Bill Text: WV HB2752 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-27 - To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business [HB2752 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2013-HB2752-Introduced.html

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H. B. 2752

 

         (By Delegates Overington, Andes, Cowles, Kump,

                  Faircloth, Householder and McCuskey)

         [Introduced February 27, 2013; referred to the

Committee on Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then the Judiciary.]

 

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §21-5A-12, relating to exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §21-5A-12, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5A. WAGES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

§21-5A-12. Exemption.

    The provisions of this article do not apply to construction performed on behalf of any educational authority, including, but not limited to, a county board of education, the Higher Education Policy Commission and the School Building Authority.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt construction performed on behalf of any educational authority from the prevailing wage laws.

    This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.