Statutes interpreted: ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g)
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development proposes an order to amend s. DWD 290.155, relating to the annual adjustment of thresholds for application of the prevailing wage rates for state or local public works projects.
The state prevailing wage laws require that when a state agency or local governmental unit constructs a public works project, it must obtain a prevailing wage rate determination from the Department of Workforce Development and require that the contractors and subcontractors on the project pay their employes in accordance with those wage rates. Under ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g), Stats., and the current s. DWD 290.155, the state prevailing wage rate laws do not apply to any “single-trade public works project" (a project involving the employment of only one trade) whose estimated cost is below $33,000, and it does not apply to any “multi-trade public works project" whose estimated cost is below $164,000.
Under ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g), Stats., and s. DWD 290.15, the Department is required to adjust the dollar amounts of the thresholds each year in proportion to any change in construction costs since the thresholds were last determined. The proposed rule changes the thresholds to $34,000 for single-trade projects and $168,000 for multi-trade projects based on a 2.3% increase in the construction cost index between December 1998 and December 1999.
Text of Rule
SECTION 1. DWD 290.155 is amended to read:
DWD 290.155 Minimum estimated project costs. This chapter does not apply to any single-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $33,000
$34,000, and any multi-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $164,000 $168,000.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rule does not affect small business.
Fiscal Estimate
Under the proposed rule, a state or local government with a public works project that costs more than $33,000 but less than $34,000 for a single-trade project or more than $164,000 but less than $168,000 for a multi-trade project will not be covered by the prevailing wage requirement.
Contact Information
For substantive questions concerning the proposed rule, call:
Patricia Hewitt
Construction Wage Standards Section Chief
Telephone (608) 266-6469
Written Comments
Written comments on the proposed rules received at the following address no later than Friday, March 3,
2000, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing.
Elaine Pridgen
Office of Legal Counsel
Dept. of Workforce Development
P.O. Box 7946
Madison, WI 53707-7946
Telephone (608) 267-9403
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