Senate Committee Substitute

SECTION 43.032: Subject to appropriation, the superintendent of the Highway Patrol shall designate that some or all members of the highway patrol be trained in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between Missouri and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning the enforcement of federal immigration laws on federal highways and interstates in Missouri.

SECTION 161.092: This act requires the state board of education to ensure that an adult individual who is not a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or does not possess lawful immigration status shall be prohibited from participating in any family literacy program, parents-as-teachers program, vocational education program, vocational rehabilitation program, or after-school tutoring program.

SECTIONS 172.360, 174.130, 175.025, 178.635, 178.780, and 178.785: This act prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public institutions of higher education. The registrar of each institution must certify to the appropriations committees of the General Assembly that the institution has not knowingly admitted any illegal alien before the approval of any appropriations.

SECTION 208.009: This act provides that an individual who is not a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or who does not possess lawful immigration status shall be prohibited from receiving state or local public assistance under Chapter 208, except for state or local public assistance that is mandated by federal law.

An applicant who is nineteen years of age or older shall provide affirmative proof that the applicant is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or is lawfully present in the United States.

An applicant who cannot provide the proof required under this act at the time of application for public assistance may alternatively sign an affidavit under oath, attesting to either United States citizenship or to classification by the United States as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, in order to receive temporary benefits. An applicant providing the sworn affidavit is eligible to receive temporary public assistance program benefits as delineated in the act.

All state agencies administering public assistance programs in this state shall cooperate with local governments and the United States Department of Homeland Security to develop a system to facilitate verification of an individual's lawful presence.

SECTION 590.700: Under this act, peace officers are authorized to investigate, apprehend, or detain any individual who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States and who is located in this state. Peace officers are authorized to transfer such individuals to the custody of the Bureau of Customs and Immigration Enforcement of the United States Department of Homeland Security and to transport such individuals across state lines to a detention center.

DONALD THALHUBER