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MN HF3824

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/6/2016

Primary Sponsor

Glenn Gruenhagen

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature 2015-2016

AI Summary

  • Classifies all wage survey data regarding private projects under prevailing wage law as private or nonpublic data.

  • Increases thresholds for economic development assistance subject to prevailing wage requirements: grants from $200,000 to $375,000 and loans from $500,000 to $925,000, with automatic inflation adjustments every five years.

  • Raises prevailing wage applicability thresholds for private construction projects: single-trade projects from $2,500 to $15,000 and multi-trade projects from $25,000 to $150,000.

  • Establishes new prevailing wage determination procedures requiring at least five reported projects in an area before rates can be increased, and prohibiting prevailing wage projects from counting toward this minimum.

  • Authorizes Department of Labor and Industry rulemaking to implement new prevailing wage provisions, including repealing certain existing rules and updating dollar amount references.

Legislative Description

Prevailing wage provisions modified, and rulemaking authorized.

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance

4/6/2016

Committee Referrals

Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance4/6/2016

Full Bill Text

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