Commissioner Gary Black says his department plans to talk to officials in Utah, where the governor has signed a bill that would create a state guest worker program.
A comprehensive immigration bill that passed the Legislature last week would require Black's department to study the impact of immigration on Georgia's agriculture industry. The study would also examine problems with a federal guest worker program - which the law calls "cumbersome and flawed" - which allows the agriculture industry to bring in seasonal workers.
The department would have to send the report to state lawmakers and the governor by Jan. 1.
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