Bill Text: CT SB00240 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The E-verify Program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-25 - Public Hearing 03/02 [SB00240 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00240-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 240
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1306
		*01306_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE E-VERIFY PROGRAM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) On and after January 1, 2011, any employer who employs fifty or more persons in the state shall register with and utilize the employment status verification system to verify the work eligibility status of each newly hired employee. For the purposes of this section "employment status verification system" means the federal electronic employment authorization program known as "E-Verify" or any successor program, created pursuant to 8 USC 1324a and operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, and "employer" means a person engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof.

(b) The Labor Department shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require certain employers to use the free federal E-Verify program.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]