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HOUSE BILL NO. 598

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H0598......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
CONTRACTORS - IDAHO EMPLOYEES - Amends existing law relating to public
works to require contractors, or persons in charge of a contract, to file
certain reports regarding employees that are bona fide Idaho residents.
                                                                        
02/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 598
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS; AMENDING SECTION 44-1001,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REQUIRE
  3        CONTRACTORS,  OR  PERSONS IN CHARGE OF A CONTRACT, TO FILE CERTAIN REPORTS
  4        WITH THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 44-1001, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        44-1001.  EMPLOYMENT OF RESIDENTS OF IDAHO -- WAGE SCALE -- FEDERAL FUNDS.
  9    In  all state, county, municipal, and school construction, repair, and mainte-
 10    nance work under any of the laws of this state the contractor,  or  person  in
 11    charge thereof must employ ninety-five percent (95%) bona fide Idaho residents
 12    as  employees  on  any  such contracts except where under such contracts fifty
 13    (50) or less persons are employed the contractor may employ ten percent  (10%)
 14    nonresidents,  provided however, in all cases such employers must give prefer-
 15    ence to the employment of bona fide Idaho residents in the performance of such
 16    work; provided, that in work involving the expenditure of  federal  aid  funds
 17    this act shall not be enforced in such a manner as to conflict with or be con-
 18    trary to the federal statutes prescribing a labor preference to honorably dis-
 19    charged  soldiers,  sailors,  and  marines,  prohibiting as unlawful any other
 20    preference or discrimination among the citizens of  the  United  States.  Upon
 21    completion of a contract, as well as with any progress report that is required
 22    by  the  contracting authority prior to completion of a contract, the contrac-
 23    tor, or person in charge of a contract, shall provide the contracting  author-
 24    ity  with  a certified report verifying compliance with the provisions of this
 25    section, which report shall include the total number of employees on the  con-
 26    tract and the number of those employees that are bona fide Idaho residents.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13755
This legislation adds a reporting requirement to Section 44-1001
of Idaho Code, so that contracting authorities may readily verify
compliance with the 95% residency requirements in hiring for all
state, county, municipal, and school district construction
contracts.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the general fund.


Contact
Name: Rep. David Langhorst 
Phone: 208/332-1000
Sen. Mike Burkett



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     H 598