House Sponsors: MORROW-JONES,LOU-DELGADO-SOTO-HAMOS, YARBROUGH, MILLER, ERWIN, LANG AND YOUNGE. Senate Sponsors: JONES,E Short description: APPRENTICE EQUITY ACT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: 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. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status