June 19, 1997 201 E. Washington Ave.
Thursday Room 400X
9:30 a.m. Madison, WI
A copy of the rules to be considered may be obtained from the State Department of Workforce Development, Division of Equal Rights, 201 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8928, Madison, Wisconsin 53708, by calling (608) 266-7560 or at the appointed time and place the hearing is held.
Interested persons are invited to appear at the hearing and will be afforded the opportunity of making an oral presentation of their positions. Persons making oral presentations are requested to submit their facts, views and suggested rewording in writing. Written comments from persons unable to attend the public hearing, or who wish to supplement testimony offered at the hearings may be submitted no later than June 27, 1997, for inclusion in the summary of public comments submitted to the Legislature. Any such comments should be submitted to Gary Shealy at the address noted above. Written comments will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing. Persons submitting comments will not receive individual responses.
This hearing is held in an accessible facility. If you have special needs or circumstances which may make communication or accessibility difficult at the hearing, please call (608) 266-7560 or Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (608) 264-8752 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Accommodations such as interpreters, English translators or materials in audio tape format will, to the fullest extent possible, be made available on request by a person with a disability.
Analysis
(1) Authority for rule: s.103.005(1), Stats., in conjunction with ss. 66.293, 103.49 and 103.50, Stats.
(2) Project determinations. The department will issue prevailing wage rate determinations for individual projects. A project determination remains in effect until the end of the year (if issued on or before June 30) or for 180 days (if issued after June 30). A local government unit or state agency which receives a project determination may request an administrative review of any portion of a determination if it makes a written request within 30 days, the request is received before construction contracts are awarded or negotiated, and the request includes wage rate information for the contested trade or occupation from at least 3 similar projects within the city, village or town where the proposed project is located that took place and were reported within the survey period. In conducting administrative reviews, the department will consider other wage rate information on similar projects within the city, village or town where the proposed project is located and will issue a decision as to the prevailing wage rate for the contested trade or occupation in that city, village or town, using the same calculation criteria employed in the survey determinations.
(3) Subjourneypersons. (a) If a majority of the hours reported for a trade in a county are worked at the same rate as a reported collective bargaining agreement, the department will use the subjourneyperson provisions of the collective bargaining agreement to determine subjourneyperson rates for that county.
(b) If the number of hours reported for a trade in a county exceeds 500, and the majority of the total hours reported for that trade in the county were worked under one or more collective bargaining agreements, the department will use the subjourneyperson provisions of the collective bargaining agreement that covers the greatest number of employes in the trade in that county to determine subjourneyperson rates for that county.
(c) If neither par. (a) nor par. (b) applies, the department will determine subjourneyperson rates as follows: an entry-level subjourneyperson rate will be 35% of the journeyperson's hourly basic rate and 35% of the journeyperson's fringe benefit package, and a regular subjourneyperson rate will be 65% of the journeyperson's hourly basic rate and 65% of the journeyperson's fringe benefit package. An employe may not be employed at the entry-level subjourneyperson rate for more than one year of cumulative service in the trade: after that time, the employe must be advanced to the regular subjourneyperson rate, or be enrolled in an apprenticeship program, or the employ may not be employed on prevailing wage projects. An employer may employ one entry-level subjourneyperson for each current apprentice employed in the same trade, or may employ on entry-level subjourneyperson if the employer did employ an apprentice in the same trade within the last five years who completed his or her apprenticeship. Allowable ratios for subjourneypersons in relation to journeypersons are set out in a table in section 5 of the rule.
(4) Minor subcontractors. A contractor or subcontractor that hires a minor subcontractor (defined as a subcontract of less than $2,000 in cost and less than 3 days of work) must provide, within 7 days of the date that work is first performed by the minor subcontractor, either a copy of the prevailing wage rate determination for the project, or a written notice which states that the work to be performed is subject to a prevailing wage rate determination.
Fiscal Estimate
The purpose of this rule is to implement the statutory changes made by 1995 Wis. Act 215. The rule does not create any new policies which will have a fiscal effect on state or local government.
Notice of Submission of Proposed Rules to the Presiding Officer of each House of the Legislature, Under S. 227.19, Stats.
Please check the Bulletin of Proceedings for further information on a particular rule.
S. NR 728.11 - Relating to the sunset of s. NR 728.11.
Chs. NR 400, 406, 407, 439, 460 and 463 - Relating to federal emission standards for chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing operations.
Administrative Rules Filed With The
Revisor Of Statutes Bureau
The following administrative rules have been filed with the Revisor of Statutes Bureau and are in the process of being published. The date assigned to each rule is the projected effective date. It is possible that the publication of these rules could be delayed. Contact the Revisor of Statutes Bureau at (608) 266-7275 for updated information on the effective dates for the listed rules.
Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
(CR 96-191):
An order creating s. ATCP 139.04 (11), relating to prohibiting the sale of flammable substances containing butane, propane, mixtures of butane and propane, or other gaseous hydrocarbons for use as refrigerants in mobile air conditioners.
Effective 07-01-97.
An order affecting ss. ER 18.01, 18.04 and 18.15, relating to the creation of a catastrophic leave program that permits classified nonrepresented employes to donate certain types and amounts of leave credits to other classified nonrepresented employes who have been granted an unpaid leave of absence due to a catastrophic need and removal of the reference to Good Friday as a legal holiday for state employes.
Effective 07-01-97.
An order affecting ch. HSS 144, relating to immunization of students.
Effective 07-01-97.
An order repealing and recreating s. NR 25.04 (2) (b), relating to the transfer of Great Lakes commercial fishing licenses upon the death or incapacity of the licensee.
Effective 07-01-97.
An order affecting s. NR 25.08 (3) (b), relating to the transfer of individual license catch quotas upon the death or incapacity of the quota holder.
Effective 07-01-97.
An order affecting ss. NR 25.06, 25.09, 25.10 and 26.23, relating to the Lake Superior fisheries management plan.
Effective 07-01-97.
An order creating s. NR 5.21 (2), relating to waiver of the slow-no-wake speed restriction on the Wild Rose Mill Pond, Waushara County.
Effective 07-01-97.
An order affecting ch. Trans 117, relating to occupational driver's license.
Effective 07-01-97.
The following administrative rule orders have been adopted and published in the May 31, 1997
Wisconsin Administrative Register. Copies of these rules are sent to subscribers of the complete Wisconsin Administrative Code, and also to the subscribers of the specific affected Code.
For subscription information, contact Document Sales at (608) 266-3358.
Barbering & Cosmetology Examining Board
(CR 95-217):
An order creating s. BC 2.03 (7), relating to standards of conduct.
Effective 06-01-97.
Chiropractic Examining Board
(CR 96-95):
An order affecting ss. Chir 6.015 and 6.02 and creating ch. Chir 11, relating to patient records.
Effective 06-01-97.
An order creating ch. ERB 6, relating to reimbursement procedures for regional and local hazardous materials emergency response teams when a person responsible cannot be found or when the person responsible is unable or unwilling to pay.
Effective 06-01-97.
An order affecting s. ETF 60.53, relating to deadlines to apply for death benefits payable from the Wisconsin Retirement System and timing of automatic distribution of these benefits.
Effective 06-01-97.
Labor & Industry Review Commission
(CR 96-136):
An order affecting chs. LIRC 1 to 4, relating to procedural rules concerning petition to and handling of cases by the Labor and Industry Review Commission.
Effective 06-01-97.
An order affecting ch. Med 13, relating to continuing medical education for podiatrists.
Effective 06-01-97.
An order amending s. PD 3.02, relating to the cost of retained counsel.
Effective 06-01-97.
An order affecting ch. Trans 139, relating to motor vehicle trade practices.
Effective 09-01-97.
An order creating ch. Trans 55, relating to the granting of state aid to airport owners.
