Thursday, January 14, 2010
ARIZONA TO CUT FUNDS FOR EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT
From the Arizona Republic:
Two Arizona legislators say money earmarked for enforcement of the state's 2-year-old employer-sanctions law will be drastically cut for fiscal 2010.
As budget discussions resume at the Capitol, Senate Appropriations Chairman Russell Pearce and House Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh said Wednesday that Maricopa County's amount will be cut in half and Arizona's other 14 counties will receive no money.
These cuts come in the wake of an Arizona Republic investigation in November that found at least $1.44 million in enforcement funds was sitting idle as prosecutors from nine counties said the money was not spent because there have been so few complaints about employers violating the law.
Maricopa County is now the only county in Arizona scheduled to receive state employer-sanction funds this fiscal year. The previous two years, the state distributed $2.43 million annually to all 15 counties, with larger ones getting more money.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 9:28 PM
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Two Arizona legislators say money earmarked for enforcement of the state's 2-year-old employer-sanctions law will be drastically cut for fiscal 2010.
As budget discussions resume at the Capitol, Senate Appropriations Chairman Russell Pearce and House Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh said Wednesday that Maricopa County's amount will be cut in half and Arizona's other 14 counties will receive no money.
These cuts come in the wake of an Arizona Republic investigation in November that found at least $1.44 million in enforcement funds was sitting idle as prosecutors from nine counties said the money was not spent because there have been so few complaints about employers violating the law.
Maricopa County is now the only county in Arizona scheduled to receive state employer-sanction funds this fiscal year. The previous two years, the state distributed $2.43 million annually to all 15 counties, with larger ones getting more money.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 9:28 PM
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