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  89R2561 SCF-D     By: Hall S.B. No. 81       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to act   during a state of invasion or imminent danger on the Texas-Mexico   border.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The legislature finds this state is "in such   imminent [d]anger as will not admit of delay" and declares   authority to act as provided under Section 10, Article I, United   States Constitution.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 411.020945 to read as follows:           Sec.   411.020945.     ARTICLE I, SECTION 10 INVOCATION.     Pursuant to a legislative finding or governor's declaration of the   existence of a state of invasion or imminent danger under Section   10, Article I, United States Constitution, the department may order   personnel under the department's authority to act, and the   personnel may act, as follows to the extent consistent with the   United States and Texas Constitutions:                 (1)     detect, deter, repel, and prosecute persons   attempting to unlawfully enter this state at locations other than   ports of entry;                 (2)  return to Mexico illegal aliens who:                       (A)     have been observed unlawfully crossing the   Texas-Mexico border; and                       (B)     were apprehended, detained, or arrested in   the vicinity of the Texas-Mexico border;                 (3)     enhance the examination of aircraft, ships,   vehicles, railcars, and cargo at or near ports of entry for the   purposes of interdicting fentanyl and other dangerous drugs and   interdicting human smuggling; and                 (4)     use force to detect, repel, apprehend, detain, and   arrest known transnational cartel operatives in the border region.          SECTION 3.  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, 2025.