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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY McILHINNEY, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, GREENLEAF, BAKER, EICHELBERGER, WAUGH, D. WHITE, VOGEL, ALLOWAY, BREWSTER, MENSCH AND TOMLINSON, APRIL 13, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 13, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, providing for verification of |
3 | nationality and immigration status. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 44 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
7 | Statutes is amended by adding a part to read: |
8 | PART V |
9 | LAW ENFORCEMENT |
10 | Chapter |
11 | 81. Preliminary Provisions (Reserved) |
12 | 83. Immigration |
13 | CHAPTER 81 |
14 | PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS |
15 | (Reserved) |
16 | CHAPTER 83 |
17 | IMMIGRATION |
18 | Sec. |
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1 | 8301. Definitions. |
2 | 8302. Verification. |
3 | § 8301. Definitions. |
4 | The following words and phrases when used in this chapter |
5 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
6 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
7 | "Arresting agency." Any of the following law enforcement |
8 | agencies that arrested the person whose status is being |
9 | verified: |
10 | (1) The Pennsylvania State Police. |
11 | (2) A local law enforcement agency. |
12 | § 8302. Verification. |
13 | (a) Duties.--If verification of the nationality or lawful |
14 | immigration status of any person who is charged and confined to |
15 | jail for any period of time cannot be made from documents in the |
16 | possession of the prisoner or after a reasonable effort on the |
17 | part of the arresting agency to determine the nationality or |
18 | immigration status of the person so confined, verification shall |
19 | be made by the arresting agency within 48 hours through a query |
20 | to the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) of the United |
21 | States Department of Homeland Security or other office or agency |
22 | designated for that purpose by the United States Department of |
23 | Homeland Security. If it is determined that the prisoner is in |
24 | the United States unlawfully, the arresting agency shall notify |
25 | the United States Department of Homeland Security. |
26 | (b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be |
27 | construed to deny any person bond or prevent a person from being |
28 | released from confinement if such person is otherwise eligible |
29 | for release. |
30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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