HB4606 Relating to interests in real property held or acquired by or on behalf of certain foreign individuals or entities and the authority of the attorney general to acquire the property by eminent domain; establishing the homeland security review committee; creating a criminal offense.

↑Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Creates a homeland security review committee to identify critical infrastructure, requires reporting and prior approval or disapproval of real property acquisitions by persons from foreign adversaries (including China, Russia, Iran, North Korea) or entities they control near such sites or of certain

(5) "Foreign adversary" means: (A) the People's Republic of China; (B) the Russian Federation; (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; (D) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; (E) an agency or entity under the control of the government of a country described by Paragraphs (A) through (D); or (F) an organization wholly or partly owned by or under the control of an agency or entity described by Paragraph (E).

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↑Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 85%

Authorizes the attorney general to use eminent domain to seize real property (including agricultural land and near critical infrastructure) held in violation of the foreign-ownership restrictions, and prohibits evasive transactions with a second-degree felony for false reporting to evade the subchap

The attorney general shall bring an action to obtain a court order under Subsection (c) authorizing the attorney general to initiate an eminent domain proceeding to acquire real property owned by a foreign adversary or person as described by Section 21A.002 if: (1) the attorney general has reason to believe and shows the real property is held in violation of Subchapter H, Chapter 5; and (2) the committee directs the attorney general to bring the action.

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Establishes a homeland security review committee including the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, adjutant general and others to identify critical infrastructure and approve or disapprove foreign-adversary real-property transactions, expanding state-level security review of foreign (ad

The homeland security review committee is established and is composed of the following members: (1) the governor or the governor's designee; (2) the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's designee; (3) the lieutenant governor or the lieutenant governor's designee; (4) the attorney general or the attorney general's designee; (5) the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee; (6) the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee; and (7) any other members that the governor may appoint.

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