PRINTER'S NO. 1806
No. 1459 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, CALTAGIRONE,
CARROLL, CASORIO, COSTA, CURRY, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, GEIST,
GERGELY, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, JAMES,
W. KELLER, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, KULA, MAHONEY, MELIO, MENSCH,
MICOZZIE, MOYER, MUSTIO, HORNAMAN, PALLONE, PETRONE, PYLE,
RAMALEY, SCHRODER, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, STABACK, R. STEVENSON,
SURRA, TANGRETTI, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK,
JUNE 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, imposing sanctions and penalties on
3 employers who engage in the unlawful employment of aliens.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7331. Unlawful employment of aliens.
9 (a) Prohibition.--An employer who is found by a court or
10 administrative agency to have violated section 274A of the
11 Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S.C. § 1324a)
12 shall be subject to the suspension or revocation of its business
13 or professional license by the applicable licensing authority in
14 addition to a fine as provided for in subsection (b).
15 (b) Penalty.--Any employer who violates subsection (a) shall
1 be sentenced or ordered to pay a civil fine in the amount of
2 $5,000.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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