| 1 | 2 | | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 1873 |
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| 4 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 7 | | relating to a report by the Texas Division of Emergency Management |
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| 7 | 8 | | regarding building trade services following disasters. |
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| 8 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 12 | | Sec. 418.054. REPORT ON BUILDING TRADE SERVICES FOLLOWING |
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| 12 | 13 | | DISASTERS. (a) Not later than November 1, 2020, the division shall |
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| 13 | 14 | | submit a report to members of the legislature on improving the |
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| 14 | 15 | | oversight, accountability, and availability of building trade |
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| 15 | 16 | | services following disasters. The report must include: |
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| 16 | | - | (1) the number and economic impact of tradespeople in |
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| 17 | | - | communities affected by a disaster; |
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| 18 | | - | (2) strategies for using a workforce that has been |
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| 19 | | - | trained in a United States Department of Labor Industry-Recognized |
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| 20 | | - | Apprenticeship Program or Registered Apprenticeship Program to |
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| 21 | | - | increase the availability of tradespeople, including plumbers and |
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| 22 | | - | electricians, following a disaster; |
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| 23 | | - | (3) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged |
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| 24 | | - | fraud relating to building trade services offered following a |
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| 25 | | - | disaster, including wage theft and worker misclassification; and |
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| 26 | | - | (4) methods to encourage performance bond |
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| 17 | + | (1) strategies to increase the availability of |
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| 18 | + | tradespeople, including plumbers and electricians, following a |
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| 19 | + | disaster; |
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| 20 | + | (2) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged |
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| 21 | + | fraud related to building trade services offered following a |
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| 22 | + | disaster; and |
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| 23 | + | (3) methods to encourage performance bond |
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| 32 | | - | trade associations, United States Department of Labor Registered |
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| 33 | | - | Apprenticeship Programs, and law enforcement groups in preparing |
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| 34 | | - | the report described by Subsection (a). |
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| 35 | | - | (c) The report described by Subsection (a) must include the |
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| 36 | | - | methodology of the contents of the report, including the type and |
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| 37 | | - | nature of information provided by the entities described by |
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| 38 | | - | Subsection (b). |
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| 39 | | - | (d) This section expires January 1, 2021. |
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| 29 | + | trade associations, and law enforcement groups in preparing the |
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| 30 | + | report described by Subsection (a). |
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| 31 | + | (c) This section expires January 1, 2021. |
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