Texas immigration bill has big exception

cnn.com ^ | 3/1/2011 | Mariano Castillo

[dragnet2]

We're surrounded by sell out traitors in America...

Compromise over principle.....Profits regardless of consequences, have left this country dead on the floor.

Spit*

[TexasAg]

All *legitimate* landscaping firms are licensed and insured/bonded.
So the answer is, you don’t know what type of license a landscaper needs.
What??
Ya ever hear of a business license?
wow...

Sport, you should pretend that you've done a little research before spouting off.

Let's pick a random city -- Humble, Texas (NE of Houston). Here are the business licenses that someone might need:
http://www.businesslicenses.com/Licenses/TX/Harris/Humble-4820135348/

So tell me, which "business license" does someone need to clean a house or mow a lawn? Maybe a liquor license, or a seed dealer license? There is no generic "business license" that someone must have before they can engage in any business. There are specific licenses that you need to get depending on the type of business you are starting.

[TexasAg]

Holy crap.
Please read the thread.
THIS is what the poster said “Has it occurred to anyone that this exception is intended to protect homeowners that don’t have the resources to check out a potential employee?
Have you ever tried to use E-Verify? It’s not a simple task even to get started, before you check out a single employee.”
Get it. The guy WAS too lazy to use E-Verify.

I read the thread. I suggest you might try it, too. justlurking didn't say he could access E-Verify. He said that it wasn't a simple task to get started on E-Verify before you could check anyone out. I could tell the same thing, since I bothered looking into what it took to register with E-Verify.

[TexasAg]

So your answer is YES...
lol...
Lemme tell ya something tex...If you're the homeowner and you do this, you're leaving yourself wide open to massive, punitive liability.
Only a *foolish homeowner* would do this in today's litigious society

Don't even try to pretend that you started this thread to warn people of the dangers of hiring uninsured workers. You started this thread to criticize a proposed Texas law that would exempt homeowners from jailtime and fines for hiring someone who turned out to be illegal. Since E-Verify is not generally available to homeowners, that makes sense. And my homeowner's insurance protects me just fine. But by all means, keep calling me foolish. Just let me know when you figure out what business license is needed to mow lawns.