SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES JONES (117) (Sponsor), NANCE, ERVIN, FISHER, STREAM, MUSCHANY, JONES (89), RUZICKA, DUSENBERG, LEMBKE, PORTWOOD, WETER, WALLACE, McGHEE, DOUGHERTY, PARSON, NIEVES, MUNZLINGER, WILSON (119), WRIGHT, FAITH, LOEHNER, SCHAD, BROWN (30), SCHNEIDER, MOORE, COOPER (155), SANDER, WASSON AND RUESTMAN (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time January 22, 2008 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 577, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to immigration.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 577, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 577.900, to read as follows:
577.900. 1. If verification of the nationality or lawful immigration status of any person who is charged with a crime and confined to jail for any period of time cannot be made from documents in the possession of the prisoner or after a reasonable effort on the part of law enforcement officials to determine the nationality or immigration status of the person so confined, verification shall be made within forty-eight hours through a query to the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) of the United States Department of Homeland Security or other office or agency designated for that purpose by the United States Department of Homeland Security. If it is determined that the prisoner is in the United States unlawfully, the law enforcement agency shall notify the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny a person bond or prevent a person from being released from confinement if such person is otherwise eligible for release.
3. The department of public safety shall prepare and issue guidelines and procedures for compliance with the provisions of this section.
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