A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that only temporary employees in the agricultural sector do not have to be counted for purposes of determining whether an employer must use e‑verify.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 64‑25(3) reads as rewritten:
"§ 64‑25.  Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
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(3)	Employee. – Any individual who provides services or labor for an employer in this State for wages or other remuneration. The term does not include an individual whose term of employment is less than nine months in a calendar year who works in the agriculture, agribusiness, landscaping, or forestry sectors.
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SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Labor the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2014‑2015 fiscal year to create materials and programs that can be used to train employers on the requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 64 of the General Statutes.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2014.