If there is no such c0nS11ct: Accepting thls'.interpretatlon,.the Davis-BaconAct will apply~1fit.I.snot In conflict with the state-law, but Qticle 5159a will apply IS there i&~.a,confllct,betweenthese two statutes.~ . ..,. - -~
Hon. Dallas J. Matthews - page 3 Opinion No. S-185
Under the provisionsof Article 5159a, the-agency OS the State In awarding.a contract,for of National.Guard Armorles.lsrequired to make the de- terminationOS the'prevailingwage rate. TexasUlghway Commission v. El Paso Building &~donstruct$onTrades 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 . :
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,. s-1.85'
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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. .... . .~ . _' . Yours vel;struly, 1'~'. " APPROVED: ~. JORNBw~SRi'PRRD I* .-._. .._ .,. . .. -JJ;C. DaVIS; .Jr. County,AfSalra~Dlvlsl~n ,. ._ :, ' .. Mary~K. Wall :Revlewer . ... . .~.~ Mert &mea .- RBvlewer . . ._
i. W. Qray Speclal.Rev+wer' i' .DavlsGrant . . .FlrstAssistant John Ben Sheppard Attoaey'General .
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