88(3) SB 81 - Introduced version - Bill Text
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
relating to certain laws that regulate aspects of illegal
 
immigration in this state, including laws pertaining to the DNA
 
records of certain persons subject to an immigration detainer
 
request, the recognition of certain out-of-state driver's
 
licenses, inviting certain federal agencies to participate on the
 
homeland security council, the reporting of certain uncompensated
 
hospital care costs, and certain requirements for participation in
 
the E-verify program; increasing a criminal penalty.
 
             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 
ARTICLE 1.  DNA RECORDS OF CERTAIN PERSONS SUBJECT TO IMMIGRATION
 
DETAINER REQUEST
 
             SECTION  1.01.    Article 2.251(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
 
is amended to read as follows:
 
             (a)    A law enforcement agency that has custody of a person
 
subject to an immigration detainer request issued by United States
 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall:
 
                         (1)    comply with, honor, and fulfill any request made
 
in the detainer request provided by the federal government; [and ]
 
                         (2)    inform the person that the person is being held
 
pursuant to an immigration detainer request issued by United States
 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and
 
                         (3)     require the person to provide one or more
 
specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA record .
 
             SECTION  1.02.    Section 411.142(g), Government Code, is
 
amended to read as follows:
 
             (g)    The DNA database may contain DNA records for the
 
following:
 
                         (1)    an individual described by this subchapter,
 
including Section 411.1471, 411.148, or 411.154;
 
                         (2)    a biological specimen that is legally obtained in
 
the investigation of a crime, regardless of origin;
 
                         (3)    results of testing ordered by a court under this
 
subchapter, Article 64.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law
 
permitting or requiring the creation of a DNA record;
 
                         (4)    an unidentified missing person, or unidentified
 
skeletal remains or body parts;
 
                         (5)    a close biological relative of a person who has
 
been reported missing to a law enforcement agency;
 
                         (6)    a person at risk of becoming lost, such as a child
 
or a person declared by a court to be mentally incapacitated, if the
 
record is required by court order or a parent, conservator, or
 
guardian of the person consents to the record; [or ]
 
                         (7)    an unidentified person, if the record does not
 
contain personal identifying information; or
 
                         (8)    a person who is:
 
                                     (A)     subject to an immigration detainer request
 
issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and
 
                                     (B)     in the custody of a law enforcement agency in
 
accordance with Article 2.251, Code of Criminal Procedure .
 
ARTICLE 2.  CERTAIN OUT-OF-STATE DRIVER'S LICENSES NOT RECOGNIZED
 
             SECTION  2.01.    Section 521.025, Transportation Code, is
 
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
 
read as follows:
 
             (c)    A person who violates this section commits an offense.  
 
Subject to Subsection (c-1), an [An ] offense under this subsection
 
is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200, except
 
that:
 
                         (1)    for a second conviction within one year after the
 
date of the first conviction, the offense is a misdemeanor
 
punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200;
 
                         (2)    for a third or subsequent conviction within one
 
year after the date of the second conviction the offense is a
 
misdemeanor punishable by:
 
                                     (A)    a fine of not less than $25 or more than $500;
 
                                     (B)    confinement in the county jail for not less
 
than 72 hours or more than
Statutes affected: Introduced: Government Code 411.142, Transportation Code 521.025, Transportation Code 521.029, Transportation Code 521.030 (Government Code 411, Transportation Code 521)