Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05693 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5693
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1588
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. SAWYER, 55th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5693 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1588

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. SAWYER, 55th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE PREVAILING WAGE THRESHOLDS.

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 exempt any funding contributed by a private source from the calculation used to determine whether a public works project must abide by prevailing wage laws.

Statement of Purpose: 

To ensure that the prevailing wage threshold does not include costs defrayed by funds by a private source.