Georgia
States are increasingly considering laws establishing employment eligibility verification requirements. In Georgia, two such bills have been enacted and one is currently pending. Though the demand for quick action that compels Georgia lawmakers and their colleagues across the nation is understandable, creating a patchwork of uncoordinated verification systems undermines the efficacy of existing and potential federal approaches.
Immigration and Employment Verification
Enacted Legislation
SB 184: Final version (May 18, 2007) creates an exemption from the $600 limit to business expense deduction from state income tax for businesses that participate in the basic pilot program for electronic verification of work authorization. Effective July 1, 2007.
To view the final version of this bill, click here.
SB 529: Final version (April 17, 2006) provides that all public employers and their contractors and subcontractors must register and participate in the “federal work authorization program” (i.e., the Basic Pilot Program) to verify the status of newly hired employees. “Public employer” means every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision of the state. The bill applies only to physical performance of services in the state.
This law has three different effective dates: (1) July 1, 2007, for every public employer and contractor, including every subcontractor, who has 500 or more employees; (2) July 1, 2008, for 100 or more employees; and (3) July 1, 2009, for 99 or fewer employees.
To view the final version of this bill, click here.
Pending Legislation
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[#value] => States are increasingly considering laws establishing employment eligibility verification requirements. In Georgia, two such bills have been enacted and one is currently pending. Though the demand for quick action that compels Georgia lawmakers and their colleagues across the nation is understandable, creating a patchwork of uncoordinated verification systems undermines the efficacy of existing and potential federal approaches.
Immigration and Employment Verification
Enacted Legislation
SB 184: Final version (May 18, 2007) creates an exemption from the $600 limit to business expense deduction from state income tax for businesses that participate in the basic pilot program for electronic verification of work authorization. Effective July 1, 2007.
To view the final version of this bill, click here.
SB 529: Final version (April 17, 2006) provides that all public employers and their contractors and subcontractors must register and participate in the “federal work authorization program” (i.e., the Basic Pilot Program) to verify the status of newly hired employees. “Public employer” means every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision of the state. The bill applies only to physical performance of services in the state.
This law has three different effective dates: (1) July 1, 2007, for every public employer and contractor, including every subcontractor, who has 500 or more employees; (2) July 1, 2008, for 100 or more employees; and (3) July 1, 2009, for 99 or fewer employees.
To view the final version of this bill, click here.
Pending Legislation
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States are increasingly considering laws establishing employment eligibility verification requirements. In Georgia, two such bills have been enacted and one is currently pending. Though the demand for quick action that compels Georgia lawmakers and their colleagues across the nation is understandable, creating a patchwork of uncoordinated verification systems undermines the efficacy of existing and potential federal approaches.
Immigration and Employment Verification
Enacted Legislation
SB 184: Final version (May 18, 2007) creates an exemption from the $600 limit to business expense deduction from state income tax for businesses that participate in the basic pilot program for electronic verification of work authorization. Effective July 1, 2007.
To view the final version of this bill, click here.
SB 529: Final version (April 17, 2006) provides that all public employers and their contractors and subcontractors must register and participate in the “federal work authorization program” (i.e., the Basic Pilot Program) to verify the status of newly hired employees. “Public employer” means every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision of the state. The bill applies only to physical performance of services in the state.
This law has three different effective dates: (1) July 1, 2007, for every public employer and contractor, including every subcontractor, who has 500 or more employees; (2) July 1, 2008, for 100 or more employees; and (3) July 1, 2009, for 99 or fewer employees.
To view the final version of this bill, click here.
Pending Legislation
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