Texas Government Code Title 10, Chapter 2258 - Prevailing Wage Rates

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 2258.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Locality in which the work is performed" means: (A) for a contract for a public work awarded by the state, the...
• Texas Section 2258.002 - Applicability Of Chapter To Public Works
  (a) This chapter applies only to the construction of a public work, including a building, highway, road, excavation, and repair work or other project development...

SUBCHAPTER B PAYMENT OF PREVAILING WAGE RATES

• Texas Section 2258.003 - Liability
  An officer, agent, or employee of a public body is not liable in a civil action for any act or omission implementing or enforcing this...
• Texas Section 2258.021 - Right To Be Paid Prevailing Wage Rates
  (a) A worker employed on a public work by or on behalf of the state or a political subdivision of the state shall be paid:...
• Texas Section 2258.022 - Determination Of Prevailing Wage Rates
  (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...
• Texas Section 2258.023 - Prevailing Wage Rates To Be Paid By Contractor And Subcontractor; Penalty
  (a) The contractor who is awarded a contract by a public body or a subcontractor of the contractor shall pay not less than the rates...
• Texas Section 2258.024 - Records
  (a) A contractor and subcontractor shall keep a record showing: (1) the name and occupation of each worker employed by the contractor or subcontractor in...
• Texas Section 2258.025 - Payment Greater Than Prevailing Rate Not Prohibited
  This chapter does not prohibit the payment to a worker employed on a public work an amount greater than the general prevailing rate of per...

SUBCHAPTER C ENFORCEMENT; CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES

• Texas Section 2258.026 - Reliance On Certificate Of Subcontractor
  A contractor is entitled to rely on a certificate by a subcontractor regarding the payment of all sums due those working for the subcontractor until...
• Texas Section 2258.051 - Duty Of Public Body To Hear Complaints And Withhold Payment
  A public body awarding a contract, and an agent or officer of the public body, shall: (1) take cognizance of complaints of all violations of...
• Texas Section 2258.052 - Complaint; Initial Determination
  (a) On receipt of information, including a complaint by a worker, concerning an alleged violation of Section 2258.023 by a contractor or subcontractor, a public...
• Texas Section 2258.053 - Arbitration Required For Unresolved Issue
  (a) An issue relating to an alleged violation of Section 2258.023, including a penalty owed to a public body or an affected worker, shall be...
• Texas Section 2258.054 - Arbitration Award; Costs
  (a) If an arbitrator determines that Section 2258.023 has been violated, the arbitrator shall assess and award against the contractor or subcontractor: (1) penalties as...
• Texas Section 2258.055 - Arbitration Decision And Award Final
  The decision and award of the arbitrator is final and binding on all parties and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. Added...
• Texas Section 2258.056 - Payment By Public Body To Worker; Action To Recover Payment
  (a) A public body shall use any amounts retained under this chapter to pay the worker the difference between the amount the worker received in...
• Texas Section 2258.057 - Withholding By Contractor
  (a) A contractor may withhold from a subcontractor sufficient money to cover an amount withheld from the contractor by a public body because the subcontractor...
• Texas Section 2258.058 - Criminal Offense
  (a) An officer, agent, or representative of the state or of a political subdivision of the state commits an offense if the person wilfully violates...

Last modified: September 28, 2016