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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the determination of prevailing wage rates in Texas |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2258.022(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) For a contract for a public work awarded by a political |
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subdivision of the state, the public body shall determine the |
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general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which |
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the public work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker |
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needed to execute the contract and the prevailing rate for legal |
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holiday and overtime work by: |
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(1) conducting a survey of the wages received by |
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classes of workers employed on projects of a character similar to |
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the contract work in the political subdivision of the state in which |
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the public work is to be performed; or |
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(2) using the prevailing wage rate as determined by |
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the United States Department of Labor in accordance with the |
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Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. Section 276a et seq.), and its |
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subsequent amendments[, if the survey used to determine that rate
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was conducted within a three-year period preceding the date the
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public body calls for bids for the public work]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |