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RESOLUTION NO 2006 - 28 TOWN OF PAHRUMP, NEVADA A RESOLUTION PETITIONING FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATORS TO ADOPT ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE, ENCOURAGE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND RECOGNITION OF FEDERAL LAWS CONCERNING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS WHEREAS, the Pahrump Town Board is charged with upholding the Constitutions and laws of the United States of America, the State of Nevada, County ofNye, and Town of Pahrump, and the Pahrump Town Board members are Patriots of this Great Town, State and Country and as United States Citizens desire to uphold and protect the Law of the Land; and WHEREAS, the Pahrump Town Board desires to petition federal and state legislators to adopt English as the national language and encourage use of the English language for official documents; and WHEREAS, the Town of Pahrump desires the governments ofthe United States of America and the State of Nevada enforce all laws concerning illegal immigration and the conduct of business with illegal aliens; now THEREFORE, the Town of Pahrump does hereby resolve federal and state legislators are encouraged to adopt English as the national language, encourage use of the English language for official documents; and FURTHERMORE, the Town of Pahrump does hereby resolve the governments of the United States of America and the State of Nevada are strongly urged to enforce all laws concerning illegal immigration and the conduct of business with illegal aliens in part stated as follows: Section 1. No person, employer, or business located in, or doing business in the United States of America and the State of Nevada shall hire an illegal alien or undocumented immigrant. Nor shall any establishment in the United States of America and the State of Nevada do business with an illegal alien or undocumented immigrant. It is the responsibility of the employer to see to it that an employee is able to converse in English with customers and fellow workers of the employer. For purposes of this section an individual applying for employment or is employed or where identification is needed for doing business only the following will be accepted: • A valid State issued Driver's License or official State ID. • U.S. Military ID or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner ID. • U.S. Citizenship papers, U.S. issued Immigration papers, with a Picture ID or U.S. Passport. • A Picture Driver's License or a Picture ID issued by any State of the United States of America. Section 2. No person, employer, or business in the United States of America and the State of Nevada shall house, loan or give money to an illegal alien or undocumented immigrant. No foreign documentation or ID will be acceptable for purposes of financial transactions such as Mexico's Matricular Consular. In addition, to limit fraud or identity theft, an employer or business must do a background check, a Social Security Number verification with the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, the Basic Pilot Employment Verification Program or similar government program. Section 3. No person, employer, or business including but not limited to a hotel, restaurant, or bar in the United States of America and the State ofNevada shall close in support of any foreign person(s), foreign flag or foreign country unless requested to do so by the local, state or federal government. Section 4. No person who is present in the United States of America or the State ofNevada in violation of Federal Immigration law related to improper entry by an alien shall be awarded punitive damages in any civil action in any court of the United States of America or the State of Nevada. Section 5. No person who is present in the United States of America or the State of Nevada in violation of Federal Immigration law related to improper entry by an alien shall be eligible to participate in state subsidized immigrant and adult education, receive in-state student or county residency status for community college and university purposes, receive state subsidized tuition/fee waivers and fmancial assistance,,(4) receive state subsidized child care assistance, participate in state sponsored family literacy programs; and requiring the ---PAGE BREAK--- Board of Education, community colleges and universities, or other responsible agencies to report the number of ineligible persons applying for these programs and assistance. Section 6. English shall be the official language of the United States of America and the State of Nevada requiring ( l) all official actions to be conducted in English, requiring the government to preserve, protect and enhance English as the official language, prohibiting discrimination against persons using English, and permitting private lawsuits to enforce the official English amendment in the event the constitutions of the United States of America and the State ofNevada are amended to make English the official language. Motion proposed by Town Board Member: p1 /J1 /1!.~6.1-1 /9 Motion seconded by Town Board Member: t/ L u_/j lLI S /J _ JoH#S4tJ AYES: :L NAYES: p