State Finance and Procurement - Prevailing Wage Rate - Calculation

SB 675 modifies how Maryland's Commissioner of Labor and Industry calculates prevailing wage rates for public works projects. It prohibits the Commissioner from using wage data from investor-owned gas or electric companies (defined in the bill) when determining these rates. If a wage rate was previously calculated using such prohibited data, the Commissioner must vacate that rate and recalculate it correctly. This directly affects public works contractors and the state's process for setting fair wages on government-funded projects. The bill aims to ensure wage calculations rely only on data from non-utility sectors.