REFERENCE TITLE: border operations center

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2583

 

Introduced by

Representatives Townsend, Pratt, Tobin

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 41, chapter 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 12; relating to the joint operations intelligence center.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 41, chapter 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 12, to read:

ARTICLE 12.  ARIZONA JOINT OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE CENTER

START_STATUTE41-1830.41.  Arizona joint operations intelligence center; coordinating entities; authority to enter compacts and agreements

A.  The Arizona joint operations intelligence center is established within the department.

B.  The center shall coordinate interagency law enforcement resources to better patrol the border region and to conduct interdiction operations along the border between this state and Mexico.  The center shall be divided into sectors that correspond to the United States border patrol sectors in this state.  The center shall coordinate with the following entities or their successors:

1.  County sheriffs.

2.  Local law enforcement agencies.

3.  The Arizona game and fish department.

4.  The United States border patrol.

5.  The United States customs and border protection.

6.  The United States coast guard.

7.  The United States postal service.

8.  The United States immigration and customs enforcement.

9.  The Arizona national guard.

10.  The United States bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms.

11.  The United States drug enforcement agency.

12.  The federal bureau of investigation.

C.  The director may enter into compacts or agreements with other border states or resources to carry out the purposes of the center. END_STATUTE