PRINTER'S NO. 2770
No. 1187 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY MAHER, OCTOBER 13, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, OCTOBER 13, 2005
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--
13 * * *
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
19 ($25,000)] one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), but
1 shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or 2 manpower training program. The department of shall adjust the 3 amount under this clause beginning July 1, 2006, and annually 4 thereafter, by the rate of change in the Consumer Price Index 5 for Urban Wage Earners for the immediately preceding calendar 6 year, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 7 United States Department of Labor. 8 * * * 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. C28L43JS/20050H1187B2770 - 2 -