Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary OTHER FISCAL IMPACT Because the state prevailing wages are higher than the federal prevailing wages, a local government with a qualifying current or future contract for a public highway construction project will experience a mandatory increase in local expenditures. However, due to multiple unknown factors, a precise fiscal impact cannot be reasonably determined. Article II, Section 24 of the Tennessee Constitution provides that: no law of general application shall impose increased expenditure requirements on cities or counties unless the General Assembly shall provide that the state share in the cost. Bill Summary Present law requires any highway contractor entering into a state contract for performance of work on state highway construction projects to pay not less than the prevailing wage rate for all types and classifications of work. As used in the prior sentence, a “state contract” means any contractual agreement, written or oral, entered into by any person, firm, or corporation with this state for performance of work on a state highway construction project. Under the provisions of this bill, a “state contract” means any contractual written agreement entered into by any person, firm, or corporation with this state for performance of work on a state highway construction project. This bill e the prevailing wage rate to be paid to workers on (i) all state highway construction projects and (ii) all non-state contract construction projects on public highways that are funded in whole or in part with federal or state highway funds. PREVAILING WAGE COMMISSION Present law creates the prevailing wage commission ("commission") and provides that the commission is composed of five members, including the commissioner of labor and workforce development, who serves as chair, the state architect, and the commissione
