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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert plans on calling the Legislature into a special session to water down a bill he's signed into law requiring businesses to confirm the immigration status of their new employees.
Herbert signed the measure Wednesday, and his spokeswoman says the governor will call lawmakers back to work to amend it before it takes effect July 1.
The bill was already watered down so there were no penalties for businesses that failed to comply.
Herbert says he wants to amend the bill so it makes clear that using the federal E-Verify program is voluntary.
The Web-based system checks a worker's information against federal databases to determine U.S. employment eligibility.
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