82R124 MTB-D
 
  By: Jackson H.B. No. 178
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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, 2011.