By Kolkhorst H.B. No. 1611 77R5558 MRB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of certain municipalities to collect a 1-3 penalty for the failure of a contractor or subcontractor to pay the 1-4 prevailing wage rate. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 2258.023(e), Government Code, is 1-7 repealed. 1-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-12 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.