SB1088

THE CONTEXT: At the request of one or more members of the Legislature, the Attorney General must investigate any ordinance adopted or other official action taken by the governing body of a county or municipality. These Legislative requests are commonly referred to as 1487 Investigations, named for the Senate Bill that authorized these requests.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would require the state, state agencies, municipalities, counties and any independent contractor of the state, state agencies, municipalities and counties to comply with all federal laws and regulations relating to immigration and deportation and to cooperate with: a) the United States Department of Homeland Security; b) the United States Customs and Border Protection; and c) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, state any contract between an independent contractor and the state, a state agency, a county or a municipality must contain a provision that if the independent contractor violates this act, the contract is void, and direct the Attorney General, upon request of one or more members of the Legislature, to investigate a violation of this act by a county or municipality.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to turn the Legislature's standard for government into an enforceable rule. It would require the state, state agencies, municipalities, counties and any independent contractor of the state, state agencies, municipalities and counties to comply with all federal laws and regulations relating to immigration and deportation and to cooperate with: a) the United States Department of Homeland Security; b) the United States Customs and Border Protection; and c) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and would also state any contract between an independent contractor and the state, a state agency, a county or a municipality must contain a provision that if the independent contractor violates this act, the contract is void, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.