OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa HB-6378 AN ACT CODIFYING PREVAILING WAGE CONTRACT RATES. AMENDMENT LCO No.: 7702 File Copy No.: 25 House Calendar No.: 55 Primary Analyst: CW 5/4/21 Contributing Analyst(s): (C) OFA Fiscal Note State Impact: Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $ Labor Dept. GF - Eliminates Cost in Bill 199,200 206,829 State Comptroller - Fringe Benefits 1 GF - Eliminates Cost in Bill 82,269 85,420 Note: GF=General Fund Municipal Impact: None Explanation The amendment, which changes the manner in which the Department of Labor is required to determine the prevailing wage for certain trades under the bill, eliminates the costs to the Department of Labor and the State Comptroller Fringe Benefits account identified in the fiscal note on the underlying bill. The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department. 1 The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts administered by the Comptroller. The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost associated with most personnel changes is 41.3% of payroll in FY 22 and FY 23.