Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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Honorable Dallas J. Matthetis,
Dltiector Opinion No~.s-185
Texas'NatlohalGuard Armory Board .
Austin, Texas Re: .Conatruction
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Dear Mr. Matthews: .. : .
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You have requested an opinion as to ~whetherthe pr~vl- ,
alon of Article 5159a, Vernon'8 ClviZ Statutes,~.prescrlblng
the wage .schedulaapplicableto publ-icworka on-b&?half.of the
State and politicalsubdlv&lons.are~ln conS.llot with thti.pro-
vlsidns oS.the Davis-@&on Act, 40 U.S.C.A., Sectiqn,276a,pm-
..scriblngthe wage schedule applicable to,conritruc2lonof .publlc
worldson behalf of.'theFederal:Goveynment. '.- '.
Under the @rovislonsOS.Article 51598, &We"agencg.oS'the
restate awardlng a contract.18requlred.tod+teren* the Prevail2
lng r&e of per diemwages and to specl~Sy%uch.rateln.the Cop’
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In.Tex& HI&way Commission vi~El +aao.Buildinu& Ccn-
striictlon !Pradee :Councll ‘&gi*-~;-&-&;~&
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it' #a8 he~ld, in construj '~
&lcle5&59a. '
that %ie a&&n oS~t;he .HighwayOonnnisalon In determiningi&d
aacertinlng the !generalprevailingrate of per diem wages' Is
final g~not stibjectto revlew.by the.Courts in this proceedb
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me United States Supreme Court.,cons&ed'thi provlaloni
of theBavls-Bacon Act in United State6 v. BintzhamtonConstruc-
tlon 00.; 347 U.S. 171 (1.9531: ; _
%%e Davis-Bacon Aotrequ%re& th+6 Council, supra.
In Attorney GeneraitsOpinionNo; MS-179 (1955),
this office held that the provisionscS..Article-5159a ap-
ply to the oonstruction'.oSarmories by the Texas National- .c
Guard Armory Board since such constriictlonis persormed
pursuant,toa contract entered Into by an sigency'of.the..
State of Texas pursuant to the laws of this gtate.for the
consfructlonof property belonging to.the State'~oS.Texas.
In view OS the foregoing,'youare.advlsedthat ihso-
far as the pro.vlslonsof Article 5159a require the~,prevaiI-
lng wage .rateto be determinedby the agency cf the State.
awarding the contract, ttS,prOViBiQn~ ~+re in. conflict oiith
the provisionsof the Davis-BaconAct reqtiring'such~ wage
rate:to be.~determinedby the-Secretary.oSLabor and,,
therefore,Article 5159a controls. Ch. 662, P;L.302;
Acts of the First Session af the 84th Congresa,.1955..: .
SUMMARY
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Article 5159a, Vernon'sXZlvll&&tesj
ia ln.conSllctwith the provlalona;oSthe
Davis-BaconAct, 40 U.S.C.A., Seotion
276a, ae applied to the.constructlonof
armories by the Te.xas.NatlonalWard Ar-
mcry Board Insofar as ~ltsprovlalone,re-
quire the prevalllngwage rate to be de& '
termined by the agency of the State let- _, .
tlagthe contract,rather than the Secre-
tary of Labor as required by the Davls-
Hon. Dallas J. Matthews - page 4.~ Opinion 130,.
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.BaconAct, and Article 5159a controls..
Ch. 662, P. L. 302, Acta'ol th&,Blrst
Session of the 8?th.Congresa,1955. .... .
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Yours vel;struly, 1'~'.
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APPROVED: ~. JORNBw~SRi'PRRD
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Mary~K. Wall
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Mert &mea .-
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i. W. Qray
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.FlrstAssistant
John Ben Sheppard
Attoaey'General
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