Amendment 2025-0785h to HB511 (2025)

Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.


Revision: April 2, 2025, 4:23 p.m.

Rep. Sweeney, Rock. 25

March 5, 2025

2025-0785h

09/05

 

 

Amendment to HB 511-FN

 

Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following and renumbering the original section 2 to read as 3:

 

2  New Paragraph; County Department of Corrections.  Amend RSA 30-B:1 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III.  A county may hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, after the resolution of state charges, for a maximum of 48 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays in order to permit the assumption of custody by federal authorities, provided that the county has executed an intergovernmental agency agreement to cover both the cost at a daily rate and medical expenses for holding such individuals.  If a county does not have an interagency governmental agreement, the county shall be under no obligation to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.  Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the county from executing an agreement in accordance with RSA 30-B:16.