require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.

Summary

The bill requires every South Dakota employer to verify a new employee’s work eligibility through the federal E‑Verify system and keep the verification on file for the employee’s tenure. Employers who are not registered with E‑Verify cannot receive any state economic incentives and must repay any incentives received if found non‑compliant. It also makes knowingly providing false documents to avoid verification a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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