This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “City of Hazleton Illegal

Immigration Relief Act Ordinance.”

The People of the City of Hazleton find and declare:

A. That illegal immigration leads to higher crime rates, contributes to

overcrowded classrooms and failing schools, subjects our hospitals to

fiscal hardship and legal residents to substandard quality of care,

contributes to other burdens on public services, increasing their cost and

diminishing their availability to lawful residents, and destroys our

neighborhoods and diminishes our overall quality of life.

B. That the City of Hazleton is authorized to abate public nuisances and

empowered and mandated by the People of Hazleton to abate the nuisance

of illegal immigration by diligently prohibiting the acts and policies that

facilitate illegal immigration and punishing the people and businesses

that aid and abet illegal aliens.

C. This ordinance seeks to secure to those lawfully present in the United

States and this City, whether or not they are Citizens of the United States,

the right to live in peace free of the threat of illegal alien crime, to enjoy

the public services provided by this city without being burdened by the

cost of providing goods, support and services to any whose presence in the

United States is contrary to its laws and to be free of the debilitating

effects on their economic and social well being imposed by the influx of

illegal aliens to the fullest extent that these goals can be achieved

consistent with the Constitution and Laws of the United States and the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Whenever used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“City” means the City of Hazleton.

“Contract employer” means any person who obtains the services of one or more

individuals through a day labor agency.

“Illegal Alien” means any person whose initial entry into the United States was illegal

and whose current status is also illegal as well as any person who, after entering legally,

has failed to leave the United States upon the expiration of his or her visa.

“Legal Work Status” means that a person’s employment is not in violation of any law of

the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or this Ordinance.

“Vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in Pennsylvania Vehicle Code as the same now

reads or may hereafter be amended.

Any entity or any parent, affiliate, subsidiary or agent of any entity (other than a charity

recognized as exempt from federal income taxation under Sec. 501 of the Internal

Revenue Code of the United States and which has obtained and continues to have in force

an exemption from federal income taxation), that employs, retains, aids or abets illegal

aliens or illegal immigration into the United States, whether directly or by or through

any agent, ruse, guise, device or means, no matter how indirect, and even if the agent or

entity might otherwise be exempted from this section, or violates any provision of this

Ordinance, shall from the date of the violation or its discovery, whichever shall be later,

be denied and barred from approval of a business permit, renewal of a business permit,

any city contract or grant as follows:

(1) For the first violation for a period of five years,

(2) For any subsequent violation, for a period of ten years.

A. “Aids or abets” includes, but is not limited to:

(i) hiring or attempted hiring of illegal aliens,

(ii) providing, renting or leasing real or personal property to illegal

aliens,

(iii) funding or providing goods and services to illegal aliens, except as

provided in Sec. 4 C.,

(iv) funding, providing goods and services to or aiding in the

establishment or continuation of any day labor center or other entity

providing similar services, unless the entity acts with due diligence to

verify the legal work status of all persons whom it employs, provides

job assistance for or in any way assists or facilitates in obtaining any

employment.

B. Except as provided in C., any action or failure to act done within the

boundaries of this City that aids and abets illegal aliens or facilitates their

avoiding detection and apprehension anywhere in the United States, its

territories or possessions violates this Ordinance.

C. This Ordinance shall not be construed to prohibit rendering emergency

medical care, emergency assistance or legal assistance.

A. Illegal aliens are prohibited from leasing or renting property. Any

property owner or renter/tenant/lessee in control of property, who knowingly

allows an illegal alien to use, rent or lease their property shall be in violation of

this section.

B. Any person or entity that violates this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine of

not less than $1,000.00.

C. A separate violation of this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been

committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.

A. The City of Hazleton declares that English is the official language of the City.

B. Unless explicitly mandated by the federal government, the state of Pennsylvania

or the City of Hazleton, all official city business, forms, documents, signage

will be written in English only.

If any part of provision of this Chapter is in conflict or inconsistent with applicable

provisions of federal or state statutes, or is otherwise held to be invalid or unenforceable

by any court of competent jurisdiction, such part of provision shall be suspended and

superseded by such applicable laws or regulations, and the remainder of this Chapter

shall not be affected thereby.

(June 15, 2006) (July 13, 2006) (July 13, 2006)

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