PREVAIL WAGE-WAIVER-$20,000
Summary
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to wages paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of a public body engaged in a public works project with a total cost of $20,000 or less if the public body notifies the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the project. Provides that the Department shall make available a form with which public bodies may make this notification. Provides that the Department shall submit an annual report detailing the number of projects engaged using the waiver in the preceding year, the total number of employees engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other information the Department deems appropriate.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2015
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2015
Last action Jan 10, 2017
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Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Mar 27, 2015
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 19, 2015
Lower · Passed
To Workforce Reconciliation Subcommittee
lower
Feb 24, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2015
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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