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2010 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Lingamfelter
Prisoners of War and Enemy Combatants (language only)

Item 4-0.01 #2h

Item 4-0.01 #2h

General Provisions
Operating Policies

Language
Page 382, after line 14, insert:
"e.  No prison or jail in the Commonwealth or a jurisdiction thereof shall permanently house a prisoner of war (POW) of the United States who, pursuant to the law of land warfare or any treaty recognized by the United States, was apprehended by armed forces of the United States, an ally of the United States, or any other United States federal agency except if such prisoner of war is held in a prison or jail in the Commonwealth while subject to judicial proceedings by a federal or military court operating within the Commonwealth.  These provisions shall not apply to any prisoner of war who is prosecuted for unlawful acts under Virginia law."


Explanation
(This amendment prohibits the Commonwealth's jails or prisons from holding prisoners of war or enemy combatants except if the prisoner of war or enemy combatant is being held for trial by a federal or military court operating in Virginia or is being prosecuted for unlawful acts under Virginia law.)