House of Representatives
State of Utah
Mr. Speaker:
The Business and Labor Committee has returned H.B. 127, EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION,
PROCUREMENT, AND INCENTIVES, by Representative S. Sandstrom, to the Rules Committee
without recommendation with the following amendments:
Respectfully,
Stephen D. Clark
Voting: --
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3, Lines 72 through 75
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(b) If an employer described in this Subsection (3) receives or claims an economic
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development incentive, the employer shall notify the office of a finding described in
Subsection
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(3)(a) within
five
}
eight
business days of the day on which the finding
described in Subsection (3)(a)
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is final.
2. Page
4, Lines 92 through 109
House Committee Amendments
2-8-2007
:
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(2)
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supplies, services, and construction
that is the subject of a request for
proposals
}
described in Subsection (2)(b)
that an
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employer submit with that employer's response to a bid
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(a)
}
(i)
participates in the federal employment verification program; and
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(b)
}
(ii)
has not been found to violate the requirements of the federal
employment
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(i)
}
(A)
the United States Department of Homeland Security; or
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(ii)
}
(B)
the
{
division
}
Division of Purchasing and General
Services
.
(i) is the subject of a request for proposals; and
(ii) has a total dollar value equal to or greater than $25,000.
(c) (i) This section does not apply to a person that does not directly
submit a response to a bid described in Subsection (2)(a) for the right to enter
into an agreement with the state public procurement unit, including a person
who is a subcontractor of the employer that submits a response to the bid.
(ii) An employer who submits a response to a bid in accordance with
Subsection (2)(a) may not be required under this section to certify whether or
not any subcontractor of that employer participates in the federal
employment verification program.
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(3) (a) If the
division
}
Division of Purchasing and General Services
learns that the employer does not participate in the federal
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employment verification program or an employer is found by the United States
Department of
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Homeland Security to violate the requirements of the federal employment verification
program
,
}
:
(i) the employer shall remedy the violation within 60 days of the earlier of:
(A) the day on which the
division
}
Division of Purchasing and General
Services notifies the employer that the
{
division
}
Division of Purchasing and
General Services learned that the employer is subject to this Subsection (3); or
(B) the day on which the employer notifies the
division
}
Division of
Purchasing and General Services of the finding as required by Subsection (3)(b);
and
(ii) if the employer fails to remedy the violation within the 60-day period
described in Subsection (3)(a)(i):
(A) for an agreement entered into on or after April 30, 2007, any agreement
with a state public procurement unit that is in effect terminates on the day
immediately following the day on which the 60-day period ends;
(B) the state public procurement unit has any remedy available under an
agreement described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii)(A) for breach of that agreement; and
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services, or construction to a state
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finding described in
this
}
Subsection (3)
(a)(i)
becomes final.
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(b) If an employer described in this Subsection (3) has an agreement to provide
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supplies, services, or contraction to a state
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division
}
Division of Purchasing and General Services
of the finding
described in Subsection (3)(a) within
{
five
}
eight
business days of the day on
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which the finding described in Subsection (3)(a) is final.
Committee Chair
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Bill Number
*HB0127*
HB0127