Section 673.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "E-verify program" means the electronic verification of employment authorization program of the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( Pub. L. No. 104-208, reprinted in note, 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a) , operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or a successor employment authorization program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or other federal agency authorized to verify the employment authorization status of newly hired employees under the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.).(2) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 659.101.Tex. Gov't. Code § 673.001
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 425,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2015.