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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2770

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

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.














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