H.B. 237
         ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACT

house floor Amendments

Amendment 1 January 30, 2008 10:56 am



Representative David Litvack proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 25 through Page 2, Line 28 :    

             25      and the requirements of law in relation to the agreement;
{   and   }

             26          .    provides that certain state or local law enforcement officers are authorized to
             27      enforce federal immigration law and perform certain functions of a federal
             28      immigration officer
{   .   }        ; and

     .    provides that an employing agency of a state or local law enforcement officer may be held liable for a violation of the constitutional or civil rights of a person if the law enforcement officer, while performing a function of a federal immigration officer, intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, engages in a violation of the person's constitutional or civil rights.  


2.    Page 3, Lines 70 through 78 :    

             70          
  (1)       A state or local law enforcement officer may enforce federal immigration law and

             71      otherwise perform a function of a federal immigration officer if the law enforcement officer:
             72          
{   (1)   }        (a)       is authorized to enforce federal immigration law or perform a function of a federal

             73      immigration officer under:
             74          
{   (a)   }        (i)       an agreement described in Section 53-15-103 ; and

             75          
{   (b)   }        (ii)       8 U.S.C. Sec. 1357(g); and

             76          
{   (2)   }        (b)       complies with the requirements of:

             77          
{   (a)   }        (i)       the agreement described in Subsection (1)(a); and

             78          
{   (b)   }        (ii)       8 U.S.C. Sec. 1357(g).

  (2)    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an employing agency of a state or local law enforcement officer may be held liable for a violation of the constitutional or civil rights of a person if the law enforcement officer, while performing a function of a federal immigration officer, intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, engages in a violation of the person's constitutional or civil rights.      

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