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Amend HB 1873 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike page 1, lines 12-20, and substitute the following:
(1) the number and economic impact of tradespeople in communities affected by a disaster;
(2) strategies for using a workforce that has been trained in a United States Department of Labor Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program or Registered Apprenticeship Program to increase the availability of tradespeople, including plumbers and electricians, following a disaster;
(3) approaches to increase prosecutions of alleged fraud relating to building trade services offered following a disaster, including wage theft and worker misclassification; and
(4) methods to encourage performance bond requirements in contracts for building trade services to be performed following a disaster.
(2) On page 1, line 24, between "associations," and "and", insert "United States Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship Programs,".
(3) On page 2, between lines 1 and 2, insert the following:
(c) The report described by Subsection (a) must include the methodology of the contents of the report, including the type and nature of information provided by the entities described by Subsection (b).
(4) On page 2, line 2, strike "(c)" and substitute "(d)".