SB 5491-S - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/12/99)

     Provides that all contracts for public works estimated to cost one million dollars or more shall require that no less than ten percent of the labor hours be performed by apprentices.

     Declares that a failure by a contractor to comply with the apprentice utilization requirements shall be deemed a breach of contract for which the state or the municipality shall be entitled to all remedies allowed by law and under the contract.  Failure to comply with the apprentice utilization requirement may be considered evidence bearing on a contractor's qualification for award of future contracts.