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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 389

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 376 Session of 2001


        INTRODUCED BY WENGER, ARMSTRONG, JUBELIRER, WOZNIAK, THOMPSON,
           HELFRICK, WAUGH, MOWERY, MADIGAN, PUNT AND CORMAN,
           FEBRUARY 8, 2001

        REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 8, 2001

                                     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 scope of the act.

     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)] two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), but

     1  shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or
     2  manpower training program. Commencing on January 1, 2002, the
     3  prevailing wage exemption for a public work covered by this
     4  clause shall be updated by the secretary as of January 1 of each
     5  year. The update shall be equal to the percentage change in the
     6  Statewide average weekly wage. Such updates shall be cumulative.
     7     * * *
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.















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