Republican State Rep. Solomon Ortiz filed HB9, formerly HB12, on Tuesday in case Perry calls for it, which he can do at any time during the special session that will last no more than 30 days.

Perry calls the bill a "sanctuary cities" bill, and in the past has said it is a "priority" and an "emergency" issue.

The bill states in part, that, "An entity may not receive state grant funds if [it] adopts a rule ... prohibit[ing] enforcement of [immigration] Law."

El Paso County has such a rule.

Its deputies are not allowed to enforce immigration law, including asking about immigration status. Sherrif Richard Wiles told KFOX-14 that his deputies follow that policy.

"I don't know any law enforcement who support this [bill]," he said. "[Lawmakers] think they know better than law enforcement? Come on!"

The county, including County Commissioner Ana Perez, opposes the bill. She said if passed, the bill will cost the county millions of dollars on top of current cuts of $30 to $40 million.

"There's definitely some legal challenges to this law," she also said.

Perez said current policy prohibiting sheriff's from enforcing immigration law resulted from a settlement in a civil lawsuit back in 2006. She said current policy was approved by a federal judge. If the bill passes, a federal judge will need to decide whether El Paso County loses state grant funds.

El Pasoan Ruben Garcia, Director of Annunciation House for Immigrants told KFOX-14 that the County would lose something more important than money if the bill became law.

Recently, a family Garcia helps was attacked, and the attacker got away. The family hesitated to talk to police because they are undocumented, he said.

"You do not want to pass legislation that begins to erode the confidence of the members of our community to pick up the phone and call police, [or the] sheriff," Garcia said.

Trust between law enforcement and community members would be the first to go under the bill, according to Garcia.

It would only need a simple majority to pass, which Republican supporters of the bill have in both the House and Senate. Last week during the regular session, it needed a two-thirds majority to pass.

Lt. Gov. Dewhurst included the bill in his formal request to Perry of bills he would like Perry to resurrect in the special session.