Reference is to Printer's Date 2/20/14-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 23-1-210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 23-1-210.
(A) Any municipal or county law
enforcement officer may be transferred or assigned on a
temporary basis to work in law enforcement within
multijurisdictional task forces established for the mutual aid
and benefit of the participating jurisdictions, or in any other
municipality or county in this State under the conditions set
forth in this section, and when so transferred or assigned shall
have all powers and authority of a law enforcement officer
employed by the jurisdiction to which he is transferred or
assigned.
(B) Prior to any
transfer or assignment as authorized in subsection (A), the
concerned municipalities or counties
political subdivisions, or agencies, as appropriate, shall
enter into written agreements stating the conditions and terms
of the temporary employment of officers to be transferred or
assigned. A political subdivision is not required to enter
into an agreement under this section. Any agreement entered
into by a political subdivision must be in writing and may be
approved by resolution or by ordinance. The bond for any
officer transferred or assigned shall include coverage for his
activity in the municipality or county to which he is
transferred or assigned in the same manner and to the same
extent provided by bonds of regularly employed officers of that
municipality or county.
(C) Agreements made
pursuant to subsection (B) shall provide that temporary
transfers or assignments shall in no manner affect or reduce the
compensation, pension, or retirement rights of transferred or
assigned officers and such officers shall continue to be paid by
the county or municipality where they are permanently employed,
with the sending county or municipality being reimbursed for
their services by the county or municipality to which they are
transferred or assigned.
(D) The
respective governing bodies of the political subdivisions, where
each of the law enforcement agencies entering into the agreement
authorized in subsection (A) are located, must be notified by
its agency of the agreement's execution and termination. The
notification must be in writing and accomplished within
seventy-two hours of the agreement's execution and within
seventy-two hours of the agreement's termination."/
SECTION 2. Section 23-1-215(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 3 of 2007, is further amended to read:
/ "(A) In the event of a crime or crimes that have occurred where multiple jurisdictions, either county or municipal, are involved and exigent circumstances exist, law enforcement officers are authorized to exercise jurisdiction within other counties or municipalities for the purpose of criminal investigations only if a written agreement between or among the law enforcement agencies involved has been executed. This limitation on law enforcement activity shall not apply to any activity authorized by Section 17-13-40." /
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.