SB3647 - Tennessee

• Companion Bill HB3111.
  

  Employees, Employers - Authorizes any person, instead of only a government official or agency, who has reason to believe that an employer is employing illegal aliens, to file a complaint with the department of labor and workforce development, and requires that such complaint be made under oath. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50.

  Fiscal Summary for SB3647 / *HB3111

  Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $ 82,600/One-Time $754,000/Recurring

  
  Bill Summary for SB3647 / *HB3111
  
  This bill revises the present law regarding the reporting of the illegal employment of illegal aliens.
  
  Generally, a person may not knowingly employ, recruit, or refer for a fee for employment, an illegal alien. Present law requires any state or local governmental agency, officer, employee, or entity who has reason to believe that a person has so knowingly employed an illegal alien to file a complaint with the department of labor and workforce development. This bill deletes this requirement and instead allows any person who has reason to believe that a person has so knowingly employed an illegal alien to file a complaint with the department. This bill also requires that such a complaint be in writing and under oath.
  
  Under this bill, if the commissioner of labor and workforce development determines that a complaint appears to contain false statements and to be frivolous, clearly vexatious, or brought solely for purposes of harassment, then the commissioner must immediately notify the appropriate district attorney general of a potential violation of the offense of perjury.
  
  This bill requires the commissioner to develop a form that will be used by persons filing such a complaint. Such form must contain the following language: "This is an official document required by law to be made under oath and any person making false statements on this document is subject to prosecution for perjury."