PRINTER'S NO. 4220
No. 2761 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, CREIGHTON, ALLEN, BALDWIN, BARRAR,
BASTIAN, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BIRMELIN, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE,
CAUSER, CLYMER, CRAHALLA, DENLINGER, ELLIS, FLAHERTY, FLICK,
FORCIER, GABIG, GOOD, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARRIS,
HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KENNEY, MAHER,
MAITLAND, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PYLE, QUIGLEY,
RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROHRER, SATHER, SCHRODER, SOLOBAY,
SONNEY, R. STEVENSON, TRUE, TURZAI, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT AND
YEWCIC, JUNE 14, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
JUNE 14, 2006
AN ACT
1 Limiting expenditure of public moneys on illegal aliens; and
2 providing for requests for reimbursement of public moneys
3 expended on illegal aliens.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Protection of
8 Public Benefits Act.
9 Section 2. Limitation on public moneys.
10 (a) General rule.--No public moneys shall be expended on,
11 and no public benefit shall be provided to, any illegal alien
12 with the exception of expenditures for:
13 (1) emergency medical care; or
14 (2) law enforcement, prosecution, incarceration and
1 related expenses.
2 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "illegal
3 alien" means a noncitizen of the United States who is within
4 this Commonwealth and who is in violation of Federal immigration
5 laws.
6 Section 3. Cooperation with Federal law enforcement.
7 Any Commonwealth law enforcement officer who releases an
8 illegal alien into the custody of the United States Department
9 of Homeland Security or other Federal law enforcement officials
10 shall prepare an invoice listing the cost of any arrest,
11 incarceration or detainment of the illegal alien. The law
12 enforcement officer shall transmit this invoice along with any
13 identifying information concerning the illegal alien to the
14 Department of Revenue of this Commonwealth.
15 Section 4. Request for reimbursement of public moneys.
16 The Department of Revenue shall, upon receipt of an invoice
17 under section 3, attempt to ascertain the total expenditures of
18 public money by the Commonwealth, any political subdivision or
19 any agency, authority, board or commission of the Commonwealth
20 or any political subdivision to benefit the illegal alien during
21 the period the illegal alien was within this Commonwealth and in
22 violation of Federal immigration laws. The total expenditures
23 shall be listed on a public benefits statement. The public
24 benefits statement shall be provided to the United States
25 Department of Homeland Security and the United States Department
26 of State for transmission to the country of origin of the
27 illegal alien with a request that such country reimburse the
28 Commonwealth for the expenses. Any funds received by the
29 Commonwealth shall be distributed pro rata to the Commonwealth,
30 any political subdivision or any agency, authority, board or
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1 commission of the Commonwealth or political subdivision that
2 expended public money to benefit the illegal alien.
3 Section 5. Effective date.
4 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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