AB442: Bill Text

AB442, s. 48 Section 48. 103.49 (6m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,24,10 103.49 (6m) (e) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who knowingly permits any part of the wages or fringe benefits to which he or she is entitled under the contract governing the 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 3141 to 3148.

AB442, s. 49 Section 49. 103.49 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,24,14 103.49 (6m) (f) Paragraph (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 fringe benefit rates under sub. (3) (a) or (am).

AB442, s. 50 Section 50. 103.49 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,25,3 103.49 (7) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department shall distribute to all state agencies a list of all persons whom the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any name the address of the person and shall specify when the person failed to pay the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate and when the person paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor. A state agency may not award any contract to the person unless otherwise recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the date the department issued its findings or date of final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.

AB442, s. 51 Section 51. 103.49 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,25,10 103.49 (7) (b) The department may not include in a notification under 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 or prevailing fringe benefit rate determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor.

AB442, s. 52 Section 52. 103.49 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,25,20 103.49 (7) (d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this section shall, on the date on which the person submits the bid, identify any construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer , or partner of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25% percent 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 or prevailing fringe benefit rate determined under sub. (3) or to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor.

AB442, s. 53 Section 53. 103.50 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,25,24 103.50 (4m) Wage rate data. In determining prevailing wage rates for projects that are subject to this section, the department shall use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 66.0903 or 103.49 or 40 USC 276a 3141 to 3148.

AB442, s. 54 Section 54. 103.50 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,26,6 103.50 (7) (d) Whoever induces any person 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 person is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from the person'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 a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c 3141 to 3148.

AB442, s. 55 Section 55. 103.50 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,26,13 103.50 (7) (e) 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 the 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 3141 to 3148.

AB442, s. 56 Section 56. 227.01 (13) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,26,20 227.01 (13) (t) Ascertains and determines prevailing wage rates or prevailing fringe benefit rates under ss. 66.0903, 103.49, 103.50 and 229.8275 or prevailing wage rates under s. 103.50, except that any action or inaction which that ascertains and determines prevailing wage rates or prevailing fringe benefit rates under ss. 66.0903, 103.49, 103.50 and 229.8275 or prevailing wage rates under s. 103.50 is subject to judicial review under s. 227.40.

AB442, s. 57 Section 57. 229.8275 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,26,22 229.8275 (title) Prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates.

AB442, s. 58 Section 58. 229.8275 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,27,6 229.8275 (1) Not to permit any employee working on the football stadium facilities who would be entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate under s. 66.0903 and who would not be required or permitted to work more than the prevailing hours of labor, if the football stadium facilities were a project of public works subject to s. 66.0903, to be paid less than the prevailing wage rate or less than the prevailing fringe benefit rate or to be required or permitted to work more than the prevailing hours of labor, except as permitted under s. 66.0903 (4) (a).

AB442, s. 59 Section 59. 946.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,28,2 946.15 (1) Any employer, or any agent or employee of an employer, who induces any person who seeks to be or is employed pursuant to a public contract , as defined in s. 66.0901 (1) (c), or who seeks to be or is employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued by the department of workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3) to give up, waive, or return any part of the compensation to which that person is entitled under his or her contract of employment or under the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination issued by the department or local governmental unit, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay or hourly contribution for fringe benefits normally paid to an employee for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has not been issued under s. 66.0903 (3) or (6), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3) during a week in which the employee works both on a project on which a prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued and on a project on which a prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has not been issued, is guilty of a Class I felony.

AB442, s. 60 Section 60. 946.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,28,22 946.15 (2) Any person employed pursuant to a public contract, as defined in s. 66.0901 (1) (c), or employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued by the department of workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3) who gives up, waives, or returns to the employer or agent of the employer any part of the compensation to which the employee is entitled under his or her contract of employment or under the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination issued by the department or local governmental unit, or who gives up any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has not been issued under s. 66.0903 (3) or (6), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3) during a week in which the person works part-time on a project on which a prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued and part-time on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination or prevailing fringe benefit rate has not been issued, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

AB442, s. 61 Section 61. 946.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,29,10 946.15 (3) Any employer or labor organization, or any agent or employee of an employer or labor organization, who induces any person who seeks to be or is employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued by the department of workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3) to permit any part of the wages or fringe benefits to which that person is entitled under the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination issued by the department or local governmental unit to be deducted from the person's pay is guilty of a Class I felony, 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 3141 to 3148.

AB442, s. 62 Section 62. 946.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB442,29,22 946.15 (4) Any person employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate and prevailing fringe benefit rate determination has been issued by the department of workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3) or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by that department under s. 103.50 (3) who permits any part of the wages or fringe benefits to which that person is entitled under the prevailing wage rate or prevailing fringe benefit rate determination issued by the department or local governmental unit to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, 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 3141 to 3148.

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