Amendment ASA1-AB632

AB632-ASA1,3,23 66.293 (1) (b) "Department" means the department of industry, labor and job development.

AB632-ASA1,3,24 (h) "Secretary" means the secretary of industry, labor and job development.

AB632-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 66.293 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB632-ASA1, s. 4 Section 4. 66.293 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,4,2 66.293 (3) (title) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor.

AB632-ASA1, s. 5 Section 5. 66.293 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (3) (am) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,4,21 66.293 (3) (am) Every municipality local governmental unit, before making a contract by direct negotiation or soliciting bids on a contract, for the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing or demolition of any project of public works except, including a highway, street or bridge construction project, shall apply to the department of industry, labor and human relations to ascertain to determine the prevailing wage rate, and prevailing hours of labor and hourly basic pay rates in all trades and occupations for each trade or occupation required in the work contemplated. The department shall make such investigations and hold such public hearings as may be necessary to define the trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are subject to this section and to inform itself as to the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor in all areas of the state for those trades or occupations with a view to ascertaining the prevailing wage rate and prevailing hours of labor for each such trade or occupation. The department shall determine the prevailing wage rate, hours of labor and hourly basic pay rates for each trade or occupation under s. 103.49, make issue its determination within 30 days after receiving the request and shall file the same with the municipality local governmental unit applying therefor.

AB632-ASA1,5,9 (bm) A Any person may request for the review a recalculation of any portion of a wage determination may be made within 30 days from after the initial determination date if the person submits evidence is submitted with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for any given trade or occupation included in the initial determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for that trade or occupation in the area. Such evidence shall include wage rate and hours of labor information for work performed in the contested trade or occupation on at least one similar project located in the municipality where the proposed project is located and on which some work has been performed during the current or any of area within the previous 12 months. The department shall affirm or modify the original initial determination within 15 days from after the date on which the department receives the request for review. Reference to such recalculation.

AB632-ASA1,6,6 (dm) A reference to the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined by the department or a municipality local governmental unit exempted under par. (d) sub. (6) shall be published in the notice issued for the purpose of securing bids for the project. If any contract or subcontract for a project of public works except, including a highway, street or bridge construction project, is entered into, the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined by the department or exempted municipality local governmental unit shall be physically incorporated into and made a part of the contract or subcontract, except that for a minor subcontract, as determined by the department, the department shall prescribe by rule the method of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or subcontract may not be changed during the time that the contract or subcontract is in force. No laborer, worker or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the project by the contractor or by a subcontractor, agent or other person, doing or contracting to do any part of the work, person described in sub. (4) may be paid less than the prevailing wage rate in the same or most similar trade or occupation determined under this subsection; nor may he or she be permitted to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection, unless he or she is paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1-1/2 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay.

AB632-ASA1, s. 6 Section 6. 66.293 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (11) (a) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,6,23 66.293 (11) (a) Any contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof, who fails to pay the prevailing wage rate of wages determined by the department under this subsection or sub. (3) or who pays less than 1-1/2 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on the project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection sub. (3), shall be liable to the employes any affected employe in the amount of their his or her unpaid minimum wages or their his or her unpaid overtime compensation and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages. Action An action to recover the liability may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employes employe for and in behalf of that employe or those employes and other employes similarly situated. No employe shall may be a party plaintiff to any such action unless the employe consents in writing to become such a party and the consent is filed in the court in which the action is brought. The Notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), the court shall, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow a reasonable attorney's fee attorney fees and costs to be paid by the defendant.

AB632-ASA1, s. 7 Section 7. 66.293 (3) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,7,9 66.293 (3) (ar) The department shall, by January 1 of each year, compile the prevailing wage rates and the prevailing hours of labor for each trade or occupation in each area. The compilation shall, in addition to the current prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor, include future prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor when those prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor can be determined for any trade or occupation in any area and shall specify the effective date of those future prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor. If a construction project extends into more than one area there shall be but one standard of prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor for the entire project.

AB632-ASA1, s. 8 Section 8. 66.293 (3) (av) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,7,16 66.293 (3) (av) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (am) or (ar) for building, residential or agricultural projects, the department may not use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 103.49 or 103.50 or 40 USC 276a. In determining prevailing wage rates for highway, street or bridge construction projects or other projects involving the use of heavy equipment, the department may use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 103.49 or 103.50 or 40 USC 276a.

AB632-ASA1, s. 9 Section 9. 66.293 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB632-ASA1, s. 10 Section 10. 66.293 (3) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,8,8 66.293 (3) (br) In addition to the recalculation under par. (bm), the local governmental unit that requested the determination under this subsection may request a review of any portion of a determination within 30 days after the date of issuance of the determination if the local governmental unit submits evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for any given trade or occupation included in the determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for that trade or occupation in the city, village or town in which the proposed project is located. That evidence shall include wage rate and hours of labor information for the contested trade or occupation on at least 3 similar projects located in the city, village or town where the proposed project is located and on which some work has been performed within the previous 12 months and which were considered by the department in issuing its most recent compilation under par. (ar). The department shall affirm or modify the determination within 15 days after the date on which the department receives the request for review.

AB632-ASA1, s. 11 Section 11. 66.293 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (5) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,9,7 66.293 (5) (title) Nonapplicability . This subsection section does not apply to any highway, street or bridge construction or to any single-trade public works project, including a highway, street or bridge construction project, for which the estimated project cost of completion is below $3,500 where a single trade is involved and $35,000 where more than one trade is involved on such project (after hearing these dollar amounts shall be adjusted by the department $30,000 or an amount determined by the department under this subsection or to any multiple-trade public works project, including a highway, street or bridge construction project, for which the estimated project cost of completion is below $150,000 or an amount determined by the department under this subsection. The department shall adjust those dollar amounts every 2 years year, the first adjustment to be made not sooner than January 1, 1976 December 1, 1997. The adjustments shall be in proportion to any changes change in construction costs since the effective date of the dollar amounts established under this subsection immediately prior to each adjustment); nor does this subsection apply to wage rates and hours of employment of laborers, workmen or mechanics engaged in the processing or manufacture of materials or products or to the delivery thereof by or for commercial establishments which have a fixed place of business from which they regularly supply such processed or manufactured materials or products, except that this subsection does apply to laborers, workmen or mechanics delivering mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone which is incorporated into the work under the contract by depositing the material substantially in place, directly or through spreaders, from the transporting vehicle.

AB632-ASA1, s. 12 Section 12. 66.293 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (6) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,9,16 66.293 (6) (title) Exemptions. The department of industry, labor and human relations, upon petition of any municipality local governmental unit, shall issue an order exempting the municipality local governmental unit from applying to the department for a determination under this subsection sub. (3) when it is shown that an ordinance or other enactment of the municipality local governmental unit sets forth the standards, policy, procedure and practice resulting in standards as high or higher than those under s. 103.49 this section.

AB632-ASA1, s. 13 Section 13. 66.293 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (10) (a) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,9,25 66.293 (10) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof participating in performing work on a project covered by this subsection that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records clearly indicating the name and trade or occupation of every laborer, workman or mechanic employed by the contractor, subcontractor or agent in connection with the project person described in sub. (4) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each employe of those persons and the actual wages paid therefor.

AB632-ASA1, s. 14 Section 14. 66.293 (3) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (8) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,10,9 66.293 (8) (title) Posting. For the information of the employes working on the project, the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined by the department or exempted municipality local governmental unit and the provisions of pars. (a) and (e) subs. (10) (a) and (11) (a) shall be kept posted by the employer local governmental unit in at least one conspicuous and easily accessible place at on the site of the project or, if there is no common site on the project, at the place normally used by the local governmental unit to post public notices.

AB632-ASA1, s. 15 Section 15. 66.293 (3) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (9) (b) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,10,17 66.293 (9) (b) Each Upon completion of a project and before receiving final payment for his or her work on the project, each agent or subcontractor shall furnish the contractor with evidence of compliance with an affidavit stating that the agent or subcontractor has complied fully with the requirements of this subsection section. A contractor may not authorize final payment until such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order.

AB632-ASA1, s. 16 Section 16. 66.293 (3) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (9) (c) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,11,10 66.293 (9) (c) Upon completion of the a project and prior to before receiving final payment therefor for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the municipality local governmental unit authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has complied fully with the provisions and requirements of this subsection section and that the contractor has received evidence of compliance an affidavit under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and subcontractors. No municipality may A local governmental unit may not authorize a final payment until such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order. If a local governmental unit authorizes a final payment before such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order or if the department determines, based on the greater weight of the credible evidence, that any person specified in sub. (4) has been or may have been paid less than the prevailing wage rate or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that the local governmental unit withhold all or part of the final payment, but the local governmental unit fails to do so, the local governmental unit is liable for all back wages payable up to the amount of that final payment.

AB632-ASA1, s. 17 Section 17. 66.293 (3) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (10) (b) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,11,22 66.293 (10) (b) The department of industry, labor and human relations or the contracting municipality local governmental unit may demand and examine, and it shall be the duty of every contractor, subcontractor and agent thereof to keep and furnish to the department or local governmental unit, copies of any payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid laborers, workmen or mechanics on to persons described in sub. (4) for work to which this subsection section applies. The department may inspect records in the manner provided in ch. 101. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of ch. 101 relating to the examination of records.

AB632-ASA1, s. 18 Section 18. 66.293 (3) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (9) (a) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,12,11 66.293 (9) (a) When the department of industry, labor and human relations finds that a municipality local governmental unit has not requested a prevailing wage rate determination under sub. (3) (am) or that a local governmental unit, contractor or subcontractor has not physically incorporated a prevailing wage rate determination into the a contract or subcontract as required under this subsection section or has not notified a minor subcontractor of a determination in the manner prescribed by the department by rule promulgated under sub. (3) (dm), the department shall notify the municipality local governmental unit, contractor or subcontractor of such noncompliance and shall file the prevailing wage rate determination with the municipality local governmental unit, contractor or subcontractor within 30 days after such notice.

AB632-ASA1, s. 19 Section 19. 66.293 (3) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (10) (d) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,12,20 66.293 (10) (d) The provisions of s. Section 101.02 (5) (f), (12), (13) and (14) apply applies to this subsection section, except that s. 101.02 (13) (a) does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar). Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge or other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this subsection section, including proceedings under par. sub. (11) (a).

AB632-ASA1, s. 20 Section 20. 66.293 (3) (m) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (10) (c) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,13,8 66.293 (10) (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the payroll records of the contractors, subcontractors or agents any contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section to ensure compliance with this section. The cost of the inspection shall be paid by the person making the request, if If the contractor, subcontractor, or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is a person specified in sub. (4), the department shall charge the person making the request the actual cost of the inspection. If the contractor, subcontractor or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is not a person specified in sub. (4), the department shall charge the person making the request $250 or the actual cost of the inspection, whichever is greater.

AB632-ASA1, s. 21 Section 21. 66.293 (3) (n) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (12) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,14,3 66.293 (12) (title) Debarment. (a) Except as provided under subds. 2. and 3. pars. (b) and (c), the department of industry, labor and human relations shall notify any municipality local governmental unit applying for a determination under sub. (3) (intro.) and any municipality local governmental unit exempted under par. (d) sub. (6) of the names of all persons whom the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection sub. (3) at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any such name the address of such person and shall specify when and how such person has failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection and when and how such person has failed to pay less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection. No municipality. A local governmental unit may not award any contract to such person unless otherwise recommended by the department or unless at least 3 years have elapsed from the date the department issued its findings or the date of final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.

AB632-ASA1,14,9 (b) The department may not include in a notification under subd. 1. par. (a) the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection sub. (3).

AB632-ASA1,14,13 (c) This paragraph subsection does not apply to any contractor, subcontractor or agent who in good faith commits a minor violation of this section, as determined on a case-by-case basis through administrative hearings with all rights to due process afforded to all parties or who has not exhausted or waived all appeals.

AB632-ASA1,14,22 (d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this section shall be required, on the date the person submits the bid, to identify any construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer, or partner or member of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25% interest on the date the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection sub. (3) or to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection sub. (3).

AB632-ASA1,14,24 (e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this paragraph subsection.

AB632-ASA1, s. 22 Section 22. 66.293 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,15,6 66.293 (4) Covered employes. (a) All of the following employes shall be paid the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) and may not be permitted to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3), unless they are paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times their hourly basic rate of pay:

AB632-ASA1,15,13 1. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed on the site of a project that is subject to this section, or employed to deliver mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone that is immediately incorporated into the work, and not stockpiled or further transported by truck, to or from the site of a project that is subject to this section by depositing the material substantially in place, directly or through spreaders from the transporting vehicle, or employed to transport excavated material or spoil from and return to the site of a project that is subject to this section.

AB632-ASA1,15,18 2. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed in the manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies or equipment on the site of a project that is subject to this section or from a facility dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to a project that is subject to this section by a contractor, subcontractor, agent or other person performing any work on the site of the project.

AB632-ASA1,15,25 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver who is regularly employed in the processing, manufacturing or delivery of materials or products by or for a commercial establishment that has a fixed place of business from which the establishment regularly supplies processed or manufactured materials or products is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3).

AB632-ASA1,16,2 (c) A truck driver who is an owner-operator of a truck shall be paid separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her truck.

AB632-ASA1, s. 23 Section 23. 66.293 (9) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,16,4 66.293 (9) (title) Compliance.

AB632-ASA1, s. 24 Section 24. 66.293 (10) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,16,6 66.293 (10) (title) Records; inspection; enforcement.

AB632-ASA1, s. 25 Section 25. 66.293 (10) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB632-ASA1,16,16 66.293 (10) (b) The department or the contracting local governmental unit may demand and examine, and it shall be the duty of every contractor, subcontractor and agent thereof to keep and furnish to the department or local governmental unit, copies of payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid to persons described in sub. (4) for work to which this section applies. The department may inspect records in the manner provided in chs. 103 to 106. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of chs. 103 to 106 relating to the examination of records.

AB632-ASA1, s. 26 Section 26. 66.293 (10) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB632-ASA1,16,24 66.293 (10) (d) Section 103.005 (5) (f), (11), (12) and (13) applies to this section, except that s. 103.005 (12) (a) does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar). Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge or other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section, including proceedings under sub. (11) (a).

AB632-ASA1, s. 27 Section 27. 66.293 (11) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,17,1 66.293 (11) (title) Liability and penalties.

AB632-ASA1, s. 28 Section 28. 66.293 (11) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,17,6 66.293 (11) (b) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2., 4. and 6., any contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof who violates this section may be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Each day that any such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.

AB632-ASA1,17,14 2. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any project that is subject to this section to give up, waive or return any part of the wages to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing such project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an employe for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the employe works both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to employ, by threat of dismissal from such employment or by any other means is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (1).

AB632-ASA1,17,23 3. Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who knowingly permits a contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth in the contract governing such project, who gives up, waives or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up, waives or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the person works both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (2).

AB632-ASA1,18,4 4. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing such project to be deducted from the individual's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.

AB632-ASA1,18,9 5. Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who knowingly permits any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the contract governing such project to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.

AB632-ASA1,18,12 6. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar).

AB632-ASA1, s. 29 Section 29. 101.02 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,18,24 101.02 (13) (a) If any employer, employe, owner, or other person violates ss. 101.01 to 101.25, or fails or refuses to perform any duty lawfully enjoined, within the time prescribed by the department, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order given or made by the department, or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with ss. 101.01 to 101.25, for each such violation, failure or refusal, such employer, employe, owner or other person shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury a sum not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each such offense. This paragraph does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under s. 103.49 (3) (a) or (am) or 103.50 (3) or (4).

AB632-ASA1, s. 30 Section 30. 101.02 (13) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB632-ASA1,19,10 101.02 (13) (a) If any employer, employe, owner, or other person violates this subchapter, or fails or refuses to perform any duty specified under this subchapter, within the time prescribed by the department, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order given or made by the department, or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with this subchapter, for each such violation, failure or refusal, such employer, employe, owner or other person shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury a sum not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each such offense.

AB632-ASA1, s. 31 Section 31. 103.005 (12) (a) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,19,23 103.005 (12) (a) If any employer, employe, owner, or other person violates chs. 103 to 106, or fails or refuses to perform any duty required under chs. 103 to 106, within the time prescribed by the department, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order given or made by the department or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with chs. 103 to 106, for each such violation, failure or refusal, the employer, employe, owner or other person shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each offense. This paragraph does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under s. 103.49 (3) (a) or (am) or 103.50 (3) or (4).

AB632-ASA1, s. 32 Section 32. 103.49 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,19,25 103.49 (1) (title) Definitions.

AB632-ASA1, s. 33 Section 33. 103.49 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,20,7 103.49 (1) (a) "Area" means the county or other locality from which labor for any project would normally be secured in which a proposed project that is subject to this section is located and, if considered necessary by the department, those counties that are contiguous to that county or, if the department is requested to review a determination under sub. (3) (c), "area" means the city, village or town in which a proposed project that is subject to this section is located.

AB632-ASA1, s. 34 Section 34. 103.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,20,12 103.49 (1) (b) "Hourly basic rate of pay" means the hourly wage paid to any employe, excluding any contributions or payments for health and welfare insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona fide economic benefits, whether paid directly or indirectly.

AB632-ASA1, s. 35 Section 35. 103.49 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB632-ASA1,20,16 103.49 (1) (bm) "Multiple-trade public works project" means a public works project in which no single trade accounts for 85% or more of the total labor cost of the project.

AB632-ASA1, s. 36 Section 36. 103.49 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (1) (c) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB632-ASA1,20,25 103.49 (1) (c) (intro.) "Prevailing hours of labor" in for any trade or occupation in any area means the hours of labor per day and per week worked within the area by a larger number of workers than are employed in the trade or occupation for any other number of hours per day or week. In no event shall the prevailing hours of labor be deemed considered to be more than 8 10 hours per day nor more than 40 hours per week. or to include any hours worked on a Saturday or Sunday or on any of the following holidays:

AB632-ASA1, s. 37 Section 37. 103.49 (1) (c) 1. to 8. of the statutes are created to read:

AB632-ASA1,21,2 103.49 (1) (c) 1. January 1.

AB632-ASA1,21,3 2. The last Monday in May.

AB632-ASA1,21,4 3. July 4.

AB632-ASA1,21,5 4. The first Monday in September.

AB632-ASA1,21,6 5. The 4th Thursday in November.