LCO No. 1561 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6341 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1561 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXCEPTION TO THE PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN 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 1 amended to increase the prevailing wage threshold to five hundred 2 thousand dollars for the total cost of work to be performed in 3 connection with remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, 4 alteration or repair of any public works project. 5 Statement of Purpose: To increase the prevailing wage threshold for certain municipal projects.