General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 433
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1883
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. MARTIN, 31st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 433
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1883
*01883*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. MARTIN, 31st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING EXCEPTIONS TO THE PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That subsection (h) of section 31-53 of the general statutes be amended to increase the prevailing wage threshold to five million dollars for the total cost of work to be performed in connection with new construction of any public works project and to five hundred thousand dollars for the total cost of work to be performed in connection with remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide relief from state mandates to municipalities.