LCO No. 580 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5537 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 580 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: REP. KLARIDES, 114 th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVAILING WAGE AND PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS FUNDED BY PRIVATE BEQUESTS. 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 1 from the prevailing wage public works projects that are funded by up 2 to twenty million dollars in private bequests. 3 Statement of Purpose: To encourage charitable giving for the benefit of public works projects.