HCS HB 1383 -- UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS

SPONSOR:  Nolte

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on
International Trade and Immigration by a vote of 7 to 0.

This substitute exempts a business entity which contracts with
the state from the provision requiring participation in a federal
work authorization program if the business entity was awarded a
contract for $50,000 or less for supplies or materials used in
connection with an emergency.  The term "emergency" is expanded
to include situations that threaten life, personal safety,
property, the environment, and vital public services or resources
and certain natural or manmade disasters including fires,
chemical or biological hazards or spills, power outages, and
other major mechanical failures of public infrastructure.

Subcontractors, including subcontractors of business entities
awarded state contracts or grants for more than $5,000, are not
required to enroll and participate in a federal work
authorization program if the contract binding the subcontractor
affirmatively states that the subcontractor is not knowingly in
violation of the prohibition on hiring illegal aliens and the
subcontractor provides a sworn affidavit under penalty of perjury
attesting to the fact that the subcontractor's employees are
lawfully present in the United States.

The substitute also adds national citizenship to the information
that must be included on a sexual offender registration form and
requires the State Highway Patrol to report to the United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other appropriate federal
agency certain information regarding any person on the sexual
offender registry who is not a citizen of the United States.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on General Revenue Fund in FY 2011,
FY 2012, and FY 2013.  Estimated Cost on Other State Funds of
$23,780 in FY 2011, $0 in FY 2012, and $0 in FY 2013.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that illegal aliens who have
committed sexual offenses in Missouri should be deported at the
earliest possible time.

Testifying for the bill was Representative Nolte.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:10 pm