995028
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL Committee Amendment
SB2500 ACJ 11
Senator(s) Soto moved the following amendment:
Section: 04 EXPLANATION:
On Page: 183 Adds proviso prohibiting the Department of Legal
Affairs from using appropriated funds to contest
Spec App: implementation of recent federal executive policy
relating to deferred action on the removal of
undocumented immigrants.
NET IMPACT ON: Total Funds General Revenue Trust Funds
Recurring - 0 0 0
Non-Recurring - 0 0 0
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LEGAL AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF, AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL 41000000
In Section 04 On Page 183
Before Specific Appropriation 1313 , INSERT:
The Department of Legal Affairs may not use funds in Specific
Appropriations 1313 through 1367 for the purpose of stopping, delaying,
or otherwise inhibiting the implementation of any aspects or phases of
the executive policy referred to as "deferred action" as set forth in
the memorandum from Secretary of the United States Department of
Homeland Security Jeh Charles Johnson, "Exercising Prosecutorial
Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as
Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of
U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents," dated November 20, 2014.
995028 Log:0005 SC1/RMS 03/30/15 08:47:30 PM Senate Page: 1