Bill Text: MN SF1199 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Prevailing wage provisions modifications
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-19 - Second reading [SF1199 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1199-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Prevailing wage provisions modifications
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-19 - Second reading [SF1199 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1199-Introduced.html
1.2relating to labor and employment; modifying prevailing wage provisions;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivisions 4, 6.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 4. Prevailing hours of labor. "Prevailing hours of labor" means the hours
1.7of laborper day and per week worked within the area by a larger number of workers of
1.8the same class than are employed within the area for any other number of hours per day
1.9and per week. The prevailing hours of labor may not be more than eight hours per day
1.10or more than 40 hours per week.
1.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.12 Subd. 6. Prevailing wage rate. "Prevailing wage rate" means thehourly basic
1.13rate of pay plus the contribution paid to or for the largest number of mean hourly
1.14compensation paid to workers engaged in the same class of labor within the area. The
1.15mean hourly compensation includes the hourly basic rate plus the contribution for medical
1.16or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death, compensation for injuries or illness
1.17resulting from occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the foregoing, for
1.18unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, or accident
1.19insurance, for vacation and holiday pay, for defraying the costs of apprenticeship or other
1.20similar programs, or for other bona fide fringe benefits, but only where the contractor or
1.21subcontractor is not required by other federal, state, or local law to provide any of those
1.22benefits, the amount of:
2.1(1) the rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a
2.2trustee or to a third person under a fund, plan, or program; and
2.3(2) the rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor that may be reasonably
2.4anticipated in providing benefits to laborers and mechanics pursuant to an enforceable
2.5commitment to carry out a financially responsible plan or program which was
2.6communicated in writing to the laborers and mechanics affected.
2.7"Prevailing wage rate" includes, for the purposes of section177.44 , rental rates for
2.8truck hire paid to those who own and operate the truck.
2.9The prevailing wage rate may not be less than a reasonable and living wage.
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivisions 4, 6.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 4. Prevailing hours of labor. "Prevailing hours of labor" means the hours
1.7of labor
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.12 Subd. 6. Prevailing wage rate. "Prevailing wage rate" means the
1.13
1.14compensation paid to workers engaged in the same class of labor within the area. The
1.15mean hourly compensation includes the hourly basic rate plus the contribution for medical
1.16or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death, compensation for injuries or illness
1.17resulting from occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the foregoing, for
1.18unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, or accident
1.19insurance, for vacation and holiday pay, for defraying the costs of apprenticeship or other
1.20similar programs, or for other bona fide fringe benefits, but only where the contractor or
1.21subcontractor is not required by other federal, state, or local law to provide any of those
1.22benefits, the amount of:
2.1(1) the rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a
2.2trustee or to a third person under a fund, plan, or program; and
2.3(2) the rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor that may be reasonably
2.4anticipated in providing benefits to laborers and mechanics pursuant to an enforceable
2.5commitment to carry out a financially responsible plan or program which was
2.6communicated in writing to the laborers and mechanics affected.
2.7"Prevailing wage rate" includes, for the purposes of section
2.8truck hire paid to those who own and operate the truck.
2.9The prevailing wage rate may not be less than a reasonable and living wage.
