HBA-JEK H.B. 1611 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1611
By: Kolkhorst
Urban Affairs
4/10/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, only a municipality of more than 10,000 is entitled to
collect a penalty from a contractor or subcontractor who fails to pay wage
rates equal to or greater than the prevailing wage rates. Municipalities
with a population of less than 10,000 are as likely as larger
municipalities to suffer from the failure of a contractor or subcontractor
to meet prevailing wage rates.  House Bill 1611 repeals the provision that
only a municipality of more than 10,000 is entitled to collect a penalty
under the provisions that require a contractor or subcontractor to pay wage
rates equal to or greater than the prevailing wage rates. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1611 amends the Government Code to repeal the provision that
only a municipality of more than 10,000 is entitled to collect a penalty
under the provisions that require a contractor or subcontractor to pay wage
rates equal to or greater than the prevailing wage rates. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.