§ 820.311. Prohibition on illegal alien labor
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 73 P.S. Trade and CommerceEffective: September 8, 2008
Effective: September 8, 2008
73 P.S. § 820.311
§ 820.311. Prohibition on illegal alien labor
(a) General rule.--No person or business that receives a tax exemption, deduction, abatement or credit under this act shall knowingly permit the labor services of an illegal alien under a contract to which the person or business is a party in the applicable keystone opportunity zone, keystone opportunity expansion zone or keystone opportunity improvement zone. A person shall be deemed to have knowingly employed or knowingly permitted the prohibited services if he shall have active knowledge of or have reason to know that such services have been provided under the contract in the applicable keystone opportunity zone, keystone opportunity expansion zone or keystone opportunity improvement zone.
(b) Reimbursement.--As a condition of the receipt of a tax exemption, deduction, abatement or credit under this act, the department or political subdivision that awards the tax exemption, deduction, abatement of credit under this act shall require full repayment of the value or amount of the tax exemption, deduction, abatement or credit if subsection (c) applies.
(i) The person or business that received the tax exemption, deduction, abatement or credit under this act is sentenced under Federal law for an offense involving knowing use of labor by an illegal alien under the contract in the applicable keystone opportunity zone, keystone opportunity expansion zone or keystone improvement zone.
(3) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section, if the person or business contracts with a contractor to provide labor under the contract in the applicable keystone opportunity zone, keystone opportunity expansion zone or keystone opportunity improvement zone and establishes that the person has required the contractor to certify compliance with the requirements of section 274A of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603, 8 U.S.C. § 1324A) with respect to the hiring, recruiting or referral for employment of an alien in the United States and has notified the appropriate Federal authority, if the person knew that the contractor used labor by an illegal alien.
Credits
1998, Oct. 6, P.L. 705, No. 92, § 311, added 2008, July 10, P.L. 1014, No. 79, § 2, effective in 60 days [Sept. 8, 2008].
73 P.S. § 820.311, PA ST 73 P.S. § 820.311
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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