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REFERENCE TITLE: appropriation; illegal immigration; enforcement |
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State of Arizona Senate Forty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2006
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SB 1158 |
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Introduced by Senators Leff, Allen, Bee, Blendu, Gray, Harper, Martin, Waring; Representatives Paton, Quelland: Senators Bennett, Burns, Flake, Gould, Jarrett, Verschoor; Representatives Allen J, Nelson, Reagan
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AN ACT
making an appropriation to the arizona criminal justice commission for local enforcement of illegal immigration; providing for conditional enactment.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Appropriation; illegal immigration; enforcement; exemption
A. The sum of $75,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2006-2007 to the Arizona criminal justice commission to award grants of up to a total of $15,000,000 each fiscal year to county sheriffs and other state or local law enforcement agencies that operate in counties along Arizona's border with Mexico to proactively enforce section 13-1509, Arizona Revised Statutes, and to otherwise deter illegal immigration.
B. Grants may be awarded to employ additional officers, equipment, judges, prosecutors, public defenders and support personnel to adjudicate persons convicted of violating section 13-1509, Arizona Revised Statutes.
C. Recipients of monies from the appropriation made in subsection A of this section shall not use the monies to supplant existing or future monies received for these or other maintenance of effort purposes but shall use the appropriated monies as additional resources to deter illegal immigration.
D. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 2. Conditional enactment
This act does not become effective unless Senate Bill ______, forty‑seventh legislature, second regular session, relating to trespass by illegal aliens, is enacted into law.