AB442, s. 36 19Section 36. 103.49 (2m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,19,220 103.49 (2m) (b) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a) 1., a laborer, worker,
21mechanic, or truck driver who is regularly employed to process, manufacture, pick
22up, or deliver materials or products from a commercial establishment that has a fixed
23place of business from which the establishment regularly supplies processed or
24manufactured materials or products is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage
25rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determined under sub. (3) or to receive at least

11.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
2prevailing hours of labor unless any of the following applies:
AB442, s. 37 3Section 37. 103.49 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,19,194 103.49 (3) (a) Before bids are asked for any work to which this section applies,
5the state agency having the authority to prescribe the specifications shall apply to
6the department to determine the prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit
7rate
for each trade or occupation required in the work under contemplation in the
8area in which the work is to be done. The department shall conduct investigations
9and hold public hearings as necessary to define the trades or occupations that are
10commonly employed on projects that are subject to this section and to inform itself
11as to the prevailing wage rates and prevailing fringe benefit rates in all areas of the
12state for those trades or occupations, in order to determine the prevailing wage rate
13and prevailing fringe benefit rate for each trade or occupation. The department shall
14issue its determination within 30 days after receiving the request and shall file the
15determination with the requesting state agency. For the information of the
16employees working on the project, the prevailing wage rates and prevailing fringe
17benefit rates
determined by the department, the prevailing hours of labor, and the
18provisions of subs. (2) and (6m) shall be kept posted by the state agency in at least
19one conspicuous and easily accessible place on the site of the project.
AB442, s. 38 20Section 38. 103.49 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,20,521 103.49 (3) (am) The department shall, by January 1 of each year, compile the
22prevailing wage rates and prevailing fringe benefit rates for each trade or occupation
23in each area. The compilation shall, in addition to the current prevailing wage rates
24and prevailing fringe benefit rates, include future prevailing wage rates and
25prevailing fringe benefit rates
when those prevailing wage rates and prevailing

1fringe benefit rates
can be determined for any trade or occupation in any area and
2shall specify the effective date of those future prevailing wage rates and prevailing
3fringe benefit rates
. If a construction project extends into more than one area there
4shall be but one standard of prevailing wage rates and prevailing fringe benefit rates
5for the entire project.
AB442, s. 39 6Section 39. 103.49 (3) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,20,147 103.49 (3) (ar) In determining prevailing wage rates and prevailing fringe
8benefit rates
under par. (a) or (am), the department may not use data from projects
9that are subject to this section, s. 66.0903, 103.50, or 229.8275 or 40 USC 276a 3141
10to 3148
unless the department determines that there is insufficient wage and fringe
11benefit
data in the area to determine those prevailing wage rates and prevailing
12fringe benefit rates
, in which case the department may use data from projects that
13are subject to this section, s. 66.0903, 103.50, or 229.8275 or 40 USC 276a 3141 to
143148
.
AB442, s. 40 15Section 40. 103.49 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,20,2516 103.49 (3) (b) Any person may request a recalculation of any portion of an
17initial determination within 30 days after the initial determination date if the person
18submits evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate or
19prevailing fringe benefit rate
for any given trade or occupation included in the initial
20determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe
21benefit rate
for that trade or occupation in the area. The evidence shall include wage
22rate or fringe benefit rate information reflecting work performed by persons working
23in the contested trade or occupation in the area during the current survey period.
24The department shall affirm or modify the initial determination within 15 days after
25the date on which the department receives the request for recalculation.
AB442, s. 41
1Section 41. 103.49 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,21,152 103.49 (3) (c) In addition to the recalculation under par. (b), the state agency
3that requested the determination under this subsection may request a review of any
4portion of a determination within 30 days after the date of issuance of the
5determination if the state agency submits evidence with the request showing that
6the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate for any given trade or
7occupation included in the determination does not represent the prevailing wage
8rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate for that trade or occupation in the city, village,
9or town in which the proposed project is located. That evidence shall include wage
10rate or fringe benefit rate information for the contested trade or occupation on at
11least 3 similar projects located in the city, village, or town where the proposed project
12is located on which some work has been performed during the current survey period
13and which were considered by the department in issuing its most recent compilation
14under par. (am). The department shall affirm or modify the determination within
1515 days after the date on which the department receives the request for review.
AB442, s. 42 16Section 42. 103.49 (4r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,22,617 103.49 (4r) (c) Upon completion of a project and before receiving final payment
18for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the state agency
19authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has complied fully with
20the requirements of this section and that the contractor has received an affidavit
21under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and subcontractors. A state
22agency may not authorize a final payment until the affidavit is filed in proper form
23and order. If a state agency authorizes a final payment before an affidavit is filed in
24proper form and order or if the department determines, based on the greater weight
25of the credible evidence, that any person performing the work specified in sub. (2m)

1has been or may have been paid less than the prevailing wage rate, less than the
2prevailing fringe benefit rate,
or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for
3all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that the state
4agency withhold all or part of the final payment, but the state agency fails to do so,
5the state agency is liable for all back wages and fringe benefits payable up to the
6amount of the final payment.
AB442, s. 43 7Section 43. 103.49 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,22,138 103.49 (5) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's
9agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section shall keep full and
10accurate records clearly indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person
11performing the work described in sub. (2m) and an accurate record of the number of
12hours worked by each of those persons and the actual wages and fringe benefits paid
13for the hours worked.
AB442, s. 44 14Section 44. 103.49 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,22,2515 103.49 (5) (b) It shall be the duty of the department to enforce this section. To
16this end it may demand and examine, and every contractor, subcontractor, and
17contractor's and subcontractor's agent shall keep, and furnish upon request by the
18department, copies of payrolls and other records and information relating to the
19wages and fringe benefits paid to persons performing the work described in sub. (2m)
20for work to which this section applies. The department may inspect records in the
21manner provided in this chapter. Every contractor, subcontractor, or agent
22performing work on a project that is subject to this section is subject to the
23requirements of this chapter relating to the examination of records. Section 111.322
24(2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with
25any proceeding under this section.
AB442, s. 45
1Section 45. 103.49 (6m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,23,102 103.49 (6m) (b) Whoever induces any person who seeks to be or is employed on
3any project that is subject to this section to give up, waive, or return any part of the
4wages or fringe benefits to which the person is entitled under the contract governing
5the project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay or hourly contribution for
6fringe benefits
normally paid to a person for work on a project that is not subject to
7this section during a week in which the person works both on a project that is subject
8to this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to
9employ, by threat of dismissal from employment, or by any other means is guilty of
10an offense under s. 946.15 (1).
AB442, s. 46 11Section 46. 103.49 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,23,2112 103.49 (6m) (c) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section
13who knowingly permits a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's
14agent to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit
15rate
set forth in the contract governing the project, who gives up, waives, or returns
16any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who
17gives up, waives, or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is
18normally entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a
19week in which the person works both on a project that is subject to this section and
20on a project that is not subject to this section, is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15
21(2).
AB442, s. 47 22Section 47. 103.49 (6m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,24,323 103.49 (6m) (d) Whoever induces any person who seeks to be or is employed
24on any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages or fringe
25benefits
to which the person is entitled under the contract governing the project to

1be deducted from the person's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless
2the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is
3working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c 3141 to 3148.
AB442, s. 48 4Section 48. 103.49 (6m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,24,105 103.49 (6m) (e) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section
6who knowingly permits any part of the wages or fringe benefits to which he or she
7is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay
8is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be permitted
9under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that is subject to
1040 USC 276c 3141 to 3148.
AB442, s. 49 11Section 49. 103.49 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,24,1412 103.49 (6m) (f) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any person who fails to provide
13any information to the department to assist the department in determining
14prevailing wage rates or prevailing fringe benefit rates under sub. (3) (a) or (am).
AB442, s. 50 15Section 50. 103.49 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,25,316 103.49 (7) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department shall
17distribute to all state agencies a list of all persons whom the department has found
18to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate
19determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly
20basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at any
21time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any name the
22address of the person and shall specify when the person failed to pay the prevailing
23wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate and when the person paid less than 1.5
24times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing
25hours of labor. A state agency may not award any contract to the person unless

1otherwise recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the
2date the department issued its findings or date of final determination by a court of
3competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
AB442, s. 51 4Section 51. 103.49 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,25,105 103.49 (7) (b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a)
6the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the
7department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate or prevailing
8fringe benefit rate
determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5
9times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing
10hours of labor.
AB442, s. 52 11Section 52. 103.49 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,25,2012 103.49 (7) (d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this
13section shall, on the date on which the person submits the bid, identify any
14construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer , or partner of the
15person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25% percent interest
16on the date the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding
17the date the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have failed to
18pay the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determined under sub.
19(3) or to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked
20in excess of the prevailing hours of labor.
AB442, s. 53 21Section 53. 103.50 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,25,2422 103.50 (4m) Wage rate data. In determining prevailing wage rates for projects
23that are subject to this section, the department shall use data from projects that are
24subject to this section, s. 66.0903 or 103.49 or 40 USC 276a 3141 to 3148.
AB442, s. 54 25Section 54. 103.50 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,26,6
1103.50 (7) (d) Whoever induces any person who seeks to be or is employed on
2any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages to which the
3person is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from the
4person's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless the deduction would
5be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that
6is subject to 40 USC 276c 3141 to 3148.
AB442, s. 55 7Section 55. 103.50 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,26,138 103.50 (7) (e) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section
9who knowingly permits any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the
10contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of an
11offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR
123.5
or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c
133141 to 3148.
AB442, s. 56 14Section 56. 227.01 (13) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,26,2015 227.01 (13) (t) Ascertains and determines prevailing wage rates or prevailing
16fringe benefit rates
under ss. 66.0903, 103.49, 103.50 and 229.8275 or prevailing
17wage rates under s. 103.50
, except that any action or inaction which that ascertains
18and determines prevailing wage rates or prevailing fringe benefit rates under ss.
1966.0903, 103.49, 103.50 and 229.8275 or prevailing wage rates under s. 103.50 is
20subject to judicial review under s. 227.40.
AB442, s. 57 21Section 57. 229.8275 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,26,22 22229.8275 (title) Prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates.
AB442, s. 58 23Section 58. 229.8275 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,27,624 229.8275 (1) Not to permit any employee working on the football stadium
25facilities who would be entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate and prevailing

1fringe benefit rate
under s. 66.0903 and who would not be required or permitted to
2work more than the prevailing hours of labor, if the football stadium facilities were
3a project of public works subject to s. 66.0903, to be paid less than the prevailing wage
4rate or less than the prevailing fringe benefit rate or to be required or permitted to
5work more than the prevailing hours of labor, except as permitted under s. 66.0903
6(4) (a).
AB442, s. 59 7Section 59. 946.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,28,28 946.15 (1) Any employer, or any agent or employee of an employer, who induces
9any person who seeks to be or is employed pursuant to a public contract , as defined
10in s. 66.0901 (1) (c), or who seeks to be or is employed on a project on which a
11prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been
12issued by the department of workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3),
13103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903
14(1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has
15been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3)
to give up, waive, or return any
16part of the compensation to which that person is entitled under his or her contract
17of employment or under the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate
18determination issued by the department or local governmental unit, or who reduces
19the hourly basic rate of pay or hourly contribution for fringe benefits normally paid
20to an employee for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing
21fringe benefit rate
determination has not been issued under s. 66.0903 (3) or (6),
22103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or on which a prevailing wage rate
23determination has not been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3)
during a
24week in which the employee works both on a project on which a prevailing wage rate
25or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued and on a project on

1which a prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has not
2been issued, is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB442, s. 60 3Section 60. 946.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,28,224 946.15 (2) Any person employed pursuant to a public contract, as defined in s.
566.0901 (1) (c), or employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and
6prevailing fringe benefit rate
determination has been issued by the department of
7workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or
8by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or
9on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by that department
10under s. 103.50 (3)
who gives up, waives, or returns to the employer or agent of the
11employer any part of the compensation to which the employee is entitled under his
12or her contract of employment or under the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe
13benefit rate
determination issued by the department or local governmental unit, or
14who gives up any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled
15for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit
16rate
determination has not been issued under s. 66.0903 (3) or (6), 103.49 (3), 103.50
17(3)
or 229.8275 (3) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not been
18issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3)
during a week in which the person
19works part-time on a project on which a prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe
20benefit rate
determination has been issued and part-time on a project on which a
21prevailing wage rate determination or prevailing fringe benefit rate has not been
22issued, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
AB442, s. 61 23Section 61. 946.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,29,1024 946.15 (3) Any employer or labor organization, or any agent or employee of an
25employer or labor organization, who induces any person who seeks to be or is

1employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit
2rate
determination has been issued by the department of workforce development
3under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental
4unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or on which a prevailing
5wage rate determination has been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3)
to
6permit any part of the wages or fringe benefits to which that person is entitled under
7the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination issued by the
8department or local governmental unit to be deducted from the person's pay is guilty
9of a Class I felony, unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6
10from a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c 3141 to 3148.
AB442, s. 62 11Section 62. 946.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB442,29,2212 946.15 (4) Any person employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate
13and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued by the department
14of workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3)
15or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6)
16or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by that
17department under s. 103.50 (3)
who permits any part of the wages or fringe benefits
18to which that person is entitled under the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe
19benefit rate
determination issued by the department or local governmental unit to
20be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, unless the
21deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working
22on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c 3141 to 3148.
AB442,29,2323 (End)
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