Chapter
402
2005 -- H 5850
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS
Introduced By: Representative Paul E. Moura
Date Introduced: March 01,
2005
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 37-13-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-13 entitled "Labor
and
Payment
of Debts by Contractors" is hereby amended to read as follows:
37-13-11.
Posting of prevailing wage rates. -- Each contractor awarded a contract
for
public
works with a contract price in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and
each
subcontractor
who performs work on those public works, shall post in conspicuous places on
the
project,
where covered workers are employed, posters which contain the current,
prevailing rate
of wages
and the current, prevailing rate of payments to the funds required to be paid
for each
craft or
type of worker employed to execute the contract as set forth in sections 37-13-6
and 37-
13-7.,
and the rights and remedies of any employee described in section 37-13-17 for
nonpayment
of
any wages earned pursuant to this chapter. Posters shall be furnished to contractors and
subcontractors
by the director of labor and training, who shall determine the size and context
thereof
from time to time, at the time a contract is awarded. A contractor or
subcontractor who
fails to
comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and
shall pay
to the director of labor and training one hundred dollars ($100) for each
calendar day of
noncompliance
as determined by him or her. Contracts set forth in this section shall not be
awarded
by the state, any city, town, or any agency thereof until the director of labor
and training
has
prepared and delivered the posters to the division of purchases, if the state
or any agency
thereof
is the proper authority, or to the city, town, or an agency thereof, if it is
the proper
authority,
and the contractor to whom the contract is to be awarded.
SECTION 2. This act shall
take effect upon passage.
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