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2008 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 301
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 3, 2008
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1730.2, relating to performance of federal immigration functions.
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Patrons-- Nichols and Bouchard
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Referred to Committee on Rules
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1730.2 as follows:

§ 15.2-1730.2. Certain sheriffs to enter into memoranda of agreement; federal immigration.

The sheriff of any county with a population greater than 300,000 shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to permit designated law-enforcement officers in the county to perform certain federal immigration law functions in the Commonwealth of Virginia.