Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05695 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5695
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1613
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5695 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1613

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FINANCIAL RELIEF TO THE STATE AND MUNICIPALITIES AND INCREASING 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 increase the threshold amount for construction projects required to abide by prevailing wage laws to eight hundred thousand dollars for new construction and two hundred fifty thousand dollars for renovations. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To better undertake public works projects and to increase levels to be more in line with present costs.