PRINTER'S NO. 96
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
149
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, FOLMER, HUTCHINSON, BARTOLOTTA, GORDNER,
ALLOWAY, AUMENT AND WHITE, JANUARY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 14, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled
"An act relating to public works contracts; providing for
prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor
and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing
existing laws," further providing for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2(5) of the act of August 15, 1961
(P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage
Act, amended August 9, 1963 (P.L.653, No.342), is amended to
read:
Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act--
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(5) "Public work" means construction, reconstruction,
demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance
work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out
of the funds of a public body where the estimated cost of the
total project is in excess of [twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000)] one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000), but
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shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or
manpower training program.
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Section 2. The amendment of section 2 of the act shall apply
to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this
section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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