SB515: Alcoholic beverage control; no retail licensee shall employ as manager any unauthorized alien.


SENATE BILL NO. 515
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice
on March 2, 2012)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Wagner)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-203.1, relating to alcoholic beverage control; managers for licensed retail establishments.

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.


SENATE BILL NO. 515
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws
on February 28, 2012)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Wagner)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-226 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; managers for licensed retail establishments.

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).


SENATE BILL NO. 515
Senate Amendments in [ ] ? February 14, 2012
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-203.1, relating to alcoholic beverage control; managers for licensed retail establishments.
Patrons Prior to Engrossment--Senators Wagner, Black and Garrett

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

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. ]

SENATE BILL NO. 515
Offered January 11, 2012
Prefiled January 11, 2012
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-203.1, relating to alcoholic beverage control; managers for licensed retail establishments.
Patron-- Wagner

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

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.