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| 1 | 1 | 86R3336 SMT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1342 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the use of certain data collected by the Texas Workforce | |
| 8 | 8 | Commission to determine general prevailing wage rates for certain | |
| 9 | 9 | public work contracts. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 2258.022(a), Government Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) For a contract for a public work awarded by a political | |
| 14 | 14 | subdivision of the state, the public body shall determine the | |
| 15 | 15 | general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which | |
| 16 | 16 | the public work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker | |
| 17 | 17 | needed to execute the contract and the prevailing rate for legal | |
| 18 | 18 | holiday and overtime work by: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) conducting a survey of the wages received by | |
| 20 | 20 | classes of workers employed on projects of a character similar to | |
| 21 | 21 | the contract work in the political subdivision of the state in which | |
| 22 | 22 | the public work is to be performed; [or] | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) using the prevailing wage rate as determined by | |
| 24 | 24 | the United States Department of Labor in accordance with the | |
| 25 | 25 | Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. Section 276a et seq.), and its | |
| 26 | 26 | subsequent amendments; or | |
| 27 | 27 | (3) using wage data collected by the Texas Workforce | |
| 28 | 28 | Commission. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 30 | 30 | to a public work contract entered into on or after the effective | |
| 31 | 31 | date of this Act. | |
| 32 | 32 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |