Bill Text: TX HB58 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of employing or contracting with an unauthorized alien.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - Referred to State Affairs [HB58 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB58-Introduced.html
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By: Riddle | H.B. No. 58 |
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relating to the creation of the offense of employing or contracting | ||
with an unauthorized alien. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Title 8, Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
TITLE 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE | ||
ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN LAWS | ||
SECTION 2. Title 8, Penal Code, is amended by adding Chapter | ||
40 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 40. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTS PROHIBITED UNDER | ||
FEDERAL LAW | ||
Sec. 40.01. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "unauthorized | ||
alien" has the meaning assigned by 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a(h)(3). | ||
Sec. 40.02. EMPLOYING OR CONTRACTING WITH UNAUTHORIZED | ||
ALIEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person | ||
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly employs an unauthorized | ||
alien or contracts for the performance of labor or other work with | ||
an unauthorized alien. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
Sec. 40.03. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. It is an affirmative | ||
defense to prosecution under Section 40.02 that the actor | ||
attempted to verify the unauthorized alien's immigration status or | ||
work authorization in a manner that is more likely than not to | ||
produce a correct and reliable result concerning an individual's | ||
immigration status or work authorization and had no knowledge of | ||
the unauthorized alien's actual immigration status or work | ||
authorization. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect November 1, 2011. |