Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3138%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=3138
Timestamp: 2018-03-18 08:54:49
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Introduced Version House Bill 3138 History
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §5A-3C-1, §5A-3C-2, §5A-3C-3 and §5A-3C-4, all relating to the Department of Administration; and providing for the disclosure of employment practices of companies who employ overseas workers.
Article 3C . Disclosure of employment practices of companies who employ overseas workers.
§5A-3C-1. Definitions.
(a) "Corporate parent" means any person, association, corporation, joint venture, partnership or other entity that owns or controls fifty percent or more of a recipient corporation.
(b) "Developmental assistance" means any form of public assistance, including tax expenditures, made for the purpose of stimulating economic development of a corporation, industry, geographic jurisdiction or any other sector of the state's economy, including, but not limited to, industrial development bonds, training grants, loans, loan guarantees, enterprise zones, empowerment zones, tax increment financing, fee waivers, land price subsidies, infrastructure whose principal beneficiary is a single business or defined group of businesses at the time it is built or improved, matching funds, tax abatements, tax credits and tax discounts of every kind, including corporate franchise, personal income, sales and compensating use, raw materials, real property, job creation, individual investment, excise, utility, inventory, accelerated depreciation and research and development tax credits and discounts.
§5A-3C-2. Disclosure.
(a) The state shall require each vendor submitting a bid or contract to provide services and all development assistance applicants to certify where the services covered by the bid, contract or development assistance will be performed.
(b) The state shall require each vendor with a current contract, each subcontractor and each recipient of development assistance to:
(1) Certify where the services covered by the bid, contract or development assistance are being performed; and
(2) Disclose the name and headquarters location of its parent company.
(c) The state shall create and maintain a comprehensive database of contract awards and development assistance provided by all state agencies that includes, but is not limited to, the information included in this section.
§5A-3C-3. Study; creation of joint task force and advisory committee.
(a) There is hereby created a joint task force that shall conduct a study that includes, but is not limited to, an evaluation of the following:
(1) The extent to which current state contracts, and any subcontracts under these contracts, are being performed outside of the United States;
(2) The extent to which the performance of state agency contracts, in whole or in part, in other countries results in the creation or loss of family-wage or other jobs in West Virginia;
(3) The extent to which state agency contracts being performed, in whole or in part, in other countries creates a need for adjustment assistance and retraining programs to ensure West Virginia's business climate, its employers and its workers remain competitive globally;
(4) The extent to which state contracts performed at locations outside the United States involve a risk of unauthorized use or disclosure of personal information as well as a review of applicable state and federal laws regarding the privacy of personal information;
(5) The economic costs and benefits of awarding state contracts, and any subcontracts under such contracts, to West Virginia companies;
(8) The reason West Virginia businesses choose to locate operations outside of the United States.
(b) The joint task force shall be composed of the following: Two delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; two delegates to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Delegates; two senators to be appointed by the President of the Senate; and two senators to be appointed by the Minority Leader in the Senate.
(c) The joint task force shall consult with and be advised and monitored by an advisory committee consisting of seven members: Three members representing labor, appointed jointly by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, from a list of names recommended by a statewide organization representing a cross-section of organized labor in the state; three members representing business, one of whom shall represent small business, appointed jointly by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, from a list of names recommended by a statewide organization of employers representing a cross-section of employers of the state; and one member representing the public.
§5A-3C-4. Public right to information.
(a) The information maintained in the comprehensive database outlined in section two of this article shall be made available online to the Legislature and the public.
(b) The findings and recommendations of the joint task force on state contracts shall be reported annually to the Legislature beginning January 1, 2012. In addition to filing the report with the Legislature, the study shall be made available to the public. Any member of the public has a right to request and receive a copy of the study published pursuant to section three of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for companies with state-funded contracts to disclose any employment practices regarding the employment of workers overseas. It would also provide for an annual study of contract employment trends and the creation of a joint task force.