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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1329

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE W. KELLER

Printer's No. 2468

Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after

"applicability"

 and for duty of secretary

Amend Bill, page 1, lines 8 through 10, by striking out all

of said lines and inserting

Section 1.  Sections 2 and 7 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), are amended to

read:

Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 11 and 12

Section 7.  Duty of Secretary.--(a)  The secretary shall,

after consultation with the advisory board, determine the

general prevailing minimum wage rate in the locality in which

the public work is to be performed for each craft or

classification of all workmen needed to perform public work

contracts during the anticipated term thereof: Provided,

however, That employer and employe contributions for employe

benefits pursuant to a bona fide collective bargaining agreement

shall be considered an integral part of the wage rate for the

purpose of determining the minimum wage rate under this act.

Nothing in this act, however, shall prohibit the payment of more

than the general prevailing minimum wage rate to any workman

employed on public work. The secretary shall forthwith give

notice by mail of all determinations of general prevailing

minimum wage rates made pursuant to this section to any

representative of any craft, any employer or any representative

of any group of employers, who shall in writing request the

secretary so to do.

(b)  The secretary shall provide written notice acknowledging

receipt of materials submitted by any employer, labor

organization or other association or organization representing a

group of employers or employes for the purposes of inclusion in

the calculation of the prevailing wage rate under subsection

(a). If after review the secretary determines that the submitted

material is incomplete or unacceptable for inclusion in the

calculation of the prevailing wage rate, the secretary shall

send a written statement by mail to the employer, labor

organization or other association or organization representing a

group of employers or employes providing the reasons the

information cannot be used.