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      88(3) HB 134 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Troxclair
            H.B.  No.  134
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the authority of a political subdivision to use public 
         
            money to provide legal services for individuals unlawfully present 
         
            in the United States.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended 
         
            by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  140.014.    PROHIBITION ON USE OF PUBLIC MONEY TO PROVIDE 
         
            LEGAL SERVICES FOR UNLAWFULLY PRESENT INDIVIDUALS.  Unless required 
         
            by the United States Constitution, a political subdivision may not:
         
                                      (1)    use public money to provide legal services for an 
         
            individual who is unlawfully present in the United States according 
         
            to the terms of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
         
            U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.); or
         
                                      (2)    provide public money to a person to be used to 
         
            directly or indirectly provide legal services for an individual 
         
            described by Subdivision (1).
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the 
         
            last day of the legislative session.
         
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Introduced:  ()



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a political subdivision to use public
	money to provide legal services for individuals unlawfully present
	in the United States.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows:
	Sec. 140.014. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PUBLIC MONEY TO PROVIDE
	LEGAL SERVICES FOR UNLAWFULLY PRESENT INDIVIDUALS. Unless required
	by the United States Constitution, a political subdivision may not:
	(1) use public money to provide legal services for an
	individual who is unlawfully present in the United States according
	to the terms of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8
	U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.); or
	(2) provide public money to a person to be used to
	directly or indirectly provide legal services for an individual
	described by Subdivision (1).
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.