House File 344 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY STRUYK, WINDSCHITL, RAECKER, FORRISTALL, DE BOEF, HUSEMAN, DEYOE, and SWEENEY Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to civil penalties for employers hiring persons 2 not authorized to be employed in the United States. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1551YH 83 5 ec/rj/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 715A.2A, subsection 3, paragraph a, 1 2 Code 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. An employer who violates this section shall cease and 1 4 desist from further violations and shall pay the following 1 5 civil penalty: 1 6 (1) For a first violation, not less thantwo hundred and 1 7 fiftyone thousand dollarsand not more than two thousand 1 8 dollarsfor each day an unauthorized alienhired orhas been 1 9 employed. 1 10 (2) For a second violation, not less than two thousand 1 11 dollarsand not more than five thousand dollarsfor each day 1 12 an unauthorized alienhired orhas been employed. 1 13 (3) For a third or subsequent violation, not less than 1 14 three thousand dollarsand not more than ten thousand dollars1 15 for each day an unauthorized alienhired orhas been employed. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill provides that the civil penalty for an employer's 1 18 first violation with respect to the hiring or continued 1 19 employment of an alien in the United States is not less than 1 20 $1,000 for each day an unauthorized alien has been employed. 1 21 Current law provides that the civil penalty for an employer's 1 22 first violation is not less than $250 and not more than $2,000 1 23 for each unauthorized alien hired. 1 24 The bill also eliminates the maximum penalties applicable 1 25 for a second or third violation and provides that the 1 26 penalties are assessed for each day an unauthorized alien is 1 27 employed and not for each unauthorized alien employed. 1 28 LSB 1551YH 83 1 29 ec/rj/8.1