By Reyna of Dallas                              H.B. No. 2477

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to requiring that vendors seeking to contract with a state

 1-3     agency or school district certify that the vendor is complying with

 1-4     applicable state and federal minimum wage laws.

 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 44.031, Education Code, is amended by

 1-7     adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:

 1-8           (m)  A vendor offering to sell goods or services to a school

 1-9     district shall certify on each bid or proposal submitted to the

1-10     school district that the vendor and all persons acting for the

1-11     vendor are, and will continue to be during the term of the contract

1-12     with the school district, in compliance with Chapter 62, Labor

1-13     Code, and with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29

1-14     U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as applicable. The attorney general

1-15     shall prepare the certification statement.  A school district shall

1-16     make the statement a part of the bid form and proposal form.

1-17           SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is

1-18     amended by adding Section 2155.006 to read as follows:

1-19           Sec. 2155.006.  COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM WAGE LAWS.  (a)  A

1-20     vendor offering to sell goods or services to the state, including a

1-21     qualified information systems vendor under Chapter 2157, shall

1-22     certify on each bid, proposal, or application submitted to the

1-23     state that the vendor and all persons acting for the vendor are,

1-24     and will continue to be during the term of any contract with the

 2-1     state, in compliance with Chapter 62, Labor Code, and with the

 2-2     federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et

 2-3     seq.), as applicable.

 2-4           (b)  The attorney general shall prepare the certification

 2-5     statement.  The commission and other state agencies shall make the

 2-6     statement a part of their bid form or proposal form and the

 2-7     commission shall make the statement a part of the application for

 2-8     designation as a qualified information systems vendor.

 2-9           SECTION 3.  (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-10           (b)  Section 44.031(m), Education Code, and Section 2155.006,

2-11     Government Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a bid,

2-12     proposal, or application submitted on or after September 15, 1997.

2-13           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-14     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-15     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-16     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-17     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.