PRINTER'S NO. 3262

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2362 Session of 1986


        INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, VEON, PETRONE, TRELLO, MAYERNIK, LAUGHLIN,
           COHEN, DALEY, BELFANTI, TIGUE, STABACK, BELARDI, DEAL,
           BATTISTO, DOMBROWSKI, PRESSMANN, TRUMAN, O'DONNELL, CIVERA,
           BLAUM, KASUNIC, PISTELLA, SEVENTY, OLASZ, MARKOSEK,
           LEVDANSKY, STEWART, ITKIN, PETRARCA, COWELL, MICHLOVIC,
           RIEGER, DONATUCCI, KOSINSKI, TELEK, CESSAR, DeWEESE, PRESTON,
           KENNEY, SALOOM, McCALL, FEE AND WOZNIAK, APRIL 14, 1986

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 14, 1986

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled
     2     "An act relating to public works contracts; providing for
     3     prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor
     4     and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing
     5     existing laws," requiring contractors and subcontractors to
     6     submit employee wage records to the department; providing
     7     that records so submitted shall be public records; and
     8     extending the time within which actions for wages may be
     9     instituted.

    10     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    11  hereby enacts as follows:
    12     Section 1.  Sections 6 and 13 of the act of August 15, 1961
    13  (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage
    14  Act, are amended to read:
    15     Section 6.  Duty of Contractor.--(a)  Every contractor and
    16  subcontractor shall keep an accurate record showing the name,
    17  craft and the actual hourly rate of wage paid to each workman
    18  employed by him in connection with public work, and such record
    19  shall be preserved for two years from date of payment. The

     1  record shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection
     2  of the public body awarding the contract and to the secretary.
     3     (b)  At the time of completion of the contract, every
     4  contractor and subcontractor shall submit to the department a
     5  final certification of compliance with this act, together with a
     6  copy of the record showing the name, craft and the actual hourly
     7  rate of wage paid to each workman employed by him in connection
     8  with the public work. The record so submitted shall be a public
     9  record under and subject to the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.390,
    10  No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know Law.
    11     Section 13.  Workmen's Rights.--Any workmen paid less than
    12  the rates specified in the contract shall have a right of action
    13  for the difference between the wage so paid and the wages
    14  stipulated in the contract, which right of action shall be
    15  instituted within [six months] one year from the occurrence of
    16  the event creating such right.
    17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.









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