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Committee advances bill extending prevailing wage rules to bespoke off-site fabrication; lawmakers and counsel raise implementation questions
Summary
The Ways and Means committee on June 20 advanced House Bill 2688 to extend prevailing-wage requirements to certain off-site, custom-fabricated systems and components that become part of public works projects.
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means recommended reporting out House Bill 2688, an expansion of prevailing-wage application to certain off-site, custom-fabricated "systems and components" made to specification for public-works projects.
The amendment (dash-a12) clarifies intent and would treat those bespoke off-site products as public works for prevailing-wage purposes, which would bring certified payroll, record-keeping and bonding requirements to work performed off site. Legislative counsel told the committee the change means "certain projects are now included within the definition of public works that were not before, and all projects that are public works have certain reporting requirements." The…
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