AB632,27,2222 103.49 (3) (title) Investigation; determination.
AB632, s. 38 23Section 38. 103.49 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (3) (a) and
24amended to read:
AB632,28,19
1103.49 (3) (a) Before bids are asked for any work to which this section applies,
2the department or officer state agency having the authority to prescribe the
3specifications shall request the department to ascertain the prevailing wage rates,
4and prevailing hours of labor and hourly basic rates of pay for all trades and
5occupations
for each trade or occupation required in the work under contemplation
6in the area in which the work is to be done. The department shall make such
7investigations and hold such public hearings as may be necessary to enable it to
8ascertain
define the trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects
9of public works and to inform itself as to the hours of labor and wage rates prevailing
10in all areas of the state for those trades or occupations with a view to ascertaining

11the prevailing wage rate, and prevailing hours of labor and hourly basic rate of pay
12for each such trade or occupation. It The department shall make its determination
13within 30 days after receipt of the request and shall file the same with the
14department or officer state agency applying therefor. The prevailing hours of labor,
15and the prevailing wage rates, the hourly basic rates of pay and trades or occupations
16for all labor involved in each project to which this section is applicable
shall, together
17with the provisions of subs. (2) and (4) (6m), be kept posted on the project by the
18employer state agency in at least one conspicuous place for the information of the
19employes working on the project.
AB632, s. 39 20Section 39. 103.49 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,29,621 103.49 (3) (b) Any person may request a review of any portion of a wage
22determination within 30 days after the determination date if the person submits
23evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours
24of labor for any given trade or occupation included in the determination does not
25represent the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for that trade or

1occupation in the area where the proposed project is located. That evidence shall
2include wage rate and hours of labor information for the contested trade or
3occupation on at least one similar project located in the area where the proposed
4project is located and on which some work has been performed within the previous
512 months. The department shall affirm or modify the original determination within
615 days after the date on which the department receives the request for review.
AB632, s. 40 7Section 40. 103.49 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,29,208 103.49 (3) (c) In addition to the review under par. (b), the state agency that
9requested the wage determination under this subsection may request a review of any
10portion of a wage determination within 30 days after the determination date if the
11state agency submits evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage
12rate or prevailing hours of labor for any given trade or occupation included in the
13determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of
14labor for that trade or occupation in the city, village or town in which the proposed
15project is located. That evidence shall include wage rate and hours of labor
16information for the contested trade or occupation on at least 3 similar projects located
17in the city, village or town in which the proposed project is located and on which some
18work has been performed within the previous 12 months. The department shall
19affirm or modify the original determination within 15 days after the date on which
20the department receives the request for review.
AB632, s. 41 21Section 41. 103.49 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,30,222 103.49 (3) (d) The department shall withhold from inspection and copying
23under s. 19.35 (1) all personally identifiable information submitted to the
24department by contractors, subcontractors and agents thereof for the purpose of

1assisting the department in determining prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours
2of labor under this subsection.
AB632, s. 42 3Section 42. 103.49 (3g) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
4(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB632,30,85 103.49 (3g) Nonapplicability. This section does not apply to any project to
6which 40 USC 276a applies or to any project involving more than one trade for which
7the estimated cost of completion is less than $200,000 or an amount determined by
8the department under s. 66.293 (5).
AB632, s. 43 9Section 43. 103.49 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,30,1810 103.49 (3r) Hardship exception. If a state agency believes that the payment
11of any prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) for a project that is subject to
12this section would pose a dire financial hardship for the state agency, the state agency
13may request the secretary to reduce that prevailing wage rate for that project. If the
14secretary determines that payment of that prevailing wage rate for the project would
15pose a dire financial hardship for the state agency, the secretary may reduce that
16prevailing wage rate by not more than 20%. A party aggrieved by a determination
17of the secretary under this subsection may request judicial review of that
18determination under s. 227.52.
AB632, s. 44 19Section 44. 103.49 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27,
20is repealed.
AB632, s. 45 21Section 45. 103.49 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,31,322 103.49 (4r) Compliance. (a) When the department finds that a state agency
23has not requested a prevailing wage rate determination or that a state agency,
24contractor or subcontractor has not physically incorporated a prevailing wage rate
25determination into a contract or subcontract as required under sub. (2), the

1department shall notify the state agency, contractor or subcontractor of such
2noncompliance and shall file the prevailing wage rate determination with the state
3agency, contractor or subcontractor within 30 days after such notice.
AB632,31,84 (b) Upon completion of a project and before final payment for completing a
5project, each agent or subcontractor shall furnish the contractor with an affidavit
6stating that the agent or subcontractor has complied fully with the requirements of
7this section. A contractor may not authorize final payment until that affidavit is filed
8in proper form and order.
AB632,31,219 (c) Upon completion of a project and before final payment for completing a
10project, each contractor shall file with the state agency authorizing the work an
11affidavit stating that the contractor has complied fully with the requirements of this
12section and that the contractor has received an affidavit of compliance from each of
13the contractor's agents and subcontractors. A state agency may not authorize a final
14payment until such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order. If a state agency
15authorizes a final payment before such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order
16or if the department determines that any person specified in sub. (2m) has been or
17may have been paid less than the prevailing wage rate or less than 1.5 times the
18hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor
19and requests that the state agency withhold all or part of the final payment, but the
20state agency fails to do so, the state agency is liable for all back wages payable up to
21the amount of the final payment.
AB632, s. 46 22Section 46. 103.49 (5) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,31,2323 103.49 (5) (title) Records; inspection; enforcement.
AB632, s. 47 24Section 47. 103.49 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (5) (b) and
25amended to read:
AB632,32,11
1103.49 (5) (b) It shall be the duty of the department to enforce this section. To
2this end it may demand and examine, and it shall be the duty of every contractor and,
3subcontractor and agent thereof to furnish to the department, copies of any or all
4payrolls and may examine all other records and information relating to the wages
5paid laborers, workers, or mechanics on to persons described in sub. (2m) for work
6to which this section is applicable. The department may inspect records in the
7manner provided in ch. 101. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent participating
8in a project that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of ch. 101
9relating to the examination of records.
Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and
10other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this
11section.
AB632, s. 48 12Section 48. 103.49 (5) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,32,1713 103.49 (5) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof performing work
14on the site of a project that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate
15records clearly indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person described
16in sub. (2m) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those
17persons and the actual wages paid therefor.
AB632, s. 49 18Section 49. 103.49 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,33,319 103.49 (5) (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the
20payroll records of the contractors, subcontractors or agents 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 specified in sub. (2m),
24the department shall charge the person making the request the actual cost of the
25inspection. If the contractor, subcontractor or agent subject to the inspection is found

1to be in compliance and if the person making the request is not a person specified in
2sub. (2m), the department shall charge the person making the request $250 or the
3actual cost of the inspection, whichever is greater.
AB632, s. 50 4Section 50. 103.49 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (3g) and amended
5to read:
AB632,33,116 103.49 (3g) (title) Nonapplicability. This section shall does not apply to a
7contractor or to work under a contract, described or referred to in sub. (2) if
any
8project to which 40 USC 276a applies or to any project involving multiple trades for
9which
the estimated cost of completing the project completion is less than the
10estimated cost of completion
$150,000 or an amount determined by the department
11under s. 66.293 (3) (c) as adjusted by the department (5).
AB632, s. 51 12Section 51. 103.49 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,33,1613 103.49 (6m) Liability and penalties. (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and
14(d), any contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof who violates this section may be
15fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Each
16day that any such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.
AB632,33,2417 (b) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
18project that is subject to this section to give up, waive or return any part of the wages
19to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing such project, or who
20reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an employe for work on a project
21that is not subject to this section during a week in which the employe works both on
22a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to this
23section, by threat not to employ, by threat of dismissal from such employment or by
24any other means is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (1).
AB632,34,9
1(c) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who
2knowingly permits a contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof to pay him or her less
3than the prevailing wage rate set forth in the contract governing such project, who
4gives up, waives or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled
5under the contract, or who gives up, waives or returns any part of the compensation
6to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this
7section during a week in which the person works both on a project that is subject to
8this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, is guilty of an offense
9under s. 946.15 (2).
AB632,34,1710 (d) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
11project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages to which the
12individual is entitled under the contract governing such project to be deducted from
13the individual's pay and deposited with a labor organization for the purpose of
14subsidizing bids on other projects by threat not to employ or admit to labor
15organization membership, by threat of dismissal from such employment or labor
16organization membership or by any other means is guilty of an offense under s.
17946.15 (3).
AB632,34,2218 (e) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who
19knowingly permits any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the
20contract governing such project to be deducted from his or her pay and deposited with
21a labor organization for the purpose of subsidizing bids on other projects is guilty of
22an offense under s. 946.15 (4).
AB632, s. 52 23Section 52. 103.49 (7) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,34,2424 103.49 (7) (title) Debarment.
AB632, s. 53
1Section 53. 103.49 (7) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27,
2is amended to read:
AB632,35,183 103.49 (7) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department shall
4distribute to all state agencies, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), and to the University of
5Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority a list of persons whom the department
6has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (1)
7(3) or to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked
8on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (1) (3)
9at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any such
10name the address of such person and shall specify when and how such person has
11failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection and when
12and how such person has failed to pay less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay
13for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined
14under this subsection sub. (3). A state agency or the University of Wisconsin
15Hospitals and Clinics Authority may not award any contract to such person unless
16otherwise recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the
17date the department issued its findings or date of final determination by a court of
18competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
AB632, s. 54 19Section 54. 103.49 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,35,2520 103.49 (7) (b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a)
21the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the
22department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined
23under sub. (1) (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate
24of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor
25determined under sub. (1) (3).
AB632, s. 55
1Section 55. 103.49 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,36,112 103.49 (7) (d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this
3section shall be required, on the date the person submits the bid, to identify any
4construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, member, officer or
5partner of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25%
6interest on the date the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years
7preceding the date the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have
8failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this section sub. (3) or to
9have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a
10project
in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this section sub.
11(3)
.
AB632, s. 56 12Section 56. 103.50 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,36,1613 103.50 (1) (a) "Area" means the locality from which labor for any project within
14such area would normally be secured
means the county in which a proposed project
15that is subject to this section is located and those counties that are contiguous to that
16county
.
AB632, s. 57 17Section 57. 103.50 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,36,2118 103.50 (1) (b) "Hourly basic rate of pay" means the hourly wage paid to any
19employe, excluding any contributions or payments for health and welfare benefits,
20vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other economic benefits, whether paid
21directly or indirectly
has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (b).
AB632, s. 58 22Section 58. 103.50 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,37,323 103.50 (1) (c) "Prevailing hours of labor" means the hours of labor per day and
24per week worked within the area by a larger number of workers of the same class
25than are employed within the area for any other number of hours per day and per

1week. In no event shall the prevailing hours of labor be deemed to be more than 8
2hours per day nor more than 40 hours per week
has the meaning given in s. 103.49
3(1) (c)
.
AB632, s. 59 4Section 59. 103.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,37,215 103.50 (1) (d) "Prevailing wage rate" for any trade or occupation in any area
6means the hourly basic rate of pay, plus the hourly contribution for health and
7welfare
insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona
8fide
economic benefit, whether paid directly or indirectly, paid to the largest number
9of workers engaged in the same class of labor within the area, including rental rates
10for truck hire paid to those who own and operate the truck. In no event shall the
11prevailing wage rate for any class of labor be deemed to be less than a reasonable and
12living wage, nor shall truck rental rates established pursuant to this provision be
13subject to the provisions of sub. (2) relating to hours worked in excess of the
14prevailing hours when operated in excess of 8 hours in any one day or 40 hours in any
15one week
for a majority of the hours worked in the trade or occupation in the area,
16or if there is no rate at which a majority of the hours worked in the trade or occupation
17in the area is paid, then the prevailing wage rate shall be the average hourly basic
18rate of pay, weighted by the number of hours worked, plus the average hourly
19contribution, weighted by the number of hours worked, for health insurance benefits,
20vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona fide economic benefit, paid
21directly or indirectly to all persons employed in that trade or occupation in that area
.
AB632, s. 60 22Section 60. 103.50 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,37,2323 103.50 (1) (e) "Truck driver" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (f).
AB632, s. 61 24Section 61. 103.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,38,21
1103.50 (2) (title) Hours Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. No laborer
2or mechanic
person described in sub. (2m) in the employ of the a contractor or of any,
3subcontractor, agent or other person doing or contracting to do all or a part of the
4work
performing any work on a project under a contract based on bids as provided
5in s. 84.06 (2) to which the state is a party for the construction or improvement of any
6highway shall may be permitted to work a longer number of hours per day or per
7calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor determined pursuant to this
8section; nor shall he
under sub. (3); nor may he or she be paid a lesser rate of wages
9than the prevailing wage rate of wages thus determined, for in the area in which the
10work is to be done; except that any such laborer or mechanic person may be permitted
11or required to work more than such prevailing number of hours per day and of labor
12per calendar week if he or she is paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing
13hours of labor at a rate of at least 1-1/2 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay.
14This section shall not apply to wage rates and hours of employment of laborers or
15mechanics engaged in the processing or manufacture of materials or products or to
16the delivery thereof by or for commercial establishments which have a fixed place of
17business from which they regularly supply such processed or manufactured
18materials or products; except that this section shall apply to laborers or mechanics
19who deliver mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone which is incorporated
20into the work under the contract by depositing the material substantially in place,
21directly or through spreaders, from the transporting vehicle.
AB632, s. 62 22Section 62. 103.50 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,39,223 103.50 (2m) Covered employes. (a) All of the following employes shall be paid
24the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) and may not be permitted to work
25a greater number of hours per calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor

1determined under sub. (3), unless they are paid for all hours worked in excess of the
2prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times their hourly basic rate of pay:
AB632,39,103 1. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed on the site of
4a project that is subject to this section, or employed in delivering mineral aggregate
5such as sand, gravel or stone that is immediately incorporated into the work, and not
6stockpiled or further transported by truck, on the site of a project that is subject to
7this section by depositing the material substantially in place, directly or through
8spreaders, from the transporting vehicle, or employed in transporting excavated
9material or spoil from and returning to the site of a project that is subject to this
10section.
AB632,39,1511 2. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed in the
12manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies or equipment on the site
13of a project that is subject to this section or from a facility dedicated exclusively, or
14nearly so, to the project by a contractor, subcontractor, agent or other person
15performing any work on the site of the project.
AB632,39,2216 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver who
17is regularly employed in the processing, manufacturing or delivery of materials or
18products by or for a commercial establishment that has a fixed place of business from
19which the establishment regularly supplies processed or manufactured materials or
20products is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate determined under sub.
21(3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours
22worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3).
AB632, s. 63 23Section 63. 103.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,40,724 103.50 (3) (a) The department shall conduct investigations and hold public
25hearings necessary to define classes of laborers and mechanics the trades or

1occupations that are commonly employed in the highway construction industry
and
2to inform itself as to the hours of labor and prevailing wage rates and prevailing
3hours of labor in all areas of the state for all classes of labor and mechanics commonly
4employed in highway construction work, with a view to ascertaining and
5determining prevailing hours of labor,
those trades or occupations, in order to
6ascertain and determine the
prevailing wage rates and hourly basic rates of pay
7prevailing hours of labor accordingly.
AB632, s. 64 8Section 64. 103.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB632,40,199 103.50 (3) (b) Any person may request a review of any portion of a wage
10determination within 30 days after the determination date if the person submits
11evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours
12of labor for any given trade or occupation included in the determination does not
13represent the prevailing wage rate or prevailing hours of labor for that trade or
14occupation in the area where the proposed project is located. That evidence shall
15include wage rate and hours of labor information for the contested trade or
16occupation on at least one similar project located in the area where the proposed
17project is located and on which some work has been performed within the previous
1812 months. The department shall affirm or modify the original determination within
1915 days after the date on which the department receives the request for review.
AB632, s. 65 20Section 65. 103.50 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,40,2521 103.50 (3) (c) The department shall withhold from inspection and copying
22under s. 19.35 (1) all personally identifiable information submitted to the
23department by contractors, subcontractors and agents thereof for the purpose of
24assisting the department in determining prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours
25of labor under this subsection.
AB632, s. 66
1Section 66. 103.50 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB632,41,32 103.50 (3g) Nonapplicability. This section does not apply to any project
3described in sub. (2) that is subject to 40 USC 276a.
AB632, s. 67 4Section 67. 103.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,41,205 103.50 (4) (title) Certification of prevailing wage rates and hours and wages
6of labor. The department of industry, labor and human relations shall prior to May
71 of the current each calendar year certify to the department of transportation the
8prevailing hours of labor,
the prevailing wage rate rates and the hourly basic rate of
9pay for all such classes of laborers and mechanics
prevailing hours of labor in each
10area for all trades or occupations commonly employed in the highway construction
11industry
. The certification shall in addition to the current prevailing hours of labor,
12the prevailing wage rates and the hourly basic rates of pay prevailing hours of labor
13include future hours and prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor when
14such hours and prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor can be
15determined for any such classes of laborers and mechanics trade or occupation in any
16area and shall specifically set forth specify the effective dates thereof when date of
17certification of those
future hours and rates are certified prevailing wage rates and
18prevailing hours of labor
. If a construction project extends into more than one area
19there shall be but one standard of hours of labor and prevailing wage rates and
20prevailing hours of labor
for the entire project.
AB632, s. 68 21Section 68. 103.50 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,42,222 103.50 (5) Appeals to governor. If the department of transportation deems
23considers any determination of the department of industry, labor and human
24relations
as to the prevailing hours of labor, prevailing wage rates and the hourly

1basic rates of pay
prevailing hours of labor in an area to have been incorrect, it may
2appeal to the governor, whose determination shall be final.
AB632, s. 69 3Section 69. 103.50 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,42,164 103.50 (6) Contents of contracts. The prevailing hours of labor, the prevailing
5wage rates and the hourly basic rates of pay and classifications for all labor as
6certified by the department shall be specifically set forth in the proposals and
7contracts for each highway construction contract to which the state is a party

8prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3) shall be published in the notice
9issued for the purpose of securing bids for a project. If any contract or subcontract
10for a project that is subject to this section is entered into, the prevailing wage rates
11and prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3) shall be physically
12incorporated into and made a part of the contract or any subcontract, and may not
13be changed during the time that the contract or subcontract is in force
and shall,
14together with the provisions of sub. subs. (2) and (7), be kept posted on the project
15by the employer department of transportation in at least one conspicuous place for
16the information of employes working on the project.
AB632, s. 70 17Section 70. 103.50 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,42,2118 103.50 (7) (a) Except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (d), any contractor,
19subcontractor or agent thereof who violates this section may be fined not less than
20$50 nor
more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 18 6 months or both. Each
21day that any such violation continues shall be deemed considered a separate offense.
AB632, s. 71 22Section 71. 103.50 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,43,623 103.50 (7) (b) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed
24on any project that is subject to this section to give up or forego, waive or return any
25part of the wages to which he or she the individual is entitled under the contract

1governing such project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to
2an employe for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in
3which the employe works both on a project that is subject to this section and on a
4project that is not subject to this section,
by threat not to employ, by threat of
5dismissal from such employment or by any other means is guilty of an offense under
6s. 946.15 (1).
AB632, s. 72 7Section 72. 103.50 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,43,168 103.50 (7) (c) Any person employed on a project under a contract that is subject
9to this section who knowingly permits the a contractor or, subcontractor or agent
10thereof
to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth in the contract,
11or
governing such project, who gives up, waives or returns any part of the
12compensation to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up,
13waives or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally
14entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which
15the person works both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that
16is not subject to this section,
is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (2).
AB632, s. 73 17Section 73. 103.50 (7) (d) and (e) of the statutes are created to read:
AB632,43,2518 103.50 (7) (d) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed
19on any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages to which
20the individual is entitled under the contract governing such project to be deducted
21from the individual's pay and deposited with a labor organization for the purpose of
22subsidizing bids on other projects by threat not to employ or admit to labor
23organization membership, by threat of dismissal from such employment or labor
24organization membership or by any other means is guilty of an offense under s.
25946.15 (3).
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1(e) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who
2knowingly permits any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the
3contract governing such project to be deducted from his or her pay and deposited with
4a labor organization for the purpose of subsidizing bids on other projects is guilty of
5an offense under s. 946.15 (4).
AB632, s. 74 6Section 74. 103.50 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,44,177 103.50 (8) Enforcement and prosecution. The department of transportation
8shall require adherence to subs. (2) and (6). The department of transportation may
9demand and examine, and every contractor and, subcontractor and agent thereof
10shall furnish, copies of any payrolls and it may examine all other records and
11information
relating to hours of work and the wages paid laborers and mechanics on
12the
to persons specified in sub. (2m) for work to which this section is applicable. Upon
13request of the department of transportation or upon complaint of alleged violation,
14the district attorney of the county in which the work is located shall make such
15investigation as necessary and prosecute violations in a court of competent
16jurisdiction. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts
17arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.
AB632, s. 75 18Section 75. 227.01 (13) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,44,2419 227.01 (13) (t) Ascertains and determines prevailing hours of labor, wage rates
20and truck rental rates under s. 103.50 and
prevailing wage rates and prevailing
21hours of labor under s. ss. 103.49 and 103.50, except that any action or inaction which
22ascertains and determines prevailing hours of labor, wage rates and truck rental
23rates
prevailing hours of labor under ss. 103.49 and 103.50 is subject to judicial
24review under s. 227.40.
AB632, s. 76 25Section 76. 946.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1946.15 (1) Any employer, or any agent or employe of an employer, who induces
2any person who seeks to be or is employed pursuant to a public contract as defined
3in s. 66.29 (1) (c) or who seeks to be or is employed on a project on which a prevailing
4wage rate determination has been established made by the department of industry,
5labor and human relations under s. 66.293 (3), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3) or by a local
6governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.293 (1) (d), under s. 66.293 (6)
to give up, waive
7or return any part of the compensation to which that person is entitled under his or
8her contract of employment or under the prevailing wage determination made by the
9department or local governmental unit, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay
10normally paid to an employe for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate
11determination has not been made under s. 66.293 (3) or (6), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3)
12during a week in which the employe works both on a project on which a prevailing
13wage rate determination has been made and on a project on which a prevailing wage
14rate determination has not been made,
is guilty of a Class E felony.
AB632, s. 77 15Section 77. 946.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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