285.025. Employers of illegal aliens ineligible for state economic incentives, right of appeal, criminal penalties. - Missouri Statutes

Employers of illegal aliens ineligible for state economic incentives,right of appeal, criminal penalties.

285.025. 1. The state of Missouri hereby proclaims that no employer whoemploys illegal aliens shall be eligible for any state-administered orsubsidized tax credit, tax abatement or loan from this state. The director ofeach agency administering or subsidizing a tax credit, tax abatement or loanpursuant to chapter 32, 100, 135, 253, 447 or 620, RSMo, shall place in suchagency's criteria for eligibility for such credit, abatement, exemption orloan a signed statement of affirmation by the applicant that such applicantemploys no illegal aliens. Any individual, individual proprietorship,corporation, partnership, firm or association that is found by the director ofthe agency administering the program to have negligently employed an illegalalien in this state shall be ineligible for any state-administered orsubsidized tax credit, tax abatement or loan pursuant to chapter 32, 100, 135,253, 447 or 620, RSMo, for five years following such determination; provided,however, that the director of the agency administering such credit, abatement,exemption or loan may, in the director's discretion, elect not to apply suchadministrative action for a first-time occurrence. Any person, corporation,partnership or other legal entity that is found to be ineligible for astate-administered or subsidized tax credit, tax abatement, or loan pursuantto this subsection may make an appeal with the administrative hearingcommission pursuant to the provisions of chapter 621, RSMo. "Negligent", forthe purposes of this subsection means that a person has failed to take thesteps necessary to comply with the requirements of 8 U.S.C. 1324a with respectto the examination of an appropriate document or documents to verify whetherthe individual is an unauthorized alien.

2. Beginning August 28, 1999, any individual, individual proprietorship,corporation, partnership, firm or association that knowingly accepts anystate-administered or subsidized tax credit, tax abatement or loan inviolation of subsection 1 of this section shall upon conviction be guilty of aclass A misdemeanor, and such action may be brought by the attorney general inCole County circuit court.

(L. 1999 H.B. 701 § 1)