SENATE, No. 1894

By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1894) of Marc R. Pacheco, Steven C. Panagiotakos, Stephen R. Canessa, Matthew C. Patrick and other members of the General Court for legislation to debar employers who violate federal immigration laws from contracting with the Commonwealth. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.


AN ACT TO DEBAR EMPLOYERS WHO VIOLATE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS FROM CONTRACTING WITH THE COMMONWEALTH

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended in Section 29F(c), in the first line by removing the word “may” after the word “Debarment” and replacing it with the word “shall” and by removing the following words:  “but, debarment shall be imposed in all causes where debarment is required by law.”
SECTION 2.  Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended in Section 29F(c)(1) in the last line, by adding the following after the word “environment;”
(x)  a violation of federal law prohibiting the employment of “unauthorized aliens”;