§ 14-39. Employer Sanctions Act compliance.
(a)
The Arizona Employer Sanctions Act (Laws 2007, Chapter 279) requires specific documentation to issue a license if the business ownership type is identified as an individual, sole proprietorship or husband and wife business. Unless the applicant is exempt as described in subsection (b) below, the town may not issue a business license to an individual, sole proprietorship or husband and wife business unless that one of the following documents is presented:
(1)
Arizona driver license issued after 1996 or an Arizona nonoperating identification license;
(2)
Driver license issued by any state that verifies lawful presence in the United States;
(3)
Birth certificate or delayed birth certificate issued in any state, territory, or possession of the United States;
(4)
United States certificate of birth abroad;
(5)
United States passport;
(6)
Foreign passport with a United States visa;
(7)
Form I-95 with a photograph;
(8)
United States citizenship and immigration services employment authorization document or refugee travel document;
(9)
United States certificate of naturalization;
(10)
United States certificate of citizenship;
(11)
Tribal certificate of Indian blood; or
(12)
Tribal or Bureau of Indian Affairs affidavit of birth.
(b)
If all of the following apply, an individual is exempt from the requirement that he present one of the documents listed in subsection (a) above, prior to being issued a business license:
(1)
The individual is a citizen of a foreign country or, if at the time of application, the individual resides in a foreign country; and
(2)
The benefits that are related to the license do not require the individual to be present in the United States in order to receive those benefits.
(c)
The application shall be denied if the applicant cannot provide satisfactory proof that he is authorized to hold a business license pursuant to the Employer Sanctions Act (Laws 2007, Chapter 279).
(Ord. No. 2275, § I, 1-26-10; Ord. No. 2331, § I, 6-23-11)