al. | S.B. No. 1254 | |
| (Paddie) | ||
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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 793 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 793. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR BORDER SECURITY | ||
| Sec. 793.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "illegal alien" | ||
| means a person who: | ||
| (1) is not a citizen or national of the United States; | ||
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| (2) is unlawfully present in the United States | ||
| according to the terms of 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq. | ||
| Sec. 793.002. 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. 793.003. 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 793.002. | ||
| Sec. 793.004. 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 September 1, 2021. | ||
