SB515: Alcoholic beverage control; no retail licensee shall employ as manager any unauthorized alien.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 4.1-203.1 as follows:
§ 4.1-203.1. Managers of licensed retail establishments.
The Board may suspend or revoke any license if it finds that the licensee has been convicted for a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(f), as amended, for actions of its managers or otherwise constituting a pattern or practice of employing unauthorized aliens in the Commonwealth.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 4.1-226 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 4.1-226. Grounds for which Board shall suspend or revoke licenses.
The Board shall suspend or revoke any license, other than a brewery license, in which case the Board may impose penalties as provided in § 4.1-227, if it finds that:
1. A licensee has violated or permitted the violation of § 18.2-331, relating to the illegal possession of a gambling device, upon the premises for which the Board has granted a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages to the public.
2. In the licensed establishment of a mixed beverage licensee there (i) is entertainment of an obscene nature, entertainment commonly called stripteasing, topless entertaining, or entertainment that has employees who are not clad both above and below the waist or (ii) are employees who solicit the sale of alcoholic beverages. The provisions of clause (i) shall not apply to persons operating theaters, concert halls, art centers, museums, or similar establishments that are devoted primarily to the arts or theatrical performances, when the performances that are presented are expressing matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value.
3. A retail licensee has knowingly employed as a manager or otherwise on the licensed premises any unauthorized alien as defined in the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-603).
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 4.1-203.1 as follows:
§ 4.1-203.1. Qualification for managers of licensed retail establishments.
[ All managers of licensed retail establishments
shall be U.S. citizens or legally present in the United States. No retail
licensee shall knowingly employ as a manager or otherwise any unauthorized
alien as defined in the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
]
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 4.1-203.1 as follows:
§ 4.1-203.1. Qualification for managers of licensed retail establishments.
All managers of licensed retail establishments shall be U.S. citizens or legally present in the United States.