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House Journal: Page 1533: Wednesday, April 10, 1996

10   employed in the United States is a class "D" felony."
11     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 22 the
12   following:
13     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  715A.2A  ACCOMMODATION OF
14   FORGERY - PENALTY.
15     1.  An employer who hires or employs another person
16   when the employer or an agent or employee of the
17   employer knows that the document evidencing the
18   person's authorized stay or employment in the United
19   States is in violation of section 715A.2, subsection
20   2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (4) or knows that the
21   person is not authorized to be employed in the United
22   States, shall be subject to the following civil
23   penalty:
24     a.  For hiring or employing one person, a penalty
25   of not less than five hundred dollars but not more
26   than one thousand dollars.
27     b.  For hiring or employing two or more persons
28   whose entry, study, or employment documentation is
29   forged, a penalty of five hundred dollars per person
30   hired or employed but not more than two thousand
31   dollars per person hired or employed.
32     In addition, an employer found to have hired or
33   employed a person with forged documents authorizing
34   the person's stay or employment in the United States
35   shall be assessed the costs of the action to enforce
36   the civil penalty, including the reasonable costs of
37   investigation and attorneys' fees.
38     2.  A civil action to enforce this provision shall
39   be by equitable proceedings instituted by the attorney
40   general or county attorney.
41     3.  Penalties ordered pursuant to this section
42   shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit in
43   the general fund of the state."
44     3.  Title page, line 4, by striking the word
45   "penalties" and inserting the following:  "criminal
46   penalties and providing civil penalties for employers
47   hiring individuals with forged documents regarding the
48   individuals' entry into, study, or employment in the
49   United States".
50     4.  By renumbering as necessary.
Rants of Woodbury in the chair at 11:46 a.m.
Gipp of  Winneshiek in the chair at 11:53 a.m.
On motion by Doderer of Johnson, amendment H-5888 was adopted.
Veenstra of Sioux moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill
was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 284)

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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