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IN SB0176
Bill
AI Summary
SB 176 Summary
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Allows political subdivisions to adopt ordinances establishing common construction wage requirements for public work projects, effective July 1, 2017.
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Exempts projects with actual construction costs under $350,000, federally-funded projects without written federal consent, and projects operated under management agreements under IC 5-23.
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Requires a five-member wage determination committee composed of labor representative, industry representative, Associated Builders and Contractors representative, and two local taxpayers, to classify work into skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled labor and set hourly wages.
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Contractors and subcontractors must file wage schedules before work begins and pay at least the determined common construction wage; knowing violations are Class B misdemeanors with contract forfeiture for repeat offenders.
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Prohibits artificially dividing projects to avoid wage requirements; violators commit Class A infractions and are barred from public work contracts for two years.
Legislative Description
Local government common construction wage. Allows the legislative body of a political subdivision to adopt an ordinance requiring the political subdivision to establish a common construction wage for public work projects awarded by the political subdivision. Exempts projects: (1) in which the actual construction costs are less than $350,000; (2) that are paid for in whole or in part by federal funds unless the federal government gives written consent; or (3) that are undertaken by a person that has entered into an operating agreement with a political subdivision for the management or operation of a public facility under IC 5-23.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
1/9/2017