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AB-1332 Sanctuary State Contracting and Investment Act.(2019-2020)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) President Trump issued an executive order on January 25, 2017, titled “Border Security and Immigration Enforcement” and created heightened fear and insecurity among many immigrant communities within this state and across the nation.
(b) The state has a moral obligation to protect its residents from persecution.
(c) Immigrants are valuable and essential members of the state.
(d) California enacted Senate Bill 54 of the 2017–18 Regular Session (Chapter 495 of the Statutes of 2017), making this state a “sanctuary state.”
(e) A registry of individuals identified by religion, national origin, or ethnicity, in a list, database, or registry, including that information, could be used by the government to persecute those individuals.
(f) President Trump has repeatedly signaled that he intends to require Muslims to register in a database.
(g) Trump advisers have invoked World War II Japanese American internment as a precedent for the proposed expansion of the registry.
(h) The United States Census Bureau turned over confidential information in 1943, including names and addresses, to help the United States government identify Japanese Americans during World War II for the purpose of relocation.
(i) President Trump has ordered a sweeping expansion of deportations and assigned unprecedented powers to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers targeting and terrorizing immigrant communities.
(j) President Trump has issued three executive orders banning entry from certain Muslim-majority countries.
(k) ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations issued a request for information on August 3, 2017, to obtain commercial subscription data services capable of providing continuous real-time information pertaining to 500,000 identities per month from sources such as state identification numbers, real-time jail booking data, credit history, insurance claims, phone number account information, wireless phone accounts, wire transfer data, driver’s license information, vehicle registration information, property information, payday loan information, public court records, incarceration data, employment address data, individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) data, and employer records.
(l) The United States Department of Homeland Security published a new rule on September 18, 2017, authorizing the collection of social media information on all immigrants, including permanent residents and naturalized citizens.
(m) On September 8, 2017, ICE arrested hundreds of immigrants in intentionally targeted sanctuary cities.

SEC. 2.

 Chapter 17.23 (commencing with Section 7283.50) is added to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:

CHAPTER  17.23. Sanctuary State Contracting Act
7283.50.
 This chapter shall be known as the Sanctuary State Contracting Act.
7283.51.
 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Data broker” means both of the following:
(1) The collection of information, including personal information about consumers, from a wide variety of sources for the purposes of reselling that information to customers, which may include both private entities and government agencies.
(2) The aggregation of data that was collected for another purpose different from that for which it is ultimately used.
(b) “Detention facilities support” means any provision by a private party of transportation, identification, processing, security, maintenance, or other operational support to a private or public facility intended or actually used for immigration detention purposes.
(c) “Extreme vetting” means data mining, threat modeling, predictive risk analysis, or other similar service.
(d) “Federal immigration agency” means any department, subdivision, agency, or agent of the United States government that provides immigration-related services, including, but not limited to, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, and the Department of Homeland Security.
(e) “Person or entity” means any private natural person, any corporation, institution, subsidiary, affiliate, or division under operating control of that person, any parent entity that has operating control over that person, and any subsidiary, affiliate, or division under operating control of that parent entity. “Person or entity” does not include any government entity or government employee.
(f) “State or local agency” means any state agency, department, agent, or designee with contracting authority, or any city, county, city and county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state.
7283.52.
 (a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2020, and on the first day of each quarter thereafter, the Department of Justice shall identify and publish a list containing each person or entity that, in the opinion of the Department of Justice, is providing data broker, extreme vetting, or detention facilities support to any federal immigration agency.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether a person or entity is providing a federal immigration agency with data broker, extreme vetting, or detention facilities support, the Department of Justice shall consider all of the following:
(A) Information published by reliable sources.
(B) Information released by public agencies, including but not limited to federal contracting websites.
(C) A certification in writing executed by the person or entity in a form acceptable to the Department of Justice that the person or entity does not provide data broker, extreme vetting, or detention facilities support to a federal immigration agency.
(D) Information submitted to the Department of Justice by any member of the public, and thereafter duly verified.
(3) The Department of Justice shall publish the list prepared pursuant to this subdivision in a conspicuous manner on the Department of Justice’s internet website.
(b) (1) Before the quarterly publication of the list described in subdivision (a), the Department of Justice shall provide written notice to each person or entity to be included on the list of both of the following:
(A) The forthcoming placement of the person or entity on the list.
(B) That each person or entity may apply to the Department of Justice to appeal the Department of Justice’s decision, and seek to be removed from the list.
(2) In the event that a person or entity appeals the Department of Justice’s decision, the person or entity shall do one of the following:
(A) Certify in a writing executed by the person or entity in a form acceptable to the Department of Justice.
(B) Obtain a court order from a court of competent jurisdiction that the person or entity has never provided or has permanently ceased providing data broker, extreme vetting, or detention facilities support to any federal immigration agency.
(3) If the Department of Justice receives an acceptable certification or a court order described in paragraph (2), then the Department of Justice shall remove that person or entity from the list.
7283.53.
 (a) A state or local agency shall not enter into a new, amended, or extended contract or agreement with any person or entity that appears on the list published by the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 7283.52, unless the state or local agency has made a finding that no reasonable alternative exists. The findings made shall take all of the following into consideration:
(1) The intent and purpose of this chapter.
(2) The availability of alternative services, goods, and equipment.
(3) Quantifiable additional costs resulting from use of available alternatives.
(b) A state or local agency shall include notice of the prohibition in paragraph (1) in all public works, construction bids, requests for information, requests for proposals, or any other solicitation issued by the state or local agency.
7283.54.
 (a) This chapter shall not apply to a contract or agreement by a state or local agency with any person or entity, as defined, specifically related to the administration of retirement benefits, including a retirement program or service provided to or by a state or local agency or person or entity, or a contract or agreement relating to the payment of required retirement contributions, fees, and other necessary, appropriate, and applicable retirement obligations.
(b) This chapter shall not apply to a contract or agreement by a state or local agency with any person or entity, as defined, specifically related to the investment of moneys, including necessary and appropriate fees paid to or by a state or local agency or person or entity, retirement program, or service, for purposes of investing or administering investments in support of and to provide retirement benefits, programs, or services, or the funding of required retirement contributions, fees, and other necessary, appropriate, and applicable retirement obligations.
7283.55.
 (a) (1) The Department of Justice may initiate and shall receive and investigate all complaints regarding violations of this chapter. After investigating a complaint received pursuant to this paragraph, the department shall issue findings regarding any alleged violation. If the department finds that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the department shall, within 30 days of making the finding, notify the state or local agency of the violation.
(2) The state or local agency shall cooperate with the department in any investigation of a violation of this chapter.
(b) The state or local agency shall remedy any violation of this chapter upon becoming aware of the violation, and shall utilize all legal measures available to rescind, terminate, or void a contract awarded in violation of this chapter.
(c) On or before April 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, each state or local agency shall certify its compliance with this chapter by posting a report on its internet website. At minimum, this report shall do all of the following:
(1) Detail with specificity the steps taken to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(2) Disclose any issues with compliance, including any violations or potential violations of this chapter
(3) Detail actions taken to cure any deficiencies with compliance.
7283.56.
 (a) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce this chapter. A person who alleges they have been injured as a result of a violation of this chapter by a state or local agency may bring an action for damages against that state or local entity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) A court shall award a plaintiff who prevails on a cause of action under subdivision (a) reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
(c) Any person who suffers an injury alleged to be the result of a violation of this chapter by a state or local agency shall first file a claim with the state or local agency pursuant to Section 905 of the Government Code or any successor statute within four years of the alleged violation.
(d) Any person knowingly or willingly making a false certification, whether on behalf of themselves or an entity or a state or local agency, pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7283.52 or subdivision (c) of Section 7283.55 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).
7283.57.
 The provisions of this chapter are to be construed broadly to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
7283.58.
 The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
SEC. 3.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
However, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.