Bill Text: TX HB652 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities that occur at a domestic violence shelter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB652 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB652-Introduced.html
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By: Neave | H.B. No. 652 |
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relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate | ||
with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities | ||
that occur at a domestic violence shelter. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 752.053(c), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a local entity or | ||
campus police department may prohibit persons who are employed by | ||
or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity or | ||
department from assisting or cooperating with a federal immigration | ||
officer in matters regarding activities that occur: | ||
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place of worship; or | ||
(2) at a domestic violence shelter. | ||
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, 2019. |