PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1508

PRINTER'S NO.  2468

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1329

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, AUMENT, BENNINGHOFF, BLOOM, BOYD, CAUSER, CLYMER, CUTLER, DENLINGER, EVERETT, FLECK, GILLEN, GROVE, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KRIEGER, LAWRENCE, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, OBERLANDER, PERRY, PICKETT, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROSS, SACCONE, SAYLOR, SCHRODER AND CREIGHTON, APRIL 8, 2011

  

  

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 3, 2011   

  

  

  

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," raising the threshold for applicability.

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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.  Section 2 of the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987,

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No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, amended

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August 9, 1963 (P.L.653, No.342), is amended to read:

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Section 2.  Definitions.--As used in this act--

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(1)  "Department" means Department of Labor and Industry of

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the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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(2)  "Locality" means any political subdivision, or

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combination of the same, within the county in which the public

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work is to be performed. When no workmen for which a prevailing

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minimum wage is to be determined hereunder are employed in the

 


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locality, the locality may be extended to include adjoining

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political subdivisions where such workmen are employed in those

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crafts or trades for which there are no workmen employed in the

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locality as otherwise herein defined.

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(3)  "Maintenance work" means the repair of existing

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facilities when the size, type or extent of such facilities is

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not thereby changed or increased.

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(4)  "Public body" means the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

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any of its political subdivisions, any authority created by the

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General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and any

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instrumentality or agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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(5)  "Public work" means construction, reconstruction,

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demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance

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work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out

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of the funds of a public body where the estimated cost of the

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total project is in excess of [twenty-five thousand dollars

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($25,000)] one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($185,000)

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as adjusted on March 1 of each year to conform to increases or

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decreases in the Consumer Price Index as published by the United

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States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for the

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previous calendar year for urban wage earners in the

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Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area combined,

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but shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or

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manpower training program.

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(6)  "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor and Industry or

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his duly authorized deputy or representative.

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(7)  "Workman" includes laborer, mechanic, skilled and semi-

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skilled laborer and apprentices employed by any contractor or

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subcontractor and engaged in the performance of services

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directly upon the public work project, regardless of whether

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their work becomes a component part thereof, but does not

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include material suppliers or their employes who do not perform

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services at the job site.

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(8)  "Work performed under a rehabilitation program," means

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work arranged by and at a State institution primarily for

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teaching and upgrading the skills and employment opportunities

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of the inmates of such institutions.

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(9)  "Advisory Board" means the board created by section 2.1

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of this act.

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(10)  "Appeals Board" means the board created by section 2.2

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of this act.

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Section 2.  The amendment of section 2 of the act shall apply

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to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this

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section.

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

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