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SB 288, 82nd R.S.
Relating to authorizing the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to operate one or more southbound vehicle checkpoints near the international border of this state for the purpose of preventing certain criminal offenses.

Last action: Committee report sent to Calendars

Author: Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Coauthor: Carlos Uresti | Tommy Williams | Juan Hinojosa | Wendy Davis | Chris Harris | Dan Patrick
Sponsor: Aaron Peña
Joint Sponsor: Sid Miller

Companion:

HB 48 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Introduced (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
Aliens
Law Enforcement
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
VEHICLE CHECKPOINTS
Weapons

House Committee: Homeland Security & Public Safety (Sid Miller, Marva Beck, Lon Burnam, Joe Driver, Allen Fletcher, Dan Flynn, Barbara Mallory Caraway, Aaron Peña, Armando Walle)
Minutes: May 17 2011 | May 18 2011
Senate Committee: Transportation & Homeland Security (Robert Nichols, Tommy Williams, Wendy Davis, Rodney Ellis, Chris Harris, Juan Hinojosa, Florence Shapiro, Kirk Watson, Jeff Wentworth)
Minutes: March 30 2011 | April 20 2011 | April 27 2011

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