| 1 | 1 | | 81R3044 MTB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Jackson H.B. No. 658 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the |
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| 8 | 8 | | federal electronic verification of work authorization program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Chapter 619 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 619. VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE INFORMATION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 619.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Electronic status verification system" means the |
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| 15 | 15 | | electronic verification of work authorization program of Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 403(a) of the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant |
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| 17 | 17 | | Responsibility Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-208, reprinted in note, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a), operated by the United States Department |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Homeland Security and known as the Basic Pilot Program or |
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| 20 | 20 | | E-Verify. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) "Governmental entity" means: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) the state; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) a political subdivision of the state, |
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| 24 | 24 | | including a municipality, a county, or any kind of district. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 619.002. VERIFICATION. A governmental entity shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | register and participate in the electronic status verification |
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| 27 | 27 | | system to verify information of all new employees. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 619.003. RULES. The Texas Workforce Commission shall |
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| 29 | 29 | | adopt rules and prescribe forms to implement this chapter. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 619.004. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. An employee of a |
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| 31 | 31 | | governmental entity who is responsible for verifying information of |
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| 32 | 32 | | new employees of the governmental entity as required by Section |
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| 33 | 33 | | 619.002 is subject to immediate termination of employment if the |
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| 34 | 34 | | employee fails to comply with that section. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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