§ 37-13-6 Ascertainment of prevailing rate
of wages and other payments – Specification of rate in call for bids and
in contract. –
Before awarding any contract for public works to be done, the proper authority
shall ascertain from the director of labor and training the general prevailing
rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the general
prevailing payments on behalf of employees only, to lawful welfare, pension,
vacation, apprentice training, and educational funds (payments to the funds
must constitute an ordinary business expense deduction for federal income tax
purposes by contractors) in the city, town, village, or other appropriate
political subdivision of the state in which the work is to be performed, for
each craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type of worker needed to execute
the contract for the public works. The proper authority shall, also, specify in
the call for bids for the contract and in the contract itself the general
prevailing rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the
payments on behalf of employees only, to the welfare, pension, vacation,
apprentice training, and education funds existing in the locality for each
craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type of worker needed to execute the
contract or work.
(P.L. 1931, ch. 1752, § 2; P.L. 1935, ch. 2201, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch.
290, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-6; P.L.
1965, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326,
§ 162.)