84R2642 MTB-D
By: Button H.B. No. 739
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the
federal electronic verification of employment 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 employment 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 employment authorization program designated by the
United States Department of Homeland Security or other federal
agency authorized to verify the employment authorization status of
newly hired employees under 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, 2015.