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House Study Bill 188

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 715A.2A, subsection 3, paragraphs a, b,
  1  2 and c, Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  For a first violation, not less than two hundred and
  1  4 fifty five thousand dollars and not more than two ten thousand
  1  5 dollars for each unauthorized alien hired or employed.
  1  6    b.  For a second violation, not less than two ten thousand
  1  7 dollars and not more than five twenty-five thousand dollars
  1  8 for each unauthorized alien hired or employed.
  1  9    c.  For a third or subsequent violation, not less than
  1 10 three twenty-five thousand dollars and not more than ten fifty
  1 11 thousand dollars for each unauthorized alien hired or
  1 12 employed.  
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill increases the civil penalties for an employer who
  1 15 hires a person, or continues to employ a person, when the
  1 16 employer knows that the document evidencing the person's
  1 17 eligibility for employment in this country is forged.  Under
  1 18 the bill, the penalty for a first violation is increased from
  1 19 a range of $250 to $2,000, to a range of $5,000 to $10,000;
  1 20 the penalty for a second violation is increased from a range
  1 21 of $2,000 to $5,000, to a range of $10,000 to $25,000; the
  1 22 penalty for a third or subsequent violation is increased from
  1 23 a range of $3,000 to $10,000, to a range of $25,000 to
  1 24 $50,000.  
  1 25 LSB 2446SC 77
  1 26 ec/sc/14
     
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