Bill Text: TX HB1447 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program or E-verify.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-28 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1447 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1447-Introduced.html
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| By: Button | H.B. No. 1447 | |
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| relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the | ||
| federal electronic verification of work authorization program or | ||
| E-verify. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Chapter 619 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 619. VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE INFORMATION | ||
| Sec. 619.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "E-verify program" means the electronic | ||
| verification of work authorization program of the federal Illegal | ||
| Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Pub. | ||
| L. No. 104-208, reprinted in note, 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a), | ||
| operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or a | ||
| successor work authorization program designated by the United | ||
| States Department of Homeland Security or other federal agency | ||
| authorized to verify the work authorization status of newly hired | ||
| employees pursuant to the federal Immigration Reform and Control | ||
| Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.). | ||
| (2) "Governmental entity" means: | ||
| (A) the state; or | ||
| (B) a political subdivision of the state, | ||
| including a municipality, a county, or any kind of district. | ||
| Sec. 619.002. VERIFICATION. A governmental entity shall | ||
| register and participate in the E-verify program to verify | ||
| information of all new employees. | ||
| Sec. 619.003. RULES. The Texas Workforce Commission shall | ||
| adopt rules and prescribe forms to implement this chapter. | ||
| Sec. 619.004. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. An employee of a | ||
| governmental entity who is responsible for verifying information of | ||
| new employees of the governmental entity as required by Section | ||
| 619.002 is subject to immediate termination of employment if the | ||
| employee fails to comply with that section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
