PRINTER'S NO. 54
No. 59 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BELL AND TARTAGLIONE, JANUARY 8, 1999
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled
2 "An act relating to public works contracts; providing for
3 prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor
4 and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing
5 existing laws," further defining "public work."
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 2(5) of the act of August 15, 1961
9 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage
10 Act, amended August 9, 1963 (P.L.653, No.342), is amended to
11 read:
12 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act--
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14 (5) "Public work" means construction, reconstruction,
15 demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance
16 work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out
17 of the funds of a public body, including grants or loans, where
18 the estimated cost of the total project is in excess of twenty-
19 five thousand dollars ($25,000), but shall not include work
1 performed under a rehabilitation or manpower training program.
2 * * *
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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