Plain English Breakdown
The official text confirms the bill is a technical correction but does not explicitly list every specific grammatical error fixed, only showing the before-and-after wording.
SB1364: Technical Correction on Hiring Non-Citizens for Public Work
This bill fixes wording in an existing Arizona law that bans non-citizens from working on public projects while keeping specific exceptions.
What This Bill Does
- Amends section 34-301 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to correct grammar and sentence structure.
- States that people who are not U.S. citizens or wards cannot work on state, county, or city public projects.
- Clarifies that this rule does not stop prisons from using inmates for street or road repair work.
- Confirms the ban does not apply to teachers in federal exchange programs authorized by federal law.
- Ensures university and college faculty members are exempt from the employment prohibition.
Who It Names or Affects
- State, county, and city agencies that hire workers for public works projects
- Non-citizens seeking jobs on government construction or maintenance sites
- Prison systems using inmates for road work
- Teachers in federal exchange programs and university faculty members
Terms To Know
- Public works
- Construction, repair, or improvement projects owned by the government such as roads, bridges, or buildings.
- Ward of the United States
- A person under the legal protection and care of the U.S. government who is not a citizen.
- Technical correction
- A change to a law that fixes errors in wording or grammar without changing the original meaning of the rule.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill text does not state when this amendment will officially take effect.
- The source material only describes changes to section 34-301 and does not mention other related laws or penalties for breaking them.