section, each employer who hires an employee shall verify the
employment eligibility of the employee through the E-Verify
program and shall keep a record of the verification for the
duration of the employee's employment or three years, whichever
is longer.
Section 4. Procedures, presumptions and defenses.
(a) Form.--The Attorney General shall prescribe a complaint
form for an individual to allege a violation of section 3(a). An
individual who knowingly provides materially false information
in a complaint form under this subsection shall be subject to
punishment under 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating to unsworn
falsification to authorities).
(b) Duty to investigate.--Upon receipt of a complaint on a
prescribed complaint form alleging that an employer knowingly
employs an unauthorized employee, the Attorney General shall
investigate whether the employer has violated section 3(a).
(c) Authority to investigate.--The Attorney General may
investigate a complaint that is not submitted on a prescribed
complaint form, including an anonymous complaint.
(d) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not investigate a
complaint that is based solely on race, color or national
origin.
(e) Verification.--If investigating a complaint, the
Attorney General shall verify the work authorization of the
alleged unauthorized employee with the Federal Government under
section 642(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208, 8 U.S.C. §
1373(c)). A Commonwealth or local official may not attempt to
independently make a final determination on whether an
unauthorized employee is authorized to work in the United
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