SB 1699

This bill prohibits use of the following types of real property as a staging area, processing location, or operations base for civil immigration enforcement activities: (1) A public parking lot, vacant lot, or garage that is owned and operated by state or local government ; (2) The campus grounds of a public school; public charter school; or private school; and (3) Property owned by a religious institution that is exempt from property taxes. This bill requires state and local government entities to collaborate to identify publicly owned and controlled parking lots, vacant lots, and garages that either have been used, or are likely to be used in the future, as a staging area, processing location, or operations base for civil immigration enforcement. This bill requires person s responsible for the operation of real property described in (1) or (2), and authorizes a person responsible for the operation of real property described in (3) , to do the following : (1) Use, wherever appropriate, physical barriers such as locked gates to limit access to the property; and (2) Develop and implement procedures and policies necessary to implement this bill . The full text of this bill specifies certain components that must be included in any such procedures and policies. Th is bill requires the department of safety, in consultation with the attorney general and reporter, to produce materials that provide general information concerning the rights of various persons regarding entry to real property by federal agents. This bill requires s tate government departments and agencies to make such materials available to the public.