House File 581 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  RANTS, PAULSEN, DE BOEF,
                                      WATTS, ALONS, WINDSCHITL,
                                      STRUYK, SANDS, BOAL, DOLECHECK,
                                      DRAKE, HUSEMAN, GRANZOW, and
                                      BAUDLER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act denying state assistance to unauthorized adult aliens and
  2    making penalties applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2642YH 82
  5 ec/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  73A.22  STATE ASSISTANCE
  1  2 RESTRICTIONS == UNAUTHORIZED ADULT ALIENS == PENALTIES.
  1  3    1.  For purposes of this section, unless the context
  1  4 otherwise requires:
  1  5    a.  "State aid" means any form of financial benefit, aid,
  1  6 or assistance provided to a person by a state department,
  1  7 institution, or agency.
  1  8    b.  "Unauthorized adult alien" means a person who is
  1  9 eighteen years of age or older and who is not a citizen or
  1 10 legal resident of, and who has not been lawfully admitted to
  1 11 the United States for permanent residence or who is not
  1 12 authorized to work in the United States.
  1 13    2.  A state department, institution, or agency shall not
  1 14 provide any state aid to an unauthorized adult alien.
  1 15    3.  A person who makes a false statement or representation
  1 16 as to whether the person is an unauthorized adult alien
  1 17 knowing it to be false or knowingly fails to disclose this
  1 18 fact, to obtain or increase any state aid in violation of this
  1 19 section, is guilty of a fraudulent practice as defined in
  1 20 sections 714.8 to 714.14.  The total amount of state aid
  1 21 involved in the completion of or in the attempt to complete a
  1 22 fraudulent practice shall be used in determining the value
  1 23 involved under section 714.14.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill provides that an unauthorized adult alien is not
  1 26 entitled to receive any state financial aid, benefit, or
  1 27 assistance from the state.  The bill provides that a state
  1 28 department, institution, or agency shall not provide any state
  1 29 aid to an unauthorized adult alien.  The bill defines an
  1 30 unauthorized adult alien as an adult who is not a citizen or
  1 31 legal resident of, and who has not been lawfully admitted to
  1 32 the United States for permanent residence or who is not
  1 33 authorized to work in the United States.  The bill provides
  1 34 that a person who makes a false representation of their legal
  1 35 status, or fails to mention their legal status, in trying to
  2  1 obtain or increase state aid commits a fraudulent practice.
  2  2 The total amount of state aid involved shall be used in
  2  3 determining the value and the applicable criminal penalty.
  2  4 LSB 2642YH 82
  2  5 ec:nh/je/5