Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06244 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/26/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6244
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1745
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
REP. RIGBY, 63rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6244 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1745

Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees 

Introduced by:

REP. RIGBY, 63rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FINANCIAL RELIEF TO THE STATE AND MUNICIPALITIES AND THE PREVAILING WAGE THRESHOLD.

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

That section 31-53 of the general statutes be amended to increase the threshold amount for construction projects required to abide by prevailing wage laws to one million dollars for new construction and five hundred thousand dollars for remodeling.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide financial relief to the state and municipalities by increasing the threshold amount for public works projects required to pay prevailing wages.