CHAPTER 432

H.P. 281 - L.D. 361

An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Wage and Benefit Records

of Persons Working on Public Works Projects

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1311, as amended by PL 1997, c. 757, §9, is further amended to read:

§1311. Wage and benefit record of contractor

The contractor and each subcontractor in charge of the construction of a public work shall keep an accurate record showing the names and occupation of each and all laborers, workers and mechanics employed by them and all independent contractors working under contract with them in connection with the construction on the public works showing.__The record must also show for all laborers, workers, mechanics and independent contractors the hours worked, the title of the job, the hourly rate or other method of remuneration and the actual wages or other compensation paid to each of the laborers, workers and, mechanics and independent contractors. A copy of such a record must be kept at the job site and must be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the Bureau of Labor Standards and the public authority that let the contract, and its officers and agents. It is not necessary to preserve those records for a period longer than 3 years after the termination of the contract. A copy of each such record must also be filed monthly with the public authority that let the contract.__The filed record is a public record pursuant to Title 1, chapter 13, except