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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring political subdivisions to participate in the |
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federal electronic verification of employment authorization |
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program or E-verify. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 179 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 179. VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE INFORMATION |
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Sec. 179.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "E-verify program" means the electronic |
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verification of employment authorization program of the federal |
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 |
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(Pub. L. No. 104-208, reprinted in note, 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a), |
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operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or a |
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successor employment authorization program designated by the |
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United States Department of Homeland Security or other federal |
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agency authorized to verify the employment authorization status of |
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newly hired employees under the federal Immigration Reform and |
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Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.). |
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(2) "Political subdivision" means a county, |
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municipality, school district, junior college district, other |
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special district, or other subdivision of state government. |
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Sec. 179.002. VERIFICATION. A political subdivision shall |
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register and participate in the E-verify program to verify |
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information of all new employees. |
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Sec. 179.003. STATE FUNDING PROHIBITED FOR FAILURE TO |
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PARTICIPATE IN E-VERIFY. Beginning the state fiscal year following |
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the effective date of this Act, a political subdivision may not |
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receive state funds if the political subdivision fails to register |
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and participate in the E-verify program as required by Section |
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179.002. A political subdivision denied state funds under this |
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section may receive state funds beginning the state fiscal year |
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following the year in which the political subdivision registers and |
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participates in the E-verify program as required by Section |
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179.002. The Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy |
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shall adopt rules to implement this section uniformly among state |
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agencies from which state funds are distributed to a political |
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subdivision. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |