Public agencies: approval: detention facilities.

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Public agencies: approval: detention facilities.

AB 1801, as amended, Lee.

What This Bill Does

• AB 1801, as amended, Lee.
• Public agencies: approval: detention facilities.
• Existing law prohibits a city, county, city and county, or public agency from approving or signing a deed, instrument, or other document related to a conveyance of land or issuing a permit for the building or reuse of existing buildings by any private corporation, contractor, or vendor to house or detain noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration proceedings, unless the city, county, city and county, or public agency has given notice to the public of the proposed conveyance or permitting action at least 180 days before execution of the conveyance or permit and solicited and heard public comments on the proposed conveyance or permit action in at least 2 separate meetings open to the public.
• This bill would revise and recast those provisions to prohibit a city, county, city and county, or public agency from approving or executing, among other documents, any document signifying the public entity’s approval for the building or reuse of existing buildings by any private corporation, contractor, or vendor to house or detain a person for purposes of civil immigration custody before the public entity has given notice to the public of the proposed action 180 days before execution or approval of the proposed action, promptly provided access to any documents related to the proposed action, as provided, and solicited and heard public comments on the proposed action in at least 2 separate meetings open to the public.

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Official Summary Text

AB 1801, as amended, Lee.
Public agencies: approval: detention facilities.
Existing law prohibits a city, county, city and county, or public agency from approving or signing a deed, instrument, or other document related to a conveyance of land or issuing a permit for the building or reuse of existing buildings by any private corporation, contractor, or vendor to house or detain noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration proceedings, unless the city, county, city and county, or public agency has given notice to the public of the proposed conveyance or permitting action at least 180 days before execution of the conveyance or permit and solicited and heard public comments on the proposed conveyance or permit action in at least 2 separate meetings open to the public.
This bill would revise and recast those provisions to prohibit a city, county, city and county, or public agency from approving or executing, among other
documents, any document signifying the public entity’s approval for the building or reuse of existing buildings by any private corporation, contractor, or vendor to house or detain a person
for purposes of civil immigration custody
before the public entity has given notice to the public of the proposed action 180 days before execution or approval of the proposed action, promptly provided access to any documents related to the proposed action, as provided, and solicited and heard public comments on the proposed action in at least 2 separate meetings open to the public. The bill would prescribe the contents, the posting and publication, and the broadcast of the public notice. The bill would also prescribe the conduct of the meetings. The bill would make these provisions apply independently to a public entity.
The bill would specify that these provisions are declaratory of existing law.

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