Report Title:
Public Work Redefined; Prevailing Wage Required
Description:
Redefines "public work" to include any private project receiving over $1,000,000 in public subsidies, including tax credits, in order to require payment of prevailing wages to employees working on the project.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
900 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to wages and hours of employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 104-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) This chapter shall apply to every contract in excess of $2,000 for construction of a public work project to which a governmental contracting agency is a party; provided that this chapter shall not apply to experimental and demonstration housing developed pursuant to section 46-15 or housing developed pursuant to chapter 201G if the cost of the project is less than $500,000 and the eligible bidder or eligible developer is a private nonprofit corporation.
For the purposes of this subsection:
"Contract" includes but is not limited to any agreement, purchase order, or voucher in excess of $2,000 for construction of a public work project.
"Governmental contracting agency" includes any person or entity that causes either directly or indirectly the building or development of a public work.
"Party" includes eligible bidders for and eligible developers of any public work and any housing under chapter 201G; provided that this subsection shall not apply to any housing developed under section 46-15 or chapter 201G if the entire cost of the project is less than $500,000 and the eligible bidder or eligible developer is a private nonprofit corporation.
"Public work" means any project, including development of any housing:
(1) Private project that receives in excess of $1,000,000 in public subsidies, including tax credits; and
(2) Housing pursuant to section 46-15 or chapter 201G, and development, construction, renovation, and maintenance related to refurbishment of any real or personal property, where the funds or resources required to undertake the project are to any extent derived either directly or indirectly from public revenues of the State or any county, or from the sale of securities or bonds whose interest or dividends are exempt from state or federal taxes."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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