Texas SB 4 (2017) bans sanctuary city policies and requires local jails to honor ICE detainers. Lubbock cooperates with federal immigration authorities and notably declared itself a Sanctuary City for the Unborn in 2021.
Texas Senate Bill 4, signed in 2017, prohibits Texas cities, counties, and universities from adopting policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Lubbock County Sheriff's Office honors ICE detainer requests, and Lubbock police can inquire about immigration status during lawful detentions. Violators of SB 4 face civil penalties up to $25,500 per day and removal from office. Separately, Lubbock voters approved a 2021 ordinance declaring the city a Sanctuary City for the Unborn, banning abortion within city limits, a measure that became largely symbolic after Dobbs and Texas's trigger ban.
Local officials adopting sanctuary policies face civil penalties up to $25,500 per day, removal from office, and Class A misdemeanor charges for sheriffs ignoring ICE detainers under Texas Government Code 752.
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The City of Lubbock does not regulate yard ornaments on private property. Statuary, religious displays, and decorative landscape elements are generally allow...
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Lubbock has no city ordinance setting size, height, or hours limits for inflatable holiday displays on private residential property. Wind is the primary prac...
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The City of Lubbock does not impose specific install-by or take-down-by dates for residential holiday lights. The general nuisance and right-of-way provision...
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Built-in outdoor kitchens in Lubbock require permits from the City of Lubbock Building Inspection Department for gas line installation, electrical work, plum...
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Lubbock does not have a smoker-specific ordinance for single-family residential use, but backyard smokers fall under the general nuisance provisions of the C...
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Lubbock adopts the International Fire Code through the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, with Lubbock Fire Rescue as enforcement authority. IFC Section 308...
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