CRC - 2017                                   COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Proposal No. P 29, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì487572AÎ487572                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/03/2018           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       The Committee on Style and Drafting (Timmann) recommended the
       following:
       
       
    1         CRC Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the proposal clause
    4  and insert:
    5         A new section is added to Article X of the State
    6  Constitution to read:
    7                              ARTICLE X                            
    8                            MISCELLANEOUS                          
    9         Employment eligibility verification.—
   10         (a) An unauthorized alien may not work in this state
   11  contrary to federal immigration law.
   12         (b) By general law, the legislature shall:
   13         (1) Establish an employment eligibility verification
   14  process to ensure that all employees in this state are legally
   15  authorized to work under federal immigration law. Employment
   16  verification must be completed in a manner consistent with
   17  federal law, including within the established timeframe
   18  following the hire date of each new employee.
   19         (2) Enact a statewide random auditing program administered
   20  by an executive department to ensure compliance with the
   21  employment eligibility verification process and prescribe
   22  penalties for the failure to comply.
   23         (c) The legislature shall implement this section by July 1,
   24  2020, and the provisions of subsection (b) shall apply only to
   25  employees hired to work in this state after the date of
   26  implementation.
   27  
   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete everything before the proposal clause
   31  and insert:
   32                        A proposal to create                       
   33         a new section in Article X of the State Constitution
   34         to prohibit unauthorized aliens from working in the
   35         state and to require the legislature, by a specified
   36         date, to establish an employment eligibility
   37         verification process.