Signed by Governor John Carney, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

A vote to amend and pass a bill to repeal a loophole that was being used to pay workers below the prevailing wages.

Highlights:

• Defines custom fabrication as the offsite fabrication and production of non-standard goods or materials, specifically for a public works project, and includes the following trades and systems (Sec. 1):

• Pipe fitting systems including plumbing, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration, sheet metal, or other duct systems;

• Electrical systems;

• Mechanical insulation work;

• Ornamental iron work; and

• Commercial signage not meant to direct traffic.

• Requires that contracts contain a stipulation that says employers must pay all mechanics and laborers engaged in custom fabrication work, regardless of where the work is performed, and stipulates that the scale of wages to be paid be posted in an accessible location at the site of the work (Sec. 1).

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that repeals a loophole in wage statutes that was being used to pay workers below the prevailing wage.

Highlights:

• Defines custom fabrication as the offsite fabrication and production of non-standard goods or materials, specifically for a public works project, and includes the following trades and systems (Sec. 1):

• Pipe fitting systems including plumbing, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration, sheet metal, or other duct systems;

• Electrical systems;

• Mechanical insulation work;

• Ornamental iron work; and

• Commercial signage not meant to direct traffic.

• Requires that contracts contain a stipulation that says employers must pay all mechanics and laborers engaged in custom fabrication work, regardless of where the work is performed, and stipulates that the scale of wages to be paid be posted in an accessible location at the site of the work (Sec. 1).

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