Bill Text: DE HB402 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Prevailing Wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-12 - Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House [HB402 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2013-HB402-Draft.html
SPONSOR: |
Rep. Briggs King & Sen. Hocker; |
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Reps. D. Short, Hudson, Blakey, Dukes, Gray, Kenton, Miro, Outten, Peterman, Ramone, Smyk, Spiegelman, Wilson; Sens. Lavelle, Simpson |
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
HOUSE BILL NO. 402 |
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGE. |
Section1.Amend §6960, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
(a) The
specifications for every contract or aggregate of contracts relating to a
public works project in excess of $100,000 for new construction (including
painting and decorating) or $15,000 for alteration, repair, renovation,
rehabilitation, demolition or reconstruction (including painting and decorating
of buildings or works) to which this State or any subdivision thereof is a
party and for which the State appropriated any part of the funds and which
requires or involves the employment of mechanics and/or laborers shall contain
a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various classes of laborers
and mechanics which shall be based upon the wages that will be determined by
the Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Industrial Affairs, to be
prevailing in the county in which the work is to be performed. The Delaware
Department of Labor, Division of Industrial Affairs shall establish the
prevailing wage for each respective craft or class of laborers and mechanics at
the same rates established in collective bargaining agreements between labor
organizations and their employers that govern work of a similar nature and
similar crafts or classes of laborers and mechanics for the county where the
public works contract will be performed if that particular labor organization's
collective bargaining rate prevailed and they participated in the survey, for
that particular trade or craft in that particular county for 2 consecutive
years. The agreed rate of pay designated by the craft's collective bargaining
agreement will become the prevailing wage for a period of 5 years and the raise
be determined by the collective bargaining agreement rate at the time the
prevailing wage survey is conducted for that craft, county, and year. If the
prevailing wage cannot be reasonably and fairly determined in any locality
because no such agreements exists or the collective bargaining rate has not
prevailed for 2 consecutive years the Department shall use the prevailing wage as
average rate established by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (OES) for the subject class of
laborers or mechanics. Department's annual prevailing wage survey.
There will be a 1-time challenge of the prevailing wage rate per cycle as in
the Department regulations. All other provisions of this law are to remain
unchanged.
SYNOPSIS
This Bill ties the state prevailing wage rate to the average rate established by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (OES) for the subject class of laborers or mechanics. |