Bill Text: TX SB1403 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an interstate compact for border security, including building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1403 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1403-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1403 | ||
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| relating to an interstate compact for border security, including | ||
| building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and | ||
| resources. | ||
| 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. AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP AND EXECUTE COMPACT. On | ||
| behalf of this state, the governor may develop and execute an | ||
| interstate compact for border security among interested states. | ||
| Sec. 794.002. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED. (a) It | ||
| is the intent of the legislature that the compact developed and | ||
| executed under this chapter not require congressional approval. | ||
| (b) The compact may not increase the political power of the | ||
| compacting states in relation to the federal government. | ||
| Sec. 794.003. INTERSTATE COMPACT PROVISIONS. The compact | ||
| authorized by this chapter must provide for joint action among | ||
| compacting states on matters that include: | ||
| (1) sharing law enforcement intelligence on illegal | ||
| activity occurring at the border with Mexico; | ||
| (2) sharing state resources in order to build a | ||
| physical barrier, a comprehensive technological surveillance | ||
| system, or both, on state land to deter or detect illegal activity | ||
| occurring at the border with Mexico; and | ||
| (3) sharing other law enforcement resources to ensure | ||
| the protection of personnel and property. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1403 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 16, 2023, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1403 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 95, | ||
| Nays 49, three present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
