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  | S.B.  No.  4 |
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  | relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal | |
  | presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement | |
  | of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including | |
  | immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement | |
  | actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances | |
  | the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating | |
  | criminal offenses. | |
  |              BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
  |              SECTION  1.    Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended | |
  | by adding Chapter 5B to read as follows: | |
  | CHAPTER 5B. PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING ILLEGAL | |
  | ENTRY INTO THIS STATE | |
  |              Art.  5B.001.    ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS. | |
  | Notwithstanding any other law, a peace officer may not arrest or | |
  | detain a person for purposes of enforcing a provision of Chapter 51, | |
  | Penal Code, if the person is on the premises or grounds of: | |
  |                          (1)    a public or private primary or secondary school | |
  | for educational purposes; | |
  |                          (2)    a church, synagogue, or other established place of | |
  | religious worship; | |
  |                          (3)    a health care facility, as defined by Section | |
  | 161.471, Health and Safety Code, including a facility a state | |
  | agency maintains or operates to provide health care, or the office | |
  | of a health care provider, as defined by Section 161.471, Health and | |
  | Safety Code, provided that the person is on the premises or grounds | |
  | of the facility or office for the purpose of receiving medical | |
  | treatment; or | |
  |                          (4)    a SAFE-ready facility, as defined by Section | |
  | 323.001, Health and Safety Code, or another facility that provides | |
  | forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors in | |
  | accordance with Chapter 323, Health and Safety Code, provided that | |
  | the person is on the premises or grounds of the facility for | |
  | purposes of obtaining a forensic medical examination and treatment. | |
  |              Art.  5B.002.    ORDER TO RETURN TO FOREIGN NATION. (a) A | |
  | magistrate during a person's appearance under Article 14.06 or | |
  | 15.17 may, after making a determination that probable cause exists | |
  | for arrest for an offense under Section 51.02 or 51.03, Penal Code, | |
  | order the person released from custody and issue a written order in | |
  | accordance with Subsection (c). | |
  |              (b)    The judge in a person's case at any time after the | |
  | person's appearance before a magistrate under Article 14.06 or | |
  | 15.17 may, in lieu of continuing the prosecution of or entering an | |
  | adjudication regarding an offense under Section 51.02 or 51.03, | |
  | Penal Code, dismiss the charge pending against the person and issue | |
  | a written order in accordance with Subsection (c). | |
  |              (c)    A written order authorized by Subsection (a) or (b) must | |
  | discharge the person and require the person to return to the foreign | |
  | nation from which the person entered or attempted to enter, and may | |
  | be issued only if: | |
  |                          (1)    the person agrees to the order; | |
  |                          (2)    the person has not previously been convicted of an | |
  | offense under Chapter 51, Penal Code, or previously obtained a | |
  | discharge under an order described by Subsection (a) or (b); | |
  |                          (3)    the person is not charged with another offense | |
  | that is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or any higher category | |
  | of offense; and | |
  |                          (4)    before the issuance of the order, the arresting | |
  | law enforcement agency: | |
  |                                      (A)    collects all available identifying | |
  | information of the person, which must include taking fingerprints | |
  | from the person and using other applicable photographic and | |
  | biometric measures to identify the person; and | |
  |                                      (B)    cross-references the collected information | |
  | with: | |
  |                                                  (i)    all relevant local, state, and federal | |
  | criminal databases; and | |
  |                                         Statutes affected: Introduced: Government Code 508.145, Government Code 51.03 (Government Code 51, Government Code 508) Engrossed: Government Code 508.145, Government Code 508.149 (Government Code 51, Government Code 508) House Committee Report: Government Code 508.145, Government Code 508.149 (Government Code 51, Government Code 508) Enrolled: Government Code 508.145, Government Code 508.149 (Government Code 51, Government Code 508) |