LD 184
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LD 184 Title Page An Act To Improve Prevailing Wage Standards in Maine LD 184 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1314, as amended by PL 1997, c. 757, §11, is
further amended to read:

 
§1314. Exceptions

 
Whenever a public works construction is built in whole or in
part by federal funds and is under the jurisdiction of the Davis-
Bacon or other Federal Act federal act that requires the
Secretary of Labor to establish the minimum wage and benefits and
those minimum wages and benefits are established by the Secretary
of Labor and are higher than the minimum wages and benefits under
Maine law, sections 1304 to 1313 do not apply. If the minimum
wages and benefits established by the Secretary of Labor are not
higher than those established under Maine law, sections 1304 to
1313 apply.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill clarifies that in publicly funded construction
projects under the jurisdiction of the federal Davis-Bacon Act or
other federal act, minimum wages and benefits are the higher of
the federal and state rates.


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