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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, BROWNE, ERICKSON, MUSTO, SCARNATI, O'PAKE, WAUGH, WONDERLING, LOGAN, PIPPY, EICHELBERGER AND BOSCOLA, APRIL 1, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, APRIL 1, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Providing for a memorandum of understanding between the |
2 | Commonwealth and the United States Department of Justice or |
3 | Department of Homeland Security. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Security and |
8 | Immigration Compliance Act. |
9 | Section 2. Law enforcement. |
10 | (a) Memorandum of understanding.--The Pennsylvania State |
11 | Police is authorized and directed to negotiate the terms of a |
12 | memorandum of understanding between the Commonwealth and the |
13 | United States Department of Justice or Department of Homeland |
14 | Security concerning the enforcement of Federal immigration and |
15 | customs laws, detention and removals and investigations in this |
16 | Commonwealth. |
17 | (b) Signatures.--The memorandum of understanding shall be |
18 | signed on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Commissioner of |
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1 | Pennsylvania State Police and the Governor or as otherwise |
2 | required by the appropriate Federal agency. |
3 | (c) Training.-- |
4 | (1) (i) The Pennsylvania State Police shall designate |
5 | appropriate law enforcement officers to be trained |
6 | pursuant to the memorandum of understanding. |
7 | (ii) The training shall be provided only after |
8 | receipt of adequate funding pursuant to the Consolidated |
9 | Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing |
10 | Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110-329, 122 Stat. |
11 | 3574) or any subsequent source of Federal funding. |
12 | (2) (i) In a county of the first class, the district |
13 | attorney of the county may designate not more than four |
14 | law enforcement officers to be trained pursuant to the |
15 | memorandum of understanding. |
16 | (ii) In a county of the second class, second class A |
17 | or third class, the district attorney of the county may |
18 | designate not more than three law enforcement officers to |
19 | be trained pursuant to the memorandum of understanding. |
20 | (iii) In any other county, the district attorney of |
21 | the county may designate one law enforcement officer to |
22 | be trained pursuant to the memorandum of understanding. |
23 | (d) Enforcement.--A law enforcement officer certified as |
24 | trained in accordance with the memorandum of understanding shall |
25 | be authorized to enforce Federal immigration and customs laws |
26 | while performing within the scope of the officer's authorized |
27 | duties. |
28 | Section 20. Effective date. |
29 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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