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A-B 937 <br />Page 6 <br />With immigration atlthoritics in the t6llowing ca umtances: <br />a) Provide a pelsim's release date or peisottal uttomintion, as specified, it such utturmation <br />is available to the public; <br />b) Respond to notification and uanslcr requests when the individtttl lutd been convicted of <br />specified crimes which reflected it l*Jmer public safety dagger attd are on The seriws end <br />of (he critvnal speclrttn Specifically, those cmites itchrded serious and violent <br />felonies, as well as ollenses requiring an individual to register as a sex ollenda; <br />c) Make nuµurics utto ii irntltion licccssaty to ccrtily an mclividt4tl for a visa for it victim <br />of domestic violence and hum; n trallicking; <br />(1) Rcspannd to a rcgtu:st From nimnig,Tation atuhoniticS fcrr inf(MlIalion about a person's <br />criminal history; <br />e) Participate with at joint law enfr>rcement task 1 rrce, as long as the primary pwpose of the <br />task fur> e is not immigration entorcement; or, <br />t) (Jive utnnig ation authorities access to interview an individual i<t agency custody as long <br />as the interview access con-plicd with the requirements ol'the TRUTH Act. <br />This bill would elitninale those exception, for haw ai orcetn;ni to the cxtcnt tkal such <br />exceptions would constitute assistance in immigration elibrcennenl, in any nunner- <br />Ilse prohibitions Jul this bill on assistnig inmtigration enforeenterit i1 any tittittuer are broader <br />in .scope than the prohibitions described in the Vahtes Act. The scope ofthis hill is also <br />broader t1kin the Vahtes Act because the prop ibiririn on assistance applies to all state and <br />local agencies, as opposed to being directed toward law enforcement agencies. <br />This bill would ptohhbit any state of local agency, including htw cnlbrecnnent attincics, Burn <br />engaging in conduct which assists, in any manner, the angst, detention, interrogation, or <br />deportation of an individual for invnignition purposes. To the extent those broader <br />prohibitions might create a conflict with the Values Act, it is not clear which language would <br />control. <br />3) Reenactrocnt Clause of the California Constitution. <br />"A section of a slalute may not be amended unless the section is re-enacted as annended." <br />California Conct.. Art. 1V, § 9. <br />Under this provision of the State Constitution, the I.egislature is required to reenact a code <br />section when passing legislation which amends that particular code section. This is intended <br />to cnsw-c that legislators MICTStand the scope and effcet ofthc hill they arc voting em- Tit <br />reviewing the contents ofa bill that amends a code section, this 11110 allows That the bill <br />reader to easily idantilq amcndrnenLS to existing law because Lhc bill will set I6r1b the <br />changres within the context of tile cun-ent statute(s). One purpose ofthis constitutional <br />hrciyic inn `Se to mjl-r 2lm- 1r 211tnr< err not nhrr':It m. in Th. Wind uilt.-n t11,47 arn.•n,l <br />q4L•Ct 0kAPQAd to n-lake sure the public can becxrr-t4 ap�a&d of changes in tine 1 12(Mj, <br />