BILL REQ. #:  H-3571.1 

Read first time 04/18/2007.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to the application of chapter 39.12 RCW to port districts and related associations; adding a new section to chapter 53.08 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 53.06 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 53.08 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The hourly wages to be paid to laborers, workers, or mechanics upon work described in (a) of this subsection and under contracts described in (b) of this subsection must be no 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.
     (a) Work subject to the prevailing wage requirement in this section includes all work, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement that is performed on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a port district and that is executed at the cost of the port district or by any other public or private entity.
     (b) Contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirement in this section include all contracts for maintenance of buildings located on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a port district that are entered into by the port district or by any other public or private entity.
     (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, 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:
     (i) 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
     (ii) 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.
     (b) 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.
     (3) This chapter does not apply to workers or other persons regularly employed by a port district.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 53.06 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The hourly wages to be paid to laborers, workers, or mechanics upon work described in (a) of this subsection and under contracts described in (b) of this subsection must be no 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.
     (a) Work subject to the prevailing wage requirement in this section includes all work, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement that is performed on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the Washington public ports association and that is executed at the cost of the association or by any other public or private entity.
     (b) Contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirement in this section include all contracts for maintenance of buildings located on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the Washington public ports association that are entered into by the association or by any other public or private entity.
     (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, 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:
     (i) 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
     (ii) 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.
     (b) 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.
     (3) This chapter does not apply to workers or other persons regularly employed by the Washington public ports association.