| 1 | 1 | | 87R6945 RDS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 3518 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an annual report by the Texas Division of Emergency |
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| 8 | 8 | | Management regarding building trade services following disasters. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 418.059 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 418.059. REPORT ON BUILDING TRADE SERVICES FOLLOWING |
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| 13 | 13 | | DISASTERS. (a) Not later than November 1 of each year, the division |
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| 14 | 14 | | shall submit a report to members of the legislature on improving the |
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| 15 | 15 | | oversight, accountability, and availability of building trade |
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| 16 | 16 | | services following disasters. The report must include: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the number and economic impact of tradespeople in |
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| 18 | 18 | | communities affected by a disaster; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) strategies for using a workforce that has been |
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| 20 | 20 | | trained in a United States Department of Labor Industry-Recognized |
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| 21 | 21 | | Apprenticeship Program or Registered Apprenticeship Program to |
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| 22 | 22 | | increase the availability of tradespeople, including plumbers and |
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| 23 | 23 | | electricians, following a disaster; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged |
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| 25 | 25 | | fraud relating to building trade services offered following a |
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| 26 | 26 | | disaster, including wage theft and worker misclassification; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) methods to encourage performance bond |
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| 28 | 28 | | requirements in contracts for building trade services to be |
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| 29 | 29 | | performed following a disaster. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) The division shall consult with appropriate state |
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| 31 | 31 | | entities, including the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and |
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| 32 | 32 | | Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, local governments, |
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| 33 | 33 | | trade associations, United States Department of Labor Registered |
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| 34 | 34 | | Apprenticeship Programs, and law enforcement groups in preparing |
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| 35 | 35 | | the report described by Subsection (a). |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) The report described by Subsection (a) must include the |
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| 37 | 37 | | methodology of the contents of the report, including the type and |
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| 38 | 38 | | nature of information provided by the entities described by |
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| 39 | 39 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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