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