General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5775 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1112 Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees Introduced by: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5775 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1112 Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees Introduced by: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. AN ACT INCREASING THE PREVAILING WAGE THRESHOLDS ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to increase the prevailing wage threshold to ten million dollars for new construction public works projects and to two millions dollars for renovations. Statement of Purpose: To amend current prevailing wage thresholds.