South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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H. 3288

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Sandifer and Leach
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3036dw05.doc

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Workers' compensation payments eliminated to illegal aliens

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/12/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   1/12/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-14

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/12/2005

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 42-1-210 SO AS TO ELIMINATE ANY COMPENSATION, LOST WAGES OR MEDICAL, PAYABLE TO ANY INJURED WORKER WHEN THE INJURED WORKER IS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN AND HAS GAINED EMPLOYMENT THROUGH FRAUDULENT MEANS OR METHODS, OR BOTH.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 42 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 42-1-210.    Compensation, either lost wages or medical, is not allowed for an injury or death, when the injury or death occurred to an individual who is an illegal alien, who gained employment through fraudulent means or methods, or both, including, but not limited, to falsification of application, invalid social security number, or falsified or invalid immigration papers."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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