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Oh wait, Texas got the trifecta in November! This stuff is going to happen, it is no longer just wishes!
SB 126 - Author: Patrick, Dan
Caption: Relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the lawful presence of certain persons.
Excerpt: (b) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe the person has committed a violation described by Subsection (a), the officer: (1) may arrest the person for the violation; and (2) shall identify and report the person to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after any arrest made by the officer under Subdivision (1) or on other grounds.
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SB 124 - Author: Patrick, Dan | et al.
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty.
Excerpt: (e) An entity described by Subsection (a) is liable to the state for a civil penalty if the entity adopts a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity will not fully enforce the laws of this state or federal laws relating to Subsection (b)(2) or, by consistent actions, fails to fully enforce the laws of this state or federal laws relating to Subsection (b)(2). The amount of a penalty imposed under this subsection is $10,000 for each day of the violation.
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HB 655 - Author: Taylor, Van
Caption: Relating to determining eligibility for indigent health care.
Excerpt: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.006(d), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) The department shall establish application, documentation, and verification procedures that are consistent with the analogous procedures used to determine eligibility in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families-Medicaid program.
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HB 623 -Author: Bonnen
Caption: Relating to the detection and reporting of unauthorized immigration, the collection and dissemination of information concerning unauthorized immigration, the legal treatment or classification of unauthorized immigrants for certain purposes, the enforcement of certain laws governing immigration, and the establishment of English as the official language of this state.
Excerpt: Chapter 3101, Government Code, is amended by designating Sections 3101.001 through 3101.012 as Subchapter A and adding a subchapter heading to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER A. STATE SYMBOLS SECTION 3.04. (e-1) A person who is not a citizen of the United States must present to the department documentation issued by the United States agency responsible for citizenship and immigration that authorizes the applicant to be in the United States.
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HB 608 - Author: Zerwas
Caption: Relating to state agency reports on the cost of services and benefits provided to undocumented immigrants.
Excerpt: relating to state agency reports on the cost of services and benefits provided to undocumented immigrants. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2101, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2101.016 to read as follows: Sec. 2101.016. REPORT OF SERVICES AND BENEFITS PROVIDED TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
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HB 603 - Author: Farrar
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on law enforcement inquiries regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.
Excerpt: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 2.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A peace officer may not inquire as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense except as necessary to investigate the offense.
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HB 601 -
Caption: Relating to requiring employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program or E-verify.
Excerpt: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by adding Chapter 53 to read as follows: CHAPTER 53. VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE INFORMATION Sec. 53.001. An employee who is responsible for verifying information of new employees of the employer as required by Section 53.002 is subject to immediate termination of employment if the employee fails to comply with that section.
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HB 582 - Author: Button
Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements for businesses for the receipt of certain public subsidies.
Excerpt: SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 2264, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER B. REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT [RESTRICTIONS ON USE] OF CERTAIN PUBLIC SUBSIDIES; EMPLOYMENT OF [TO EMPLOY] UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS PROHIBITED SECTION 4. Section 2264.051, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2264.051.
Caption: Relating to certain offenses and criminal procedures involving persons who are not citizens of the United States; providing a penalty.
Excerpt: UNLAWFUL APPLICATION BY PERSON WHO IS NOT UNITED STATES CITIZEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person is not a citizen of the United States and the person: (1) submits an application for registration as a voter in this state; or (2) requests, commands, or attempts to induce another to submit on the person's behalf a registration application. UNLAWFUL VOTING BY PERSON WHO IS NOT UNITED STATES CITIZEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person is not a citizen of the United States ...
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SB 315 - Author: Carona
Caption: Relating to the agencies and entities responsible for compiling and maintaining information pertaining to criminal combinations and criminal street gangs.
Excerpt: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 61.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subdivision (9) and adding Subdivision (10) to read as follows: (9) "Law enforcement agency" does not include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, a local juvenile probation department, or the Texas Youth Commission. (b-1) Information described by this article may be compiled on paper, by computer, or in any other ...
Caption: Relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the immigration status of persons arrested on other grounds.
Excerpt: relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the immigration status of persons arrested on other grounds. (a) A peace officer shall inquire into the immigration status of any person under arrest on other grounds. (b) If a person is under arrest as described by Subsection (a) and the person has also violated a civil or criminal provision of the federal immigration laws, the arresting peace officer shall identify and report the person to United States Immigration and Customs
Caption: Relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the immigration status of persons arrested on other grounds.
Excerpt: relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the immigration status of persons arrested on other grounds. (a) A peace officer shall inquire into the immigration status of any person under arrest on other grounds. (b) If a person is under arrest as described by Subsection (a) and the person has also violated a civil or criminal provision of the federal immigration laws, the arresting peace officer shall identify and report the person to United States Immigration and Customs
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HB 302 --Author: Berman
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty.
Excerpt: (b) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not adopt a policy under which the entity will not fully enforce the laws of this state or federal law, including laws relating to: (1) drugs, including Chapters 481 and 483, Health and Safety Code; and (2) immigrants or immigration, including the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.)[, and federal law].
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HB 296 - Author: Berman
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, to the investigation, prosecution, and punishment of certain criminal offenses concerning illegal immigration, and to certain employment and labor practices and requirements regarding immigration and immigrants; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Excerpt: SECTION 5. Section 3g(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (a) The provisions of Section 3 of this article do not apply: (1) to a defendant adjudged guilty of an offense under: (A) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder); (B) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital murder); (C) Section 21.11(a)(1), Penal Code (Indecency with a child); (D) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated
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HB 292 - Author: Berman
Caption: Relating to birth records of children born in this state; creating an offense.
Excerpt: If a birth certificate form filed with the local registrar indicates that the child is not a citizen of the United States, the local registrar may issue a temporary report of alien birth under Subchapter C. (c) A child born in this state is a citizen of the United States if the child is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. A person required to file the birth certificate form or report the birth who delays filing the birth certificate form or making the report in accordance with ...
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.
Excerpt: (b) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not adopt a policy under which the entity will not fully enforce the laws of this state or federal law, including laws relating to: (1) drugs, including Chapters 481 and 483, Health and Safety Code; and (2) immigrants or immigration, including the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.)[, and federal law].
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HB 202 - Author: Solomons
Caption: Relating to requiring state contractors to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program, or E-verify.
Excerpt: CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON [USE OF CERTAIN] PUBLIC SUBSIDIES AND STATE CONTRACTS SECTION 2. Section 2264.101, Government Code, is transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 2264, Government Code, redesignated as Section 2264.054, Government Code, and amended to read as follows: Sec. 2264.054 [2264.101].
Caption: Relating to the duty of a law enforcement agency to verify the immigration status of an arrested person.
Excerpt: VERIFICATION OF ARRESTED PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS. Not later than 48 hours after a person is arrested and before the person is released on bond, the law enforcement agency that arrested the person or that has custody of the person shall: (1) have the person's immigration status verified by: (A) a peace officer or other law enforcement officer of this state who is authorized under federal law to verify a person's immigration status; or (B) a federal law enforcement officer, in accordance ...
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HB 178 -
Caption: Relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program or E-verify.
Excerpt: VERIFICATION. A governmental entity shall register and participate in the E-verify program to verify information of all new employees. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. An employee of a governmental entity who is responsible for verifying information of new employees of the governmental entity as required by Section 619.002 is subject to immediate termination of employment if the employee fails to comply with that section.
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HB 177 -
Caption: Relating to the requirement of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States for issuance or renewal of certain occupational licenses, driver's licenses, and identification certificates.
Excerpt: EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIRED. (a) An applicant for a license must establish employment eligibility if the applicant is: (1) applying for an original license; or (2) renewing a license and the applicant has not previously established employment eligibility.
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SB 151 - Author: Huffman
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to receive a sentence of community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
Excerpt: SECTION 5. Section 15(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a defendant is not eligible for community supervision under this section if the defendant is an illegal alien.
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SB 150 - Author: West
Caption: Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and to updating certain references related to the grant of that authority to other federal law enforcement personnel.
Excerpt: (c) A Customs and Border Protection Officer or Border Patrol Agent of the United States Customs and Border Protection or an [a Border Patrol agent,] immigration enforcement agent[,] or deportation officer of the Department of Homeland Security is not a peace officer under the laws of this state but, on the premises of a port facility designated by the commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection as a port of entry for arrival in the United States by land transportation from...
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HB 140 - Author: Laubenberg
Caption: Relating to requiring state contractors and grant recipients to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program, or E-verify; adding a civil penalty.
Excerpt: CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON [USE OF CERTAIN] PUBLIC SUBSIDIES AND STATE CONTRACTS AND GRANTS SECTION 2. Section 2264.101, Government Code, is transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 2264, Government Code, redesignated as Section 2264.054, Government Code, and amended to read as follows: Sec. 2264.054 [2264.101].
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HB 113 - Author: Harless
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty.
Excerpt: (e) An entity described by Subsection (a) is liable to the state for a civil penalty if the entity adopts a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity will not fully enforce the laws of this state or federal laws relating to Subsection (b)(2) or, by consistent actions, fails to fully enforce the laws of this state or federal laws relating to Subsection (b)(2). The amount of a penalty imposed under this subsection is $10,000 for each day of the violation.
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SB 98 - Author: Van de Putte
Caption: Relating to the trafficking of persons.
Excerpt: (c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code other than Section 20A.04, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both sections. Article 17.032(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (a) In this article, "violent offense" means an offense under the following sections of the Penal Code: (1) Section 19.02 (murder); (2) Section 19.03 (capital murder); (3) Section 20.03 (kidnapping)...
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HB 22 - Author: Riddle
Caption: Relating to information regarding the citizenship and immigration status of public school students.
Excerpt: (b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall determine the citizenship and immigration status of each student at the time of the student's initial enrollment in the district or school. (d) Each school district or open-enrollment charter school shall include the information collected under this section regarding the citizenship or immigration status of district or school students in the district's or school's Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report.
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HB 21 - Author: Riddle
Caption: Relating to reporting by state agencies on the financial effect of providing services to illegal immigrants.
Excerpt: (d) A state agency, through the agency's governing body or chief administrative officer, as appropriate, may adopt rules requiring local governmental entities to which the agency distributes money to provide sufficiently detailed information to the agency that will enable the agency to comply with the requirements of Subsection (c).
Caption: Relating to the enforcement by certain governmental entities of laws governing immigration.
Excerpt: (d) If the attorney general determines that an entity described by Subsection (a) is ineligible to retain state money as provided by Subsection (c), the attorney general shall notify the entity of that determination and the entity shall promptly forfeit and repay to the state all unexpended state money held by the entity.
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HB 17 - Author: Riddle
Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by an illegal alien and to certain procedures for arresting illegal aliens for committing that criminal offense.
Excerpt: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding Section 30.055 to read as follows: Sec. 30.055. SECTION 2. Article 14.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) A peace officer may arrest, without a warrant, a person who the officer has probable cause to believe has committed an offense under Section 30.055, Penal Code, if the peace officer: (1) at the time of arrest
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SB 84 -Author: Nelson
Caption: Relating to requiring governmental entities and contractors with governmental entities to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program, or E-verify.
Excerpt: CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON [USE OF CERTAIN] PUBLIC SUBSIDIES AND GOVERNMENTAL CONTRACTS SECTION 3. Section 2264.101, Government Code, is transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 2264, Government Code, redesignated as Section 2264.054, Government Code, and amended to read as follows: Sec. 2264.054 [2264.101].
I really hope that all of these bills pass. If any Republican does not vote for them, then Texans know who to target in the next election. I expect none of the Democrats to vote for it, and I hope the Republicans that sit in the Hispanic majority districts (which are a lot in south Texas) vote for these too. If there's at least 12 million illegals living here, and the majority of them are split between California and Texas, then wow Texas is going to really empty out and make a beeline toward California, especially now that Governor MartÃnez of New Mexico plans to scuttle drivers' licenses for illegals.
At least now people can start seeing how much can be done when you press your state legislature to do stuff, rather than relying on the inefficient, bloated, corrupt federal government. More power to the states!!
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Originally Posted by plwhit
I don't see why all these bills wouldn't pass...
The Republicans control both the House and the Senate in Texas.....
Not to mention the governorship. In the house, the GOP holds a supermajority actually
The only people that will not vote for these bills are obviously the Democrats, but unfortunately some of the GOP members who represent districts within a 2-3 hour drive from the Mexican border might not vote for it
With all the "refugees" of the drug war running over the border into Texas, the politicians will shove their beloved illegals aside, a great number of the "refugees" are from wealthier families who always managed to get over here to give birth and get their back-up US citizenship "just in case" and now that time has come. It's estimated that 120,000 people from Juarez alone have moved over the border in the last few months. The government has to come up with the money to pay for them.
Wow, such a long list of law and order coming to TX. THe HB 532 on illegal voters is a good start it seems and the others. Maybe illegals will head to CA sanctuary state! Thanks.
Last edited by clsicmovies; 01-26-2011 at 02:23 AM..
With all the "refugees" of the drug war running over the border into Texas, the politicians will shove their beloved illegals aside, a great number of the "refugees" are from wealthier families who always managed to get over here to give birth and get their back-up US citizenship "just in case" and now that time has come. It's estimated that 120,000 people from Juarez alone have moved over the border in the last few months. The government has to come up with the money to pay for them.
Hopefully all those refugees won't be able to vote either, but may just raise TX taxes.
Last edited by clsicmovies; 01-26-2011 at 02:25 AM..
If Texas gets ride of all the illegals...who will the HOAs foreclose on?? It's a $50 billion a year industry.
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