illegal immigration bill

I wasn't able to go to the Republican committee deal so I checked out the prefiled bills instead. I couldn't find any bills about hate crimes or in state tuition for illegals. I did find an immigration reform bill! It's written by Rick Green from NW Arkansas. This is great news and something that we can fight for in the upcoming session!

http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/

HB1024pdf file

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State of Arkansas

86th General Assembly

Bill Regular Session, 2007

HOUSE BILL 1024

By: Representative R. Green House - Dec 5 2006 1:00:15 - Prefiled

For An Act To Be Entitled

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM CONTRACTING WITH BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle AN ACT TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM CONTRACTING WITH BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION

1. Arkansas Code Title 19, Chapter 11, Subchapter 1 is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 19-11-105. Illegal immigrants -— prohibition -— public contracts forservices. As used in this section: (1) "Basic pilot program" means the basic pilot employment verification program created in Pub. L. No. 104-208, as amended, and expanded in Pub. L. No. 108-156, as amended; (2) "Contractor" means a person having a public contract for services with a state agency; (3) "Illegal immigrants" means any person not a citizen of the United States who has: (A) Entered the United States in violation of the Federal Immigration and Naturalization Act or regulations issued the act; (B) Legally entered but without the right to be employed in the United States; or (C) Legally entered subject to a time limit but has remained illegally after expiration of the time limit; (4) "Public contract for services" means any type of agreement between a state agency and a contractor for the procurement of services; (5) "Services" means the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor or a subcontractor not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports that are merely incidental to the required performance; and (6) "State agency" means any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. (b) No state agency may enter into or renew a public contract for services with a contractor who knows or should know that the contractor or a subcontractor employs or contracts with an illegal immigrant to perform work under the contract. (c) Before executing a public contract for services, each prospective contractor shall certify that the contractor, at the time of the certification: (1) Does not employ or contract with an illegal immigrant; and (2) Has participated or made substantial efforts toward participation in the basic pilot program in order to verify that it does not employ an illegal immigrant.

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Representative Rick Green's contact information.

Business Phone : 479-471-9911 Fax : 501-421-0195 E-mail : greenr@arkleg.state.ar.us District : 66 Seniority Number : 73 Occupation : Small Business Owner (TLS, Inc.) Church Affiliation : Baptist Public Service : Crawford County Circuit Clerk 1981-82, First term in House 2005, 2007

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