A. The Executive or their designee shall develop contracting protocols facilitating enforcement of the requirements of PCC 2.106.022. These procedures shall ensure that no business engages in discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, national origin, religion, or other status protected by law. The County shall suspend a contract with any business entity or contractor that the United States Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security has found to have been in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a should the business entity or contractor fail to correct the violation within 30 business days of receiving notice of the violation from the United States Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security.

B. The County shall not suspend the contract of any business entity or contractor per subsection A of this Section if, prior to the date of the violation, the business entity or contactor verifies the work authorization of any alleged unlawful workers using the E Verify program and demonstrates the same to the County.

C. The Executive may waive the suspension mandated by subsection A. or a disqualification mandated by PCC 2.106.022 after making a determination that a suspension or disqualification would substantially disrupt the operations of the County. The Executive shall provide notice to the Council within ten days of waiving a suspension or disqualification under this subsection.

D. Every contract entered into by the County shall provide that any suspension for E Verify noncompliance shall terminate one business day after a legal representative of the business entity or contractor submits, at a County office designated by the Executive, a declaration signed under penalty of perjury of the laws of the state, in the form provided by the County, stating with specificity that the violation has ended.