PRINTER'S NO. 941
No. 612 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY MAHER, BROWNE, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, FAIRCHILD,
HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, LEH, LEWIS, MAITLAND, MARSICO,
McNAUGHTON, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, NAILOR, RUBLEY, SATHER,
SAYLOR, SCHRODER, THOMAS, TRUE, WATSON, WEBER, WILT AND
YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 11, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MARCH 11, 2003
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," further defining "public work."
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 2(5) of the act of August 15, 1961
9 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage
10 Act, amended August 9, 1963 (P.L.653, No.342), is amended to
11 read:
12 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act--
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14 (5) "Public work" means construction, reconstruction,
15 demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance
16 work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out
17 of the funds of a public body where the estimated cost of the
18 total project is in excess of [twenty-five thousand dollars
1 ($25,000)] one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), but
2 shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or
3 manpower training program. The Department of Labor and Industry
4 shall adjust the amount under this clause beginning July 1,
5 2004, and annually thereafter, by the rate of change in the
6 Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners for the immediately
7 preceding calendar year, as reported by the Bureau of Labor
8 Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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