MORROW-JONES,LOU-DELGADO-SOTO-HAMOS, YARBROUGH, MILLER, ERWIN, LANG AND YOUNGE. (JONES,E) New Act Creates the Apprentice Equity Act. Provides that certain State contracts designated by the Capital Development Board and the Department of Transportation shall be subject to a plan under which specified goals for the employment of minority and female apprentices shall be met. Provides for administration of the plan and submission of reports concerning the plan. Effective January 1, 2002. FISCAL NOTE (Capital Development Board) Administrative budget impact $765,944 Impact on construction contracts average spending per year $350,000,000 each 1% cost to vendors $ 3,500,000 assume vendors increase bids by 2.5% to cover implementation $ 8,750,000 HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that only contracts to be performed in counties with a population of more than 115,000 may be designated under the Act. FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Capital Development Board) Administrative budget impact would total $49,700. Assuming the contractor will charge 2.5% extra to implement the program, for each $1 million in contracts, the impact on construction costs would be $25,000. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Transportation) HB 644 would prohibit non-union contractors from bidding on construction contracts covered by the apprenticeship hiring requirements. Also some union contractors will find the re- quirement an additional burden. This will decrease competition for those contracts. The result will be increased costs for highway construction contracts. The actual fiscal impact is indeterminate at this time. In order to implement HB 644, the Department will need to devote additional resources to select reports, monitor contractor compliance and submit quarterly reports. The actual amount of these additional costs is unknown at this time. FEB-06-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-06-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-06-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-07-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LABOR FEB-14-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DELGADO FEB-14-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SOTO FEB-14-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HAMOS FEB-16-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-16-2001 H COMMITTEE LABOR MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,LOU MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YARBROUGH MAR-15-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-LABOR H MAR-15-2001 H ADOPTED MAR-15-2001 H DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 016-000-001 HLBR MAR-15-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-15-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GARRETT MAR-27-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MILLER MAR-28-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED MAR-28-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-30-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-30-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-03-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-03-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-04-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ERWIN APR-04-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 109-006-000 APR-04-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LANG APR-04-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YOUNGE APR-05-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE APR-05-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-06 MAY-02-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR JONES,E MAY-02-2001 S FIRST READING MAY-02-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary