HF 1271

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to employment; amending the definition of
prevailing wage rate; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 177.42, subdivision 6.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 177.42,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Prevailing wage rate.

"Prevailing wage rate"
means the deleted text begin hourly deleted text end basic new text begin hourly new text end rate of pay plus the new text begin rate of
new text end contribution new text begin or cost new text end for health and welfare benefits, vacation
benefits, pension new text begin and retirement new text end benefits, and any other new text begin fringe
benefit of new text end economic deleted text begin benefit deleted text end new text begin value new text end paid new text begin or made available new text end to the
deleted text begin largest number of workers deleted text end new text begin majority of the employees new text end engaged in
the same class of labor within the area deleted text begin and includes, for the
purposes of section 177.44, rental rates for truck hire paid to
those who own and operate the truck deleted text end . new text begin If no single rate is paid
to the majority of the employees engaged in the same class of
labor in the area, then the prevailing wage rate is the average
of the hourly rates of pay plus the rate of contribution or cost
for benefits, as described above, paid or made available to
employees engaged in the same class of labor within the area,
such average to be weighted by the number of employees to whom
those rates are paid in the area. If no prevailing wage rate
has been determined for that class of labor in the county in
which the project is located or in which the largest single part
of the project is located, within the last two years, then the
prevailing wage rate is the prevailing wage rate determined for
that class of labor in the county nearest to the project within
the same region, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 5200.1030,
for which a prevailing wage rate for that class of labor has
been determined within the last two years. If no prevailing
wage has been determined for that class of labor for any county
within the same region within the last two years, then there is
no prevailing wage for that class of labor in the area. new text end The
prevailing wage rate may not be less than a reasonable and
living wage.

Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Section 1 is effective January 1, 2006.
new text end