HLS 14RS-68 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 815
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
CONTRACTS: Provides for submissions to the Louisiana Workforce Commission
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 39:2204(B)(1) and (4), relative to contracts for public work; to2
provide for the Louisiana First Hiring Act; to provide for submissions to the3
Louisiana Workforce Commission; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 39:2204(B)(1) and (4) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows:7
ยง2204. Contracts for public work8
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B. Each submission to the Louisiana Workforce Commission shall contain10
all of the following information:11
(1) The number and types of jobs anticipated to be filled by the contractor12
and, after the award of the contract, the subcontractor for the project.13
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(4) Methods, if any, that the contractor and, after the award of the contract,15
the subcontractor will use to recruit unemployed persons or persons employed in low16
wage jobs to fill job openings for the project.17
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HB NO. 815
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Leger HB No. 815
Abstract: Requires that submission by contractors and subcontractors to the La. Workforce
Commission pursuant to the Louisiana First Hiring Act include certain information.
Present law requires a contractor for public works with the office of coastal protection and
restoration to submit information to the La. Workforce Commission. The information
includes the number and types of jobs anticipated to be created, wages, and methods to be
used by the contractor to recruit unemployed persons or persons working at low wages to
fill job openings expected to result from the contract.
Proposed law retains present law except requires the submitted information to include the
number and types of jobs anticipated to be filled by contractors and, after the award of the
contract, subcontractors and the method of recruitment used.
(Amends R.S. 39:2204(B)(1) and (4))