AB409,5,15
166.293 (3) (br) In addition to the recalculation under par. (bm), the local
2governmental unit that requested the determination under this subsection may
3request a review of any portion of a determination within 30 days after the date of
4issuance of the determination if the local governmental unit submits evidence with
5the request showing that the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for any
6given trade or occupation included in the determination does not represent the
7prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for that trade or occupation in the
8city, village or town in which the proposed project is located. That evidence shall
9include wage rate and hours of labor information for the contested trade or
10occupation on at least 3 similar projects located in the city, village or town where the
11proposed project is located and on which some work has been performed within the
12previous 12 months
during the current survey period and which were considered by
13the department in issuing its most recent compilation under par. (ar). The
14department shall affirm or modify the determination within 15 days after the date
15on which the department receives the request for review.
AB409, s. 6 16Section 6. 66.293 (3) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,6,1117 66.293 (3) (dm) A reference to the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours
18of labor
determined by the department or a local governmental unit exempted under
19sub. (6) and to the prevailing hours of labor shall be published in the notice issued
20for the purpose of securing bids for the project. If any contract or subcontract for a
21project of public works, including a highway, street or bridge construction project, is
22entered into, the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined by
23the department or exempted local governmental unit and the prevailing hours of
24labor
shall be physically incorporated into and made a part of the contract or
25subcontract, except that for a minor subcontract, as determined by the department,

1the department shall prescribe by rule the method of notifying the minor
2subcontractor of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable
3to the minor subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor
4applicable to a contract or subcontract may not be changed during the time that the
5contract or subcontract is in force. No person performing the work described in sub.
6(4) may be paid less than the prevailing wage rate in the same or most similar trade
7or occupation determined under this subsection; nor may he or she be permitted to
8work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing
9hours of labor determined under this subsection, unless he or she is paid for all hours
10worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times his or
11her hourly basic rate of pay.
AB409, s. 7 12Section 7. 66.293 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,6,1813 66.293 (4) (a) (intro.) All Subject to par. (b), all of the following employes shall
14be paid the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) and may not be permitted
15to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing
16hours of labor determined under sub. (3), unless they are paid for all hours worked
17in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times their hourly
18basic rate of pay:
AB409, s. 8 19Section 8. 66.293 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,7,220 66.293 (4) (a) 1. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed
21on the site of a project that is subject to this section, or employed to deliver mineral
22aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone that is immediately incorporated into the
23work, and not stockpiled or further transported by truck, to or from the site of a
24project that is subject to this section by depositing the material substantially in
25place, directly or through spreaders from the transporting vehicle, or employed to

1transport excavated material or spoil from and return to the site of a project that is
2subject to this section
.
AB409, s. 9 3Section 9. 66.293 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (4) (b) (intro.)
4and amended to read:
AB409,7,135 66.293 (4) (b) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a) 1., a laborer, worker, mechanic
6or truck driver who is regularly employed in the processing, manufacturing or
7delivery of materials or products by or for
to process, manufacture, pick up or deliver
8materials or products from
a commercial establishment that has a fixed place of
9business from which the establishment regularly supplies processed or
10manufactured materials or products is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage
11rate determined under sub. (3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic
12rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined
13under sub. (3).
unless any of the following applies:
AB409, s. 10 14Section 10. 66.293 (4) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are created to read:
AB409,7,2015 66.293 (4) (b) 1. The laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver is employed to
16go to the source of mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone that is to be
17immediately incorporated into the work, and not stockpiled or further transported
18by truck, pick up that mineral aggregate and deliver that mineral aggregate to the
19site of a project that is subject to this section by depositing the material substantially
20in place, directly or through spreaders from the transporting vehicle.
AB409,7,2421 2. The laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver is employed to go to the site
22of a project that is subject to this section, pick up excavated material or spoil from
23the site of the project and transport that excavated material or spoil away from the
24site of the project.
AB409, s. 11 25Section 11. 66.293 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,8,7
166.293 (8) Posting. For the information of the employes working on the project,
2the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined by the
3department or exempted local governmental unit, the prevailing hours of labor and
4the provisions of subs. (10) (a) and (11) (a) shall be kept posted by the local
5governmental unit in at least one conspicuous and easily accessible place on the site
6of the project or, if there is no common site on the project, at the place normally used
7by the local governmental unit to post public notices.
AB409, s. 12 8Section 12. 66.293 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,8,239 66.293 (9) (c) Upon completion of a project and before receiving final payment
10for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the local
11governmental unit authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has
12complied fully with the requirements of this section and that the contractor has
13received an affidavit under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and
14subcontractors. A local governmental unit may not authorize a final payment until
15such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order. If a local governmental unit
16authorizes a final payment before such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order
17or if the department determines, based on the greater weight of the credible evidence,
18that any person performing the work specified in sub. (4) has been or may have been
19paid less than the prevailing wage rate or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate
20of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that
21the local governmental unit withhold all or part of the final payment, but the local
22governmental unit fails to do so, the local governmental unit is liable for all back
23wages payable up to the amount of that the final payment.
AB409, s. 13 24Section 13. 66.293 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,9,5
166.293 (10) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof performing
2work on a project that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records
3clearly indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person performing the
4work
described in sub. (4) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by
5each of those persons and the actual wages paid therefor.
AB409, s. 14 6Section 14. 66.293 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,9,157 66.293 (10) (b) The department or the contracting local governmental unit may
8demand and examine, and it shall be the duty of every contractor, subcontractor and
9agent thereof to keep and furnish to the department or local governmental unit,
10copies of payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid to
11persons performing the work described in sub. (4) for work to which this section
12applies. The department may inspect records in the manner provided in chs. 103 to
13106
ch. 103. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project
14that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of chs. 103 to 106 ch. 103
15relating to the examination of records.
AB409, s. 15 16Section 15. 66.293 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,9,2517 66.293 (10) (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the
18payroll records of any contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a
19project that is subject to this section to ensure compliance with this section. If the
20contractor, subcontractor or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in
21compliance and if the person making the request is a person performing the work
22specified in sub. (4), the department shall charge the person making the request the
23actual cost of the inspection. If the contractor, subcontractor or agent subject to the
24inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is not
25a person performing the work specified in sub. (4), the department shall charge the

1person making the request $250 or the actual cost of the inspection, whichever is
2greater.
AB409, s. 16 3Section 16. 66.293 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,10,94 66.293 (10) (d) Section 103.005 (5) (f), (11), (12) and (13) applies to this section,
5except that s. 103.005 (12) (a) does not apply to any person who fails to provide any
6information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing
7wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar). Section 111.322
8(2m) applies to discharge or and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with
9any proceeding under this section, including proceedings under sub. (11) (a).
AB409, s. 17 10Section 17. 66.293 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,10,2311 66.293 (11) (a) Any contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof, who fails to pay
12the prevailing wage rate determined by the department under sub. (3) or who pays
13less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
14prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3), shall be liable to any affected
15employe in the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid overtime
16compensation and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages. An action
17to recover the liability may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by
18any employe for and in behalf of that employe and other employes similarly situated.
19No employe may be a party plaintiff to any such action unless the employe consents
20in writing to become such a party and the consent is filed in the court in which the
21action is brought. Notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), the court shall, in addition to any
22judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow reasonable attorney fees and costs to be paid
23by the defendant.
AB409, s. 18 24Section 18. 66.293 (11) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,11,9
166.293 (11) (b) 2. Whoever induces any individual person who seeks to be or is
2employed on any project that is subject to this section to give up, waive or return any
3part of the wages to which the individual person is entitled under the contract
4governing such project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to
5an employe a person for work on a project that is not subject to this section during
6a week in which the employe person works both on a project that is subject to this
7section and on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to employ, by
8threat of dismissal from such employment or by any other means is guilty of an
9offense under s. 946.15 (1).
AB409, s. 19 10Section 19. 66.293 (11) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,11,1611 66.293 (11) (b) 4. Whoever induces any individual person who seeks to be or is
12employed on any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages
13to which the individual person is entitled under the contract governing such project
14to be deducted from the individual's person's pay is guilty of an offense under s.
15946.15 (3), unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an
16individual
a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.
AB409, s. 20 17Section 20. 66.293 (11) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,11,2018 66.293 (11) (b) 6. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any person who fails to
19provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining
20prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar).
AB409, s. 21 21Section 21. 66.293 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,12,1022 66.293 (12) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department shall
23notify any local governmental unit applying for a determination under sub. (3) and
24any local governmental unit exempted under sub. (6) of the names of all persons
25whom the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate

1determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly
2basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor
3determined under sub. (3) at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall
4include with any such name the address of such person and shall specify when such
5person failed to pay the prevailing wage rate and when such person paid less than
61.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing
7hours of labor. A local governmental unit may not award any contract to such person
8unless otherwise recommended by the department or unless at least 3 years have
9elapsed from the date the department issued its findings or the date of final
10determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
AB409, s. 22 11Section 22. 66.293 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,12,1712 66.293 (12) (b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a)
13the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the
14department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined
15under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of
16pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under
17sub. (3)
.
AB409, s. 23 18Section 23. 66.293 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,13,319 66.293 (12) (d) Any person submitting a bid or negotiating a contract on a
20project that is subject to this section shall be required, on the date the person submits
21the bid or negotiates the contract, to identify any construction business in which the
22person, or a shareholder, officer or partner of the person, if the person is a business,
23owns, or has owned at least a 25% interest on the date the person submits the bid
24or negotiates the contract or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date the
25person submits the bid or negotiates the contract, if the business has been found to

1have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or to have paid
2less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
3prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3).
AB409, s. 24 4Section 24. 103.49 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,13,85 103.49 (1) (c) "Prevailing hours of labor" for any trade or occupation in any area
6means no more than 10 hours per day nor more than and 40 hours per week and may
7not include any hours worked on a Saturday or Sunday or on any of the following
8holidays:
AB409, s. 25 9Section 25. 103.49 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,13,2410 103.49 (1) (d) "Prevailing wage rate" for any trade or occupation engaged in the
11erection, construction, remodeling, repairing or demolition of any project of public
12works in any area means the hourly basic rate of pay, plus the hourly contribution
13for health insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona
14fide economic benefit, paid directly or indirectly for a majority of the hours worked
15in the trade or occupation on projects in the area, or if there is no rate at which a
16majority of the hours worked in the trade or occupation on projects in the area is paid,
17then the prevailing wage rate for any trade or occupation engaged in the erection,
18construction, remodeling, repairing or demolition of any project of public works in
19any area shall be the average hourly basic rate of pay, weighted by the number of
20hours worked, plus the average hourly contribution, weighted by the number of
21hours worked, for health insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and
22any other bona fide economic benefit, paid directly or indirectly for all hours worked
23at the hourly basic rate of pay of the highest-paid 51% of hours worked in that trade
24or occupation on projects in that area.
AB409, s. 26 25Section 26. 103.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,14,25
1103.49 (2) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. Any contract hereafter
2made for the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing or demolition of any
3project of public works, except contracts for the construction or maintenance of public
4highways, streets and bridges, to which the state, any state agency or the University
5of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a party shall contain a stipulation
6that no person performing the work described in sub. (2m) may be permitted to work
7a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing hours
8of labor determined under sub. (3), except that any such person may be permitted or
9required to work more than such prevailing hours of labor per day and per calendar
10week if he or she is paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor
11at a rate of at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay; nor may he or she
12be paid less than the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) in the same or
13most similar trade or occupation in the area wherein such project of public works is
14situated determined under sub. (3). A reference to the prevailing wage rates and
15prevailing hours of labor
determined under sub. (3) and the prevailing hours of labor
16shall be published in the notice issued for the purpose of securing bids for the project.
17If any contract or subcontract for a project that is subject to this section is entered
18into, the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined under sub.
19(3) and the prevailing hours of labor shall be physically incorporated into and made
20a part of the contract or subcontract, except that for a minor subcontract, as
21determined by the department, the department shall prescribe by rule the method
22of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing
23hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and
24prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or subcontract may not be changed
25during the time that the contract or subcontract is in force.
AB409, s. 27
1Section 27. 103.49 (2m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,15,72 103.49 (2m) (a) (intro.) All Subject to par. (b), all of the following employes shall
3be paid the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) and may not be permitted
4to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing
5hours of labor determined under sub. (3), unless they are paid for all hours worked
6in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times their hourly
7basic rate of pay:
AB409, s. 28 8Section 28. 103.49 (2m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,15,169 103.49 (2m) (a) 1. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed
10on the site of a project that is subject to this section, or employed to deliver mineral
11aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone that is immediately incorporated into the
12work, and not stockpiled or further transported by truck, to or from the site of a
13project that is subject to this section by depositing the material substantially in
14place, directly or through spreaders from the transporting vehicle, or employed to
15transport excavated material or spoil from and return to the site of a project that is
16subject to this section
.
AB409, s. 29 17Section 29. 103.49 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (2m) (b)
18(intro.) and amended to read:
AB409,16,219 103.49 (2m) (b) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a) 1., a laborer, worker, mechanic
20or truck driver who is regularly employed in the processing, manufacturing or
21delivery of materials or products by or for
to process, manufacture, pick up or deliver
22materials or products from
a commercial establishment that has a fixed place of
23business from which the establishment regularly supplies processed or
24manufactured materials or products is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage
25rate determined under sub. (3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic

1rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined
2under sub. (3).
unless any of the following applies:
AB409, s. 30 3Section 30. 103.49 (2m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are created to read:
AB409,16,94 103.49 (2m) (b) 1. The laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver is employed
5to go to the source of mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone that is to be
6immediately incorporated into the work, and not stockpiled or further transported
7by truck, pick up that mineral aggregate and deliver that mineral aggregate to the
8site of a project that is subject to this section by depositing the material substantially
9in place, directly or through spreaders from the transporting vehicle.
AB409,16,1310 2. The laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver is employed to go to the site
11of a project that is subject to this section, pick up excavated material or spoil from
12the site of the project and transport that excavated material or spoil away from the
13site of the project.
AB409, s. 31 14Section 31. 103.49 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,17,615 103.49 (3) (a) Before bids are asked for any work to which this section applies,
16the state agency having the authority to prescribe the specifications shall apply to
17the department to determine the prevailing wage rate and prevailing hours of labor
18for each trade or occupation required in the work under contemplation in the area
19in which the work is to be done. The department shall make conduct such
20investigations and hold such public hearings as may be necessary to define the trades
21or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are subject to this
22section and to inform itself as to the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of
23labor
in all areas of the state for those trades or occupations with a view to
24ascertaining
in order to determine the prevailing wage rate and prevailing hours of
25labor
for each such trade or occupation. The department shall issue its

1determination within 30 days after receiving the request and shall file the same with
2the state agency applying therefor. For the information of the employes working on
3the project, the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined by
4the department, the prevailing hours of labor and the provisions of subs. (2) and (6m)
5shall be kept posted by the state agency in at least one conspicuous and easily
6accessible place on the site of the project.
AB409, s. 32 7Section 32. 103.49 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,17,168 103.49 (3) (am) The department shall, by January 1 of each year, compile the
9prevailing wage rates and the prevailing hours of labor for each trade or occupation
10in each area. The compilation shall, in addition to the current prevailing wage rates
11and prevailing hours of labor, include future prevailing wage rates and prevailing
12hours of labor
when those prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor can
13be determined for any trade or occupation in any area and shall specify the effective
14date of those future prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor. If a
15construction project extends into more than one area there shall be but one standard
16of prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor for the entire project.
AB409, s. 33 17Section 33. 103.49 (3) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,17,2418 103.49 (3) (ar) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (a) or (am) for
19building, residential or agricultural projects
, the department may not use data from
20projects that are subject to this section, s. 66.293 or 103.50 or 40 USC 276a. In
21determining prevailing wage rates for projects involving the use of heavy equipment,

22unless the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in the area
23to determine those prevailing wage rates, in which case
the department may use data
24from projects that are subject to this section, s. 66.293 or 103.50 or 40 USC 276a.
AB409, s. 34 25Section 34. 103.49 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,18,11
1103.49 (3) (b) Any person may request a recalculation of any portion of a an
2initial
determination within 30 days after the initial determination date if the person
3submits evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate or
4prevailing hours of labor
for any given trade or occupation included in the initial
5determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of
6labor
for that trade or occupation in the area. Such evidence shall include wage rate
7and hours of labor information for reflecting work performed by persons working in
8the contested trade or occupation in the area within the previous 12 months during
9the current survey period
. The department shall affirm or modify the initial
10determination within 15 days after the date on which the department receives the
11request for recalculation.
AB409, s. 35 12Section 35. 103.49 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,19,213 103.49 (3) (c) In addition to the recalculation under par. (b), the state agency
14that requested the determination under this subsection may request a review of any
15portion of a determination within 30 days after the date of issuance of the
16determination if the state agency submits evidence with the request showing that
17the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for any given trade or occupation
18included in the determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate or
19prevailing hours of labor
for that trade or occupation in the city, village or town in
20which the proposed project is located. That evidence shall include wage rate and
21hours of labor
information for the contested trade or occupation on at least 3 similar
22projects located in the city, village or town where the proposed project is located on
23which some work has been performed within the previous 12 months during the
24current survey period
and which were considered by the department in issuing its
25most recent compilation under par. (am). The department shall affirm or modify the

1determination within 15 days after the date on which the department receives the
2request for review.
AB409, s. 36 3Section 36. 103.49 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,19,94 103.49 (3g) Nonapplicability. This section does not apply to any single-trade
5public works project for which the estimated project cost of completion is less than
6$30,000 or an amount determined by the department under s. 66.293 (5) or to any
7multiple-trade public works project for which the estimated project cost of
8completion is less than $150,000 or an amount determined by the department under
9s. 66.293 (5).
AB409, s. 37 10Section 37. 103.49 (4r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,19,2411 103.49 (4r) (c) Upon completion of a project and before receiving final payment
12for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the state agency
13authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has complied fully with
14the requirements of this section and that the contractor has received an affidavit
15under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and subcontractors. A state
16agency may not authorize a final payment until such an affidavit is filed in proper
17form and order. If a state agency authorizes a final payment before such an affidavit
18is filed in proper form and order or if the department determines, based on the
19greater weight of the credible evidence, that any person performing the work
20specified in sub. (2m) has been or may have been paid less than the prevailing wage
21rate or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess
22of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that the state agency withhold all or part
23of the final payment, but the state agency fails to do so, the state agency is liable for
24all back wages payable up to the amount of the final payment.
AB409, s. 38 25Section 38. 103.49 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,20,5
1103.49 (5) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof performing work
2on a project that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records clearly
3indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person performing the work
4described in sub. (2m) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each
5of those persons and the actual wages paid therefor.
AB409, s. 39 6Section 39. 103.49 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,20,177 103.49 (5) (b) It shall be the duty of the department to enforce this section. To
8this end it may demand and examine, and it shall be the duty of every contractor,
9subcontractor and agent thereof to keep and furnish to the department, copies of
10payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid to persons
11performing the work described in sub. (2m) for work to which this section applies.
12The department may inspect records in the manner provided in this chapter and chs.
13104 to 106
. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project
14that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of this chapter and chs.
15104 to 106
relating to the examination of records. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to
16discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding
17under this section.
AB409, s. 40 18Section 40. 103.49 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,21,419 103.49 (5) (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the
20payroll records of any contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a
21project that is subject to this section to ensure compliance with this section. If the
22contractor, subcontractor or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in
23compliance and if the person making the request is a person performing the work
24specified in sub. (2m), the department shall charge the person making the request
25the actual cost of the inspection. If the contractor, subcontractor or agent subject to

1the inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is
2not a person performing the work specified in sub. (2m), the department shall charge
3the person making the request $250 or the actual cost of the inspection, whichever
4is greater.
AB409, s. 41 5Section 41. 103.49 (6m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,21,146 103.49 (6m) (b) Whoever induces any individual person who seeks to be or is
7employed on any project that is subject to this section to give up, waive or return any
8part of the wages to which the individual person is entitled under the contract
9governing such project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to
10an employe a person for work on a project that is not subject to this section during
11a week in which the employe person works both on a project that is subject to this
12section and on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to employ, by
13threat of dismissal from such employment or by any other means is guilty of an
14offense under s. 946.15 (1).
AB409, s. 42 15Section 42. 103.49 (6m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,21,2116 103.49 (6m) (d) Whoever induces any individual person who seeks to be or is
17employed on any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages
18to which the individual person is entitled under the contract governing such project
19to be deducted from the individual's person's pay is guilty of an offense under s.
20946.15 (3), unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an
21individual
a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.
AB409, s. 43 22Section 43. 103.49 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,21,2523 103.49 (6m) (f) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any person who fails to provide
24any information to the department to assist the department in determining
25prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (a) or (am).
AB409, s. 44
1Section 44. 103.49 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,22,152 103.49 (7) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department shall
3distribute to all state agencies and to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
4Clinics Authority a list of all persons whom the department has found to have failed
5to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid
6less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
7prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3) at any time in the preceding 3
8years. The department shall include with any such name the address of such person
9and shall specify when such person failed to pay the prevailing wage rate and when
10such person paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked
11in excess of the prevailing hours of labor. A state agency or the University of
12Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may not award any contract to such
13person unless otherwise recommended by the department or unless 3 years have
14elapsed from the date the department issued its findings or date of final
15determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
AB409, s. 45 16Section 45. 103.49 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,22,2217 103.49 (7) (b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a)
18the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the
19department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined
20under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of
21pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under
22sub. (3)
.
AB409, s. 46 23Section 46. 103.49 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,23,724 103.49 (7) (d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this
25section shall be required, on the date the person submits the bid, to identify any

1construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer or partner of the
2person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25% interest on the
3date the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date
4the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have failed to pay the
5prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or to have paid less than 1.5 times
6the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of
7labor determined under sub. (3).
AB409, s. 47 8Section 47. 103.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,23,209 103.50 (2) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. No person performing
10the work
described in sub. (2m) in the employ of a contractor, subcontractor, agent
11or other person performing any work on a project under a contract based on bids as
12provided in s. 84.06 (2) to which the state is a party for the construction or
13improvement of any highway may be permitted to work a longer greater number of
14hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor determined
15under sub. (3)
; nor may he or she be paid a lesser rate of wages than the prevailing
16wage rate in the area in which the work is to be done determined under sub. (3);
17except that any such person may be permitted or required to work more than such
18prevailing hours of labor per day and per calendar week if he or she is paid for all
19hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times
20his or her hourly basic rate of pay.
AB409, s. 48 21Section 48. 103.50 (2m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,24,222 103.50 (2m) (a) (intro.) All Subject to par. (b), all of the following employes shall
23be paid the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) and may not be permitted
24to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing
25hours of labor determined under sub. (3), unless they are paid for all hours worked

1in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times their hourly
2basic rate of pay:
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