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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that a recipient of money from the Texas |
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Enterprise Fund participate in a federal work eligibility |
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verification program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 481.078, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (f-1), (g-1), and (k) to read as follows: |
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(f-1) The governor may not enter into a grant agreement with |
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an entity unless the entity provides documentation to the office |
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certifying the entity's participation in the federal E-Verify |
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program or any successor program to verify the work eligibility |
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status of all its new employees in this state. |
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(g-1) The grant agreement must include a provision |
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requiring that the grant recipient: |
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(1) use the federal E-Verify program or any successor |
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program to verify the work eligibility status of all its new |
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employees in this state; and |
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(2) submit to the office an annual report containing |
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the results of employment eligibility verifications under |
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Subdivision (1) that were conducted during the previous calendar |
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year. |
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(k) In this section, "federal E-Verify program" means the |
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electronic verification of work authorization program of Section |
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403(a) of the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant |
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Responsibility Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-208, reprinted in note, |
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8 U.S.C. Section 1324a), operated by the United States Department |
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of Homeland Security and known as the Basic Pilot Program or |
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E-Verify. |
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SECTION 2. Section 481.078(g-1), Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a grant agreement entered into on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A grant agreement entered |
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into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the agreement was entered into, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |