Bill Text: CT SB00990 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Prevailing Rate Of Wages.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-04 - Public Hearing 03/10 [SB00990 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00990-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 990
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3571
		*03571_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVAILING RATE OF WAGES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 31-53 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(h) The provisions of this section do not apply where the total cost of all work to be performed by all contractors and subcontractors in connection with new construction of any public works project is less than [four] eight hundred thousand dollars or where the total cost of all work to be performed by all contractors and subcontractors in connection with any remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project is less than [one] two hundred thousand dollars.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	31-53(h)

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the prevailing wage threshold for new construction and remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]