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                                <ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega</ns0:AuthorText>
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                <ns0:Title> An act to add Chapter 17.6 (commencing with Section 7300) to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to state government. </ns0:Title>
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                        <ns0:Subject>State government: benefits.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>Existing law generally provides various benefits, including grant programs and tax credits. Existing law, the California Values Act, generally prohibits California law enforcement agencies from using their moneys or personnel for immigration enforcement purposes, except as specified.</html:p>
                        <html:p>This bill would prohibit an entity that contracts with the federal government for immigration enforcement purposes, as specified, from receiving any state-provided benefit, subsidy, grant, loan, or tax credit.</html:p>
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                <ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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                                Chapter 17.6 (commencing with Section 7300) is added to Division 7 of Title 1 of the
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                                        <ns0:Num>17.6.</ns0:Num>
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                                                <ns0:LawHeadingText>Immigration Contractors</ns0:LawHeadingText>
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                                                                <html:p>Notwithstanding any other law, any entity that is directly invested in, owns, manages, or profits from a private immigration detention facility or any primary business that is contracting with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the United States Department of Homeland Security shall be ineligible to receive any state-provided benefit, subsidy, grant, loan, or tax credit.</html:p>
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