PRINTER'S NO.  704

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

649

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, ALLOWAY, BAKER, BRUBAKER, EARLL, FOLMER, PICCOLA, SMUCKER, WARD AND WONDERLING, MARCH 19, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 19, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled

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"An act relating to public works contracts; providing for

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prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor

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and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing

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existing laws," allowing local governments to remove

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themselves from the jurisdiction of the act; and making

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repeals.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442),

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known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, is amended by

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adding a section to read:

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Section 13.1.  Local Option.--Notwithstanding any provision

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of this act, a political subdivision may elect, by ordinance or

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resolution, to remove itself from the jurisdiction of this act.

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Upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution under this section,

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the political subdivision shall notify the Department of Labor

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and Industry in writing. The notice shall include the date that

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the ordinance or resolution became effective.

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Section 2.  Repeals are as follows:

 


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(1)  The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

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paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate this act.

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(2)  Section 752 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,

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No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is repealed

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as to any political subdivision electing to opt out of the

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jurisdiction of the act under section 13.1 of the act.

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(3)  All other acts and parts of acts are repealed

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insofar as they are inconsistent with this act.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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