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HOUSE BILL NO. 2043 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled January 14, 2015 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 10 of Title 53.1 a section numbered 53.1-220.2, relating to transfer of incarcerated persons to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ---------- Patrons-- Bell, Robert B. and Peace ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 10 of Title 53.1 a section numbered 53.1-220.2 as follows:

§ 53.1-220.2. Transfer of certain incarcerated persons to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Director, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility in which an alien is incarcerated may, upon receipt of a detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, transfer custody of the alien to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement no more than five days prior to the date that he would otherwise be released from custody.