SENATE BILL REPORT

                            SB 6437

                    AS OF FEBRUARY 3, 1994

Brief Description:  Exempting from prevailing rate requirements donated services.

SPONSORS: Senators Bauer, Newhouse, Vognild, Sutherland, Hargrove, Snyder, Owen, Oke, Winsley and M. Rasmussen

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR & COMMERCE

Staff:  Jonathan Seib (786‑7427)

Hearing Dates:  February 4, 1994

BACKGROUND:

State law requires employers to pay their workers no less than the prevailing wage on all public works projects. 

SUMMARY:

Public works contracts in which the contractor agrees to fully donate the services specified in the contract are exempt from the prevailing wage law.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  requested