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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2008 | |
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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WORKERS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Singleton, Palumbo, Brien, Gablinske, and Menard | |
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Date Introduced: February 26, 2008 | |
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Referred To: House Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Title 28 of the General Laws entitled "LABOR AND LABOR |
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RELATIONS" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
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CHAPTER 28-54 |
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THE LEGAL EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT |
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28-54-1. Short title. -- This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Legal |
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Employment Protection Act." |
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28-54-2. Hotline established. -- The state police shall establish a hotline for the purpose |
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of allowing the general public to directly report the suspected employment of illegal immigrants. |
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28-54-3. Penalties. -- It shall be a felony, punishable by a fine of three thousand dollars |
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($3,000) for each separate offense, to employ a worker within the state who is not a United States |
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citizen or who has no federal authorization to seek and obtain employment. |
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28-54-3. Disposition of fines collected. -- Fines collected in accordance with the |
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provisions of this chapter shall be divided as follows: twenty-five percent (25%) to the individual |
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providing the information necessary to begin an investigation, and seventy-five percent (75%) to |
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the state police for use in training state and local police officers in immigration law and |
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procedure. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would make it a state offense to employ an illegal immigrant within the state and |
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impose a fine on the employer, the proceeds of which to be shared between the state police and |
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the person providing information which leads to an investigation. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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