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.