Bill Text: PA HB1024 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposing sanctions and penalties on employers who engage in the unlawful employment of aliens.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-15 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB1024 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1024-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1146
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1024 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, READSHAW, BOYD, CONKLIN, EVERETT, GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HARRIS, KNOWLES, KULA, MAHONEY, MARSHALL, MUSTIO, STABACK AND WHITE, MARCH 15, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 15, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, imposing sanctions and penalties on
employers who engage in the unlawful employment of aliens.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 7332. Unlawful employment of aliens.
(a) Prohibition.--An employer who is found by a court or
administrative agency to have violated section 274A of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S.C. § 1324a)
shall be subject to the suspension or revocation of its business
or professional license by the applicable licensing authority in
addition to a fine as provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Penalty.--Any employer who violates subsection (a) shall
be sentenced or ordered to pay a civil fine in the amount of
$5,000.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.