PRINTER'S NO. 2179
No. 1815 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY TIGUE, JAROLIN, BELFANTI, McHALE, JOSEPHS,
CORRIGAN, TRICH, KRUSZEWSKI, BELARDI, MELIO, RICHARDSON AND
PISTELLA, JUNE 28, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, JUNE 28, 1991
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 providing for the definition of
6 "public work."
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2(5) of the act of August 15, 1961
10 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage
11 Act, amended August 9, 1963 (P.L.653, No.342), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act--
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15 (5) "Public work" means construction, reconstruction,
16 demolition, alteration and/or repair work [other than],
17 including maintenance work, done under contract and paid for in
18 whole or in part out of the funds of a public body where the
19 estimated cost of the total project is in excess of [twenty-five
1 thousand dollars ($25,000)] thirty thousand dollars ($30,000),
2 but shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or
3 manpower training program.
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5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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