Bill No.: HB0047                  Drafter:  JWL

LSO No.:  07LSO-0096              Effective Date:  7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:  HEA0065

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Prevailing wage amendments.

Subject:  Miscellaneous amendments to the Wyoming Prevailing Wage Act.

Summary/Major Elements:  Current law requires that prevailing wages, as determined by the Department of Employment, be paid to workers on specified public works construction projects.  This act:

· Raises the threshold level of projects for which prevailing wages must be paid from $25,000 to $100,000;

· Authorizes a single statewide statistical district for calculation of prevailing wage rates for state-funded projects;

· Authorizes the Department of Employment to investigate violation of the act on its own volition, without a complaint having been filed;

· Limits an existing 5% bid preference for resident contractors to those contractors who participate in the Department of Employment's prevailing wage survey.