Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05697 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5697
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1273
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5697 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1273

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE CURRENT THRESHOLD AMOUNTS THAT REQUIRE CONTRACTORS TO ABIDE BY PREVAILING WAGE LAWS.

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 amounts for public works projects required to abide by the prevailing wage laws to eight hundred thousand for new construction and two hundred thousand for remodeling.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide local tax relief by doubling the current threshold amounts that determine when public works projects must abide by prevailing wage laws.