AB75-SSA1,699,219 66.0603 (5) Delegation of investment authority in connection with pension
20financing in populous cities and counties. (intro.) The governing board body of a
21county having a population of 500,000 or more, or a 1st class city, may delegate
22investment authority over any of the moneys described in sub. (1m) (e) or (f) to any
23of the following persons, which shall be responsible for the general administration
24and proper operation of the county's or city's employee retirement system, subject to

1the board's governing body's finding that such person has expertise in the field of
2investments:

AB75-SSA1,699,43 (a) A public board that is organized for such purpose under county or city
4ordinances.

AB75-SSA1,699,86 66.0721 (1) (a) "Agricultural use" has the meaning given in s. 91.01 (1) (2) and
7includes any additional agricultural uses of land, as determined by the town sanitary
8district or town.

AB75-SSA1,699,1710 66.0721 (1) (b) "Eligible farmland" means a parcel of 35 or more acres of
11contiguous land which is devoted exclusively to agricultural use which during the
12year preceding the year in which the land is subject to a special assessment under
13this section produced gross farm profits, as defined in s. 71.58 (4), of not less than
14$6,000 or which, during the 3 years preceding the year in which the land is subject
15to a special assessment under this section, produced gross farm profits, as defined
16in s. 71.58 (4), of not less than $18,000 that is eligible for farmland preservation tax
17credits under ss. 71.58 to 71.61 or 71.613.

AB75-SSA1,699,2419 66.0903 (1) (d) "Local governmental unit" means a political subdivision of this
20state, a special purpose district in this state, an instrumentality or corporation of
21such a political subdivision or special purpose district, a combination or subunit of
22any of the foregoing or an instrumentality of the state and any of the foregoing.
23"Local governmental unit" includes a regional transit authority created under s.
2466.1039.

AB75-SSA1,700,53 66.0903 (2) Applicability. Subject to sub. (5), this section applies to any project
4of public works erected, constructed, remodeled, repaired, or demolished for a local
5governmental unit, including all of the following:

AB75-SSA1,700,66 (a) A highway, street, or bridge construction project.

AB75-SSA1,700,107 (b) A project of public works erected, constructed, remodeled, repaired, or
8demolished by one local governmental unit for another local governmental unit
9under a contract under s. 66.0301 (2) or 83.035 or under any other statute specifically
10authorizing cooperation between local governmental units.

AB75-SSA1,700,1411 (c) A building construction project in which the completed building is leased,
12purchased, lease purchased, or otherwise acquired by, or dedicated to, a local
13governmental unit in lieu of the local governmental unit contracting for the
14construction of the building.

AB75-SSA1,700,1715 (d) A road, street, sanitary sewer, or water main project in which the completed
16road, street, sanitary sewer, or water main is dedicated to a local governmental unit
17under s. 236.13 (2) for ownership by the local governmental unit.

AB75-SSA1,701,619 66.0903 (3) (am) A local governmental unit, before making a contract by direct
20negotiation or soliciting bids on a contract, for the erection, construction, remodeling,
21repairing, or demolition of any project of public works, including a highway, street
22or bridge construction project, shall apply to the department to determine the
23prevailing wage rate for each trade or occupation required in the work contemplated
24under contemplation in the area in which the project is located. The department
25shall conduct investigations and hold public hearings as necessary to define the

1trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are subject to this
2section and to inform itself as to the prevailing wage rates in all areas of the state
3for those trades or occupations, in order to determine the prevailing wage rate for
4each trade or occupation. The department shall issue its determination within 30
5days after receiving the request and shall file the determination with the requesting
6local governmental unit.

AB75-SSA1,701,138 66.0903 (3) (av) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (am) or (ar),
9the department may not use data from projects that are subject to this section, s.
1066.0904, 103.49, or 103.50 or 40 USC 276a 3142 unless the department determines
11that there is insufficient wage data in the area to determine those prevailing wage
12rates, in which case the department may use data from projects that are subject to
13this section, s. 66.0904, 103.49, or 103.50 or 40 USC 276a 3142.

AB75-SSA1,702,815 66.0903 (3) (dm) A reference to the prevailing wage rates determined by the
16department or a local governmental unit exempted under sub. (6) and to the
17prevailing hours of labor shall be published in the notice issued for the purpose of
18securing bids for the project. If any contract or subcontract for a project of public
19works, including a highway, street or bridge construction project, is entered into, the
20prevailing wage rates determined by the department or exempted local
21governmental unit and the prevailing hours of labor shall be physically incorporated
22into and made a part of the contract or subcontract, except that for a minor
23subcontract, as determined by the department, the department shall prescribe by
24rule the method of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing wage rates and
25prevailing hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The prevailing wage

1rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or subcontract may not
2be changed during the time that the contract or subcontract is in force. No person
3performing the work described in sub. (4) may be paid less than the prevailing wage
4rate in the same or most similar trade or occupation determined under this
5subsection; nor may he or she be permitted to work a greater number of hours per
6day or per week than the prevailing hours of labor, unless he or she is paid for all
7hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times
8his or her hourly basic rate of pay.

AB75-SSA1,702,1410 66.0903 (4) (b) 3. The laborer, worker, or mechanic is employed at a commercial
11establishment that regularly supplies plumbing systems, steam or hot water
12systems, sprinkler systems, mechanical systems, or pipework and is employed in the
13fabrication of those systems or that pipework for incorporation into a project of public
14works.

AB75-SSA1,702,1917 66.0903 (5) Nonapplicability. (intro.) This section does not apply to any
18single-trade public works project, including a highway, street or bridge construction
19project, of the following:

AB75-SSA1,703,3 20(a) A project of public works for which the estimated project cost of completion
21is below $30,000 or an amount determined by the department under this subsection
22or to any multiple-trade public works project, including a highway, street or bridge
23construction project, for which the estimated project cost of completion is below
24$150,000 or an amount determined by the department under this subsection. The
25department shall adjust those dollar amounts every year, the first adjustment to be

1made not sooner than December 1, 1997. The adjustments shall be in proportion to
2any change in construction costs since the effective date of the dollar amounts
3established under this subsection $25,000.