H.B. No. 2625
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the determination of prevailing wage rates in Texas
  counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2258.022(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  For a contract for a public work awarded by a political
  subdivision of the state, the public body shall determine the
  general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which
  the public work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker
  needed to execute the contract and the prevailing rate for legal
  holiday and overtime work by:
               (1)  conducting a survey of the wages received by
  classes of workers employed on projects of a character similar to
  the contract work in the political subdivision of the state in which
  the public work is to be performed; or
               (2)  using the prevailing wage rate as determined by
  the United States Department of Labor in accordance with the
  Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. Section 276a et seq.), and its
  subsequent amendments[, if the survey used to determine that rate
  was conducted within a three-year period preceding the date the
  public body calls for bids for the public work].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2625 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2625 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor