Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05962 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5962
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1365
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5962 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1365

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUNICIPALITIES AND THE PREVAILING WAGE.

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 all municipal public works projects from abiding by the prevailing wage laws unless at least twenty-five per cent of the total cost of the municipal project is funded by the state.

Statement of Purpose: 

To exempt municipalities from the prevailing wage laws unless the state contributes twenty-five per cent or more of the total cost of the municipal project.