6422 AMS CL S4002.2

SB 6422 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 39.12.020 and 1989 c 12 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

    The hourly wages to be paid to laborers, workers, or mechanics((, upon all)) employed directly on the site of public works and under all public building service maintenance contracts of the state or any county, municipality or political subdivision created by its laws, shall be not less than the prevailing rate of wage for an hour's work in the same trade or occupation in the locality within the state where such labor is performed.  For purposes of this chapter, fabrication plants, mobile factories, batch plants, borrow pits, job headquarters, tool yards, etc., are part of the site of a public works provided they are:  Dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to performance of the public works contract or project, and are so located in proximity to the actual construction location that it would be reasonable to include them; or provided they are performing the public works contract or project and have been in operation for less than six months.

    For a contract in excess of ten thousand dollars, a contractor required to pay the prevailing rate of wage shall post in a location readily visible to workers at the job site:  PROVIDED, That on road construction, sewer line, pipeline, transmission line, street, or alley improvement projects for which no field office is needed or established, a contractor may post the prevailing rate of wage statement at the contractor's local office, gravel crushing, concrete, or asphalt batch plant as long as the contractor provides a copy of the wage statement to any employee on request:

    (1) A copy of a statement of intent to pay prevailing wages approved by the industrial statistician of the department of labor and industries under RCW 39.12.040; and

    (2) The address and telephone number of the industrial statistician of the department of labor and  industries where a complaint or inquiry concerning prevailing wages may be made.

    This chapter shall not apply to workers or other persons regularly employed on monthly or per diem salary by the state, or any county, municipality, or political subdivision created by its laws."

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.    This act shall expire on July 1, 1994."

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.    The department of labor and industries shall report to the legislature by December 1, 1993, regarding:  (1) The effects of this act, and (2) other possible means to address the detrimental impact of off-site prevailing wage requirements on the ability of Washington manufacturers to compete for public works contracts."

SB 6422 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

    On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "work;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 39.12.020; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date."