82R6415 KSD-D
 
  By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 1888
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring employers 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 B, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Chapter 53 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 53.  VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE INFORMATION
         Sec. 53.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Employee" means an individual, other than an
  independent contractor, who, for compensation, performs services
  for an employer under a written or oral contract of hire, whether
  express or implied.
               (2)  "Employer" means a person who employs one or more
  employees. The term includes a governmental entity.
               (3)  "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.).
               (4)  "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. 53.002.  VERIFICATION.  An employer shall register and
  participate in the E-Verify program to verify the work eligibility
  status of all new employees.
         Sec. 53.003.  RULES. The Texas Workforce Commission shall
  adopt rules and prescribe forms to implement this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.