Report Title:

Prevailing Wages; Indirect Public Works Projects; Compliance

Description:

Requires a construction project owner who undertakes a construction project to be used by the State or a county to sign a lease agreement that certifies compliance with the State's public works prevailing wage law. Requires that copies of the lease agreement be filed with the departments of labor and industrial relations and accounting and general services. (HB2641 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2641

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to public work projects.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§104- Indirect public works project; prevailing wages certification; compliance. (a) Prior to the start of construction, a construction project owner who undertakes a construction project for structures to be used by the State or a county shall sign a lease or other agreement that includes provisions that require:

(1) Compliance with this chapter; and

(2) Certification that prevailing wages shall be paid as established under this chapter.

Copies of the lease or other agreement shall be filed with the department of labor and industrial relations and the department of accounting and general services. The construction project owner shall submit certified payrolls to the department of accounting and general services.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "indirect public works project" means any project, including development of any housing pursuant to section 46-15 or chapter 201G, and development, construction, renovation, and maintenance related to refurbishment of any real or personal property that has or will have received a government benefit, including a construction contract between private persons if more than twenty-five per cent of the assignable square feet of the property is leased for use by the State, any political subdivision, or any agency of the State or county for its use, whether or not the property is privately owned and either:

(1) The lease agreement is entered into prior to the construction contract becoming effective; or

(2) Construction work is performed according to a plan, specifications, or criteria established by the State or any political subdivision thereof, or any other agency of the State or county."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.