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       Honorable Dallas J. Matthetis,
                                    Dltiector               Opinion No~.s-185
       Texas'NatlohalGuard Armory Board                     .
       Austin, Texas                                        Re: .Conatruction
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       Dear Mr. Matthews: .. :                          .
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              You have requested an opinion as to ~whetherthe pr~vl-                  ,
       alon of Article 5159a, Vernon'8 ClviZ Statutes,~.prescrlblng
       the wage .schedulaapplicableto publ-icworka on-b&?half.of the
       State and politicalsubdlv&lons.are~ln conS.llot  with thti.pro-
       vlsidns oS.the Davis-@&on Act, 40 U.S.C.A., Sectiqn,276a,pm-
      ..scriblngthe wage schedule applicable to,conritruc2lonof .publlc
       worldson behalf of.'theFederal:Goveynment. '.- '.
                Under the @rovislonsOS.Article 51598, &We"agencg.oS'the
       restate awardlng a contract.18requlred.tod+teren* the Prevail2
        lng r&e of per diemwages and to specl~Sy%uch.rateln.the Cop’
        trai2t.                                  :
                                                                     2.;
                In.Tex& HI&way Commission vi~El +aao.Buildinu& Ccn-
        striictlon !Pradee :Councll ‘&gi*-~;-&-&;~&
                                       1110 my:    un %tb S U 26 ti _ __
                                                                      t 19561
        it' #a8 he~ld, in construj                        '~
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        that %ie a&&n oS~t;he       .HighwayOonnnisalon  In determiningi&d
        aacertinlng the !generalprevailingrate of per diem wages' Is
        final g~not stibjectto revlew.by the.Courts in this proceedb
        in&"
              me United States Supreme Court.,cons&ed'thi provlaloni
       of theBavls-Bacon Act in United State6 v. BintzhamtonConstruc-
       tlon 00.; 347 U.S. 171 (1.9531:     ;         _

                          %%e Davis-Bacon Aotrequ%re& th+6 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
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                             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,.
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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. ....     .
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                                        Yours vel;struly, 1'~'.
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 APPROVED: ~.                                            JORNBw~SRi'PRRD
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 -JJ;C.   DaVIS;   .Jr.
 County,AfSalra~Dlvlsl~n ,.
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 Mary~K. Wall
:Revlewer
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 John Ben Sheppard
 Attoaey'General
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