Bill Text: VA SB1361 | 2015 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Virginia Senate Bill 1361 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Incarcerated persons; transfer to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102) [SB1361 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-SB1361-Engrossed.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1361 Senate Amendments in [ ] -- February 10, 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. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Senator McDougle ---------- 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. [ ~~ldtitle>~~ Upon transfer of custody, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the alien shall receive credit for the number of days remaining before he would otherwise have been released. ]