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Amend CSSB 4 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1)  On page 4, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
(c)  A local entity or campus police department is not required to comply with this section if the entity or department files with the attorney general a statement that the entity or department has determined that implementation of this section has a disparate impact on persons of a particular race, ethnicity, or national origin. A local entity or campus police department that files the statement described by this subsection is not subject to a suit under Section 752.055 or 752.056 for failure to comply with this section.
(2)  On page 9, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
(c)  A law enforcement agency is not required to comply with this article if the agency files with the attorney general a statement that the agency has determined that implementation of this article has a disparate impact on persons of a particular race, ethnicity, or national origin.
(3)  On page 12, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:
(d)  It is an exception to the application of this section that the law enforcement agency or jail that arrested or otherwise has custody of a person subject to an immigration detainer request described by Subsection (a)(1) has filed with the attorney general a statement that the law enforcement agency or jail has determined that compliance with all immigration detainer requests has a disparate impact on persons of a particular race, ethnicity, or national origin.