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HB 319: Crimes and offenses; illegal aliens; penalties for state and local officials and employees for noncompliance; provide

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House Bill 319

By: Representatives Clark of the 100th, Gaines of the 120th, Sainz of the 180th, Jasperse of the 11th, Petrea of the 166th, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

To amend Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia, relating to offenses involving illegal aliens, so as to provide for penalties for state and local officials and employees for noncompliance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia, relating to offenses involving illegal aliens, is amended by revising subsection (d) of Code Section 16-11-201, relating to definitions, offense of concealing, harboring, or shielding an illegal alien, penalties, and exceptions, as follows:

"(d) It shall be unlawful for any state or local official or employee to knowingly and willfully violate any state law related to deterring the concealing, harboring, or shielding of an illegal alien guilty of a criminal offense in violation of this Code section. In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, any state or local official or employee found to have violated this Code section shall be subject to prosecution by the Attorney General, and may be subject to removal and replacement by the Governor. ~~This~~ Code section shall not apply to a government employee or any person acting at the express direction of a government employee who conceals, harbors, or shelters an illegal alien when such illegal alien is or has been the victim of a criminal offense or is a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding or who holds an illegal alien in a jail, prison, or other detention facility."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.