Report Title:

Public Contracts; Prevailing Wages

Description:

Requires contractors on public works construction contracts to comply with department of labor and industrial relations specifications for staffing requirements. (SD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2033

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 103-55.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Before any bidder or offeror enters into a contract for construction of a public work project in excess of $2,000, which is subject to chapter 104, the bidder or offeror shall affirm the bidder's or offeror's intent to comply with the requirements of chapter 104 by certifying that:

(1) Individuals engaged in the performance of the contract on the job site shall be paid:

(A) Not less than the wages that the director of labor and industrial relations shall have determined to be prevailing for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on public works projects; and

(B) Overtime compensation at one and one-half times the basic hourly rate plus fringe benefits for hours worked on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on any other day; [and]

(2) All applicable laws of the federal and state governments relating to workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, payment of wages, and safety shall be fully complied with[.]; and

(3) All applicable requirements of the department of labor and industrial relations as to staffing requirements, including requirements to have an assistant, helper, or apprentice, as a prevailing practice, shall be fully complied with."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.