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Committee weighs bill to require E-Verify on state and publicly funded contracts
Summary
Representative Mike Tisdale told the Michigan House Committee on Government Operations that House Bill 4061 would require public employers and state contractors with 10 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm new hires' work authorization on taxpayer-funded contracts.
Representative Mike Tisdale introduced House Bill 4061 to the House Committee on Government Operations as a measure to require public employers and contractors that receive taxpayer funds to use E-Verify to confirm that new hires are authorized to work in the United States.
"If a company wants to do business with the state of Michigan and benefit from taxpayer funded contracts, it should be required to hire legally authorized workers," Representative Tisdale said in committee testimony. He said the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity would create rules to implement and administer the program, and that the bill would apply to contractors and subcontractors on public contracts and to political subdivisions when they use state funds.
Supporters said E-Verify provides a quick, electronic cross-check of the federal I-9 information against Homeland Security and…
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