FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 851

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ONDER (Sponsor), NOLTE, WILDBERGER, DOUGHERTY, CUNNINGHAM (86), DEMPSEY, MUSCHANY, SCHARNHORST, TILLEY, NIEVES, JONES (89), RUZICKA, SCHOELLER, EMERY, WETER, DUSENBERG, LEMBKE, YATES, SATER AND SANDER (Co-sponsors).

                  Read 1st time February 13, 2007 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

1911L.01I


 

AN ACT

To amend chapter 43, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to highway patrol enforcement of federal immigration laws.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Chapter 43, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 43.032, to read as follows:

            43.032. Subject to appropriation, the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall designate that some or all members of the highway patrol be trained in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between the state of Missouri and the United States Department of Homeland Security concerning the enforcement of federal immigration laws on federal highways and interstates in the state of Missouri, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section 1357(g). The superintendent shall have the authority to negotiate the terms of such memorandum. The memorandum shall be signed by the superintendent of the highway patrol, the governor, and the director of the department of public safety.