Bill Text: TX SB1951 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to wage surveys for the determination of prevailing wage rates for certain contracts for public works.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1951 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1951-Introduced.html
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By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1951 |
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relating to wage surveys for the determination of prevailing wage | ||
rates for certain contracts for public works. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2258.022, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) 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 or considering a survey | ||
conducted by a third party 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 3141 [ |
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subsequent amendments. | ||
(b) This subsection applies only to a public work located in | ||
a county bordering the United Mexican States or in a county adjacent | ||
to a county bordering the United Mexican States. For a contract for | ||
a public work awarded by 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 as follows. The public body shall | ||
conduct a survey or consider a survey conducted by a third party of | ||
the wages received by classes of workers employed on projects of a | ||
character similar to the contract work both statewide and in the | ||
political subdivision of the state in which the public work is to be | ||
performed. The public body shall also consider 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 3141 [ |
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et seq.), and its subsequent amendments[ |
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prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality based on the | ||
higher of: | ||
(1) the rate determined from the survey conducted in | ||
the political subdivision; | ||
(2) the arithmetic mean between the rate determined | ||
from the survey conducted in the political subdivision and the rate | ||
determined from the statewide survey; and | ||
(3) if applicable, the arithmetic mean between the | ||
rate determined from the survey conducted in the political | ||
subdivision and the rate determined by the United States Department | ||
of Labor. | ||
(b-1) A survey used to determine a general prevailing rate | ||
under Subsection (a) or (b) must be 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, 2017. |