87S20473 RDS-D
By: Dominguez H.B. No. 201
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a biennial report by the Texas Division of Emergency
Management regarding building trade services following disasters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.059. REPORT ON BUILDING TRADE SERVICES FOLLOWING
DISASTERS. (a) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered
year, the division shall submit a report to members of the
legislature on improving the oversight, accountability, and
availability of building trade services following disasters. The
report must include:
(1) the number and economic impact of tradespeople in
communities affected by a disaster;
(2) strategies for using a workforce that has been
trained in a United States Department of Labor Industry-Recognized
Apprenticeship Program or Registered Apprenticeship Program to
increase the availability of tradespeople, including plumbers and
electricians, following a disaster;
(3) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged
fraud relating to building trade services offered following a
disaster, including wage theft and worker misclassification; and
(4) methods to encourage performance bond
requirements in contracts for building trade services to be
performed following a disaster.
(b) The division shall consult with appropriate state
entities, including the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, local governments,
trade associations, United States Department of Labor Registered
Apprenticeship Programs, and law enforcement groups in preparing
the report described by Subsection (a).
(c) The report described by Subsection (a) must include the
methodology of the contents of the report, including the type and
nature of information provided by the entities described by
Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.