Chapter 389
2008 -- S 2173
SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/08/08
A N A C T
RELATING
TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS
BY
CONTRACTORS
Introduced
By: Senators Tassoni, Doyle, and McBurney
Date
Introduced: January 31, 2008
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter
37-13 of the General Laws entitled "Labor and Payment of Debts
by Contractors" is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following section:
37-13-3.1.
State public works contract apprenticeship requirements. – (a)
Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, all
general contractors and subcontractors who perform
work on any public works contract awarded by the
state after passage of this act and valued at one
million dollars ($1,000,000) or more shall
employ apprentices required for the performance of the
awarded contract. The number of apprentices
shall comply with the apprentice to journeyman
ratio for each trade approved by the
apprenticeship council of the department of labor and
training.
SECTION 2. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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