Minnesota Legislature
SF 1199
2nd Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/19/2012 08:59am
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A bill for an act
relating to labor and employment; modifying prevailing wage provisions;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 177.42, subdivision 4; 177.43,
subdivision 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Prevailing hours of labor.
"Prevailing hours of labor" means the hours
of labor per day and per week worked within the area by a larger number of workers of
the same class than are employed within the area for any other number of hours per day
and per week. The prevailing hours of labor may not be more than deleted text begin eightdeleted text end new text begin ten new text end hours per
day or more than 40 hours per week.new text begin As used in this section, "week" applies to work
performed Monday through Saturday.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.43, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Applicability.
This section does not apply to a contract, or work under
a contract, under whichdeleted text begin :
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(1) the estimated total cost of completing the project is less than $2,500 and only one
trade or occupation is required to complete it, or
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deleted text begin (2)deleted text end the estimated total cost of completing the project is less than deleted text begin $25,000 and more
than one trade or occupation is required to complete itdeleted text end new text begin $500,000. The commissioner
shall make an annual adjustment to the project threshold in this subdivision according
to the Producer Price Index for nonresidential construction, published by the United
States Bureau of Labor Statisticsnew text end .