Bill Text: NC H306 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: E-Verify Required - All Government Contracts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [H306 Detail]

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

H                                                                                                                                                   D

HOUSE BILL DRH10117-MM-35   (02/15)

 

 

 

Short Title:      E-Verify Required - All Government Contracts.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Millis, Cleveland, Conrad, and Collins (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require all contractors and SUBCONTRACTORS doing business with the State or any political subdivision of the state to use e‑verify.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑133.3 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143‑133.3.  E‑verify compliance.

(a)        No board or governing body of the State, or of any institution of the State government, or of any political subdivision of the State, may enter into a contract unless the contractor, and the contractor's subcontractors under the contract, comply with the requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 64 of the General Statutes.verify the work authorization of each employee through E‑verify.

(b)        A board or governing body of the State, or of any institution of the State government, or of any political subdivision of the State, shall be deemed in compliance with this section if the contract includes a term requiring the contractor, and the contractor's subcontractors, to comply with the requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 64 of the General Statutes.verify the work authorization of each employee through E‑verify.

(c)        This section shall not apply to any of the following:

(1)        Expenses related to travel, including transportation and lodging, for employees, officers, agents, or members of State or local boards, commissions, committees, or councils.

(2)        Contracts solely for the purchase of goods, apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment.

(3)        Contracts let under G.S. 143‑129(e)(1), (9), or (9a).

(4)        Contracts let under G.S. 143‑129(g).

(d)       As used in this section, E‑verify has the same meaning as defined in G.S. 64‑25(5)."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2017, and applies to contracts awarded on or after that date.