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Assembly Bill A11659

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws

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2009-A11659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง844, Exec L

2009-A11659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws.

2009-A11659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11659

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              July 6, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. P. Rivera,
  Arroyo, Castro, Crespo, Espaillat,  V. Lopez,  Ortiz,  Perry,  Powell,
  J. Rivera,  N. Rivera)  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
  Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting state  and
  local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 844 to
read as follows:
  S 844. ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL  IMMIGRATION  LAWS.  A  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY  OF  THE  STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE SHALL NOT
USE STATE FUNDS, EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL OR RESOURCES OR ACCEPT OR  UTILIZE
FEDERAL  FUNDS,  EQUIPMENT,  PERSONNEL  OR  RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETECTING OR APPREHENDING PERSONS WHOSE ONLY VIOLATION OF  LAW  IS  THAT
THEY ARE PERSONS OF FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP WHO HAVE ENTERED OR ARE RESIDING
IN THE UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS IN TITLE 8
OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, UNLESS OTHERWISE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DO SO.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17713-01-0

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