Amendment #122 to H4802

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Mr. Cabral of New Bedford moves to amend the bill by adding the following- SECTION XXXX. Chapter 37 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:

Section 27. Agreements to Enforce Federal Law.

(a) Sheriffs and their employees may only perform functions pursuant to an agreement described in 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) if the costs of such performance, including employee compensation, are borne solely by the Federal government and there is a state statute explicitly authorizing such agreements.

(b) The Sheriff shall keep books, records and accounts of all activities under this section, which shall be open to inspection and shall be annually reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on the judiciary and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security. Said book shall be a public record, as defined in clause 27 of section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws.

SECTION XXXX. Chapter 124 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:

Section 11. Agreements to Enforce Federal Law.

(a) Any employee of the department of corrections, jail, houses of corrections, or other correctional institutions of the Commonwealth may only perform functions pursuant to an agreement described in 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) if the costs of such performance, including employee compensation, are borne solely by the Federal government and there is a state statute explicitly authorizing such agreements.

(b) The commissioner of correction shall keep books, records and accounts of all  activities under this section, which shall be open to inspection and shall be annually reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on the judiciary and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security. Said book shall be a public record, as defined in clause 27 of section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws.

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