By Reyna of Dallas H.B. No. 2477 75R5875 JRD-D 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.