Thread: Sign petition bill 81 for Utah

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S.B. 81
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

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2008 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: John W. Hickman

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House Sponsor: ____________

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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill deals with provisions related to the immigration status of individuals within
10 the state.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . requires a county sheriff to make a reasonable effort to determine the citizenship
14 status of a person confined to a county jail for a period of time and to verify the
15 immigration status of a confined foreign national, and makes it a rebuttable
16 presumption, for the purpose of determining the grant or issuance of a bond, that a
17 person verified by the sheriff's efforts as a foreign national not lawfully admitted
18 into the United States is at risk of flight;
19 . provides that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission may not grant a
20 restaurant liquor license or private club license to a person who is not lawfully
21 present in the United States;
22 . restricts the exemption from paying the nonresident portion of total tuition at a state
23 institution of higher education to students without lawful immigration status who
24 meet certain statutory prerequisites and register as an entering student at the
25 institution prior to May 1, 2010;
26 . provides that an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States is not
27 eligible on the basis of residence within the state for a higher education benefit, to

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include scholarships, financial aid, and resident tuition, with one temporary exception;
29 . provides for the withholding of state income tax at the top rate from an independent
30 contractor who fails to provide documentation to the contracting entity that verifies
31 the independent contractor's employment authorization pursuant to the prohibition
32 against the use of unauthorized alien labor;
33 . provides for the creation and issuance of identification documents and requires that
34 those identification documents issued by public entities go only to United States
35 citizens, nationals, or legal permanent resident aliens with certain exceptions;
36 . provides for exceptions to the issuance of identification documents by public
37 entities based on valid documentation of certain approved or pending immigration
38 status and places time period restrictions on the length of validity of the documents;
39 . requires public employers to register with and use a Status Verification System to
40 verify the federal authorization status of a new employee;
41 . beginning July 1, 2009, provides that a public employer may not enter into a
42 contract for the physical performance of services within the state with a contractor
43 unless the contractor registers and participates in the Status Verification System to
44 verify the work eligibility status of the contractor's new employees;
45 . identifies as a discriminatory employment practice the discharging of a lawful
46 employee while retaining an unauthorized alien in the same job category;
47 . requires an agency or political subdivision of the state to verify the lawful presence
48 in the United States of an individual who has applied for a state or local public
49 benefit, as defined by federal law, or a federal public benefit that is administered by
50 the agency or the political subdivision and provides for exceptions;
51 . requires an applicant for a state or local public benefit to execute an affidavit
52 attesting to the applicant's lawful presence in the United States, and provides
53 penalties for making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation in
54 the affidavit;
55 . provides, subject to the availability of funding, for the establishment of a Fraudulent
56 Documents Identification Unit by the attorney general for the primary purpose of
57 investigating, apprehending, and prosecuting individuals who participate in the sale
58 or distribution of fraudulent identification documents created and prepared for
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individuals who are unlawfully residing within the state;
60 . requires the attorney general to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with the
61 United States Department of Justice or the United States Department of Homeland
62 Security for the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws within the
63 state by state and local law enforcement personnel;
64 . prohibits a unit of local government from enacting an ordinance or policy that limits
65 or prohibits a law enforcement officer or government employee from
66 communicating or cooperating with federal officials regarding the immigration
67 status of a person within the state; and
68 . makes it a class A misdemeanor for a person to:
69 . transport in this state an alien, knowing that the alien is in the United States in
70 violation of federal law, in furtherance of the illegal presence in the United
71 States; or
72 . conceal, harbor, or shelter from detection an alien, in a place within this state,
73 knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the alien is in the United States
74 in violation of federal law.

http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillint/sb0081s01.htm

Thanks CindyB for this..


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