SB0576 - Tennessee: Criminal Offenses, Immigrants, Jails, Local Lock-ups, State Government, Titles, Short, Welfare

Companion Bill HB1216. Immigrants - Enacts the "Tennessee Immigration Compliance Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41; Title 67 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *SB0576 / HB1216(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $1,071,100 Recurring $14,400 One-Time $65,900 Incarceration* Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $1,000,000** Other Fiscal Impact - Any increase in state revenues received as a result of eliminating certain excise tax exemptions is unquantifiable because it is unknown how many exemptions for employees who are illegal immigrants are currently claimed. Any decrease in state expenditures as a result of prohibiting the delivery of certain public benefits to illegal immigrants is unquantifiable because it is unknown how many illegal immigrants currently receive such benefits.[...]

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