Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 14-0649.01 Michael Dohr x4347   SENATE BILL 14-061
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                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning a requirement to inform the United States
            bureau of immigration and customs enforcement when
            a convicted felon is in the country illegally.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill requires the court to determine the immigration status of
       a defendant after a felony conviction. If the person is in the country
       illegally, the court must inform the United States bureau of immigration
       and customs enforcement before the defendant begins serving his or her
       sentence and request it take custody of the defendant.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add part 9 to article
       11 of title 16 as follows:
                              PART 9
                    ILLEGAL ALIEN TRANSFER TO 
                       IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS
            16-11-901.  Illegal alien transfer to immigration officials.
       After a person is convicted of a felony, the court shall check
       the defendant's immigration status. If the immigration status
       check reveals that the defendant is not legally present in the
       United States, the court shall notify the United States bureau
       of immigration and customs enforcement before the defendant
       begins serving his or her sentence and request that the bureau
       take custody of the defendant.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
       takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       6, 2014, if adjournment sine die is on May 7, 2014); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2014 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.