Bill Text: CT HB05092 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5092 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Prevailing Wage Thresholds And Their Applicability To Institutions Of Art And Culture.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05092 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05092-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5092*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 283

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. MILLER L., 122nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PREVAILING WAGE THRESHOLDS AND THEIR APPLICABILITY TO INSTITUTIONS OF ART AND CULTURE.

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 increase the threshold amount for public works projects requiring contractors to abide by the prevailing wage laws to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for new construction and two hundred fifty thousand dollars for renovation projects and to exempt all institutions of art and culture from abiding by the prevailing wage laws.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide financial relief to the state and municipalities by increasing the threshold amount for public works projects which require contractors to pay prevailing wages and to encourage institutions of art and culture to undertake construction or renovation projects.