HOUSE BILL No. 4383


     February 28, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Gosselin and Kuipers and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training and Safety.


        A bill to amend 1965 PA 166, entitled

   "An act to require prevailing wages and fringe benefits on state
   projects; to establish the requirements and responsibilities of
   contracting agents and bidders; and to prescribe penalties,"

   by amending section 1 (MCL 408.551).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

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           (a) "Construction mechanic" means a skilled or unskilled

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      mechanic, laborer, worker, helper, assistant, or apprentice work-

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      ing on a state project.  but shall  CONSTRUCTION MECHANIC DOES

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      not include executive, administrative, professional, office, or

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      custodial employees.

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           (b) "State project" means new construction, alteration,

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      repair, installation, painting, decorating, completion,

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      demolition, conditioning, reconditioning, or improvement of

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      public buildings  , schools,  OR works  , bridges, highways, or


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      roads  authorized by a contracting agent.  STATE PROJECT DOES NOT

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      INCLUDE NEW CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, INSTALLATION,

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      PAINTING, DECORATING, COMPLETION, DEMOLITION, CONDITIONING,

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      RECONDITIONING, OR IMPROVEMENT OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

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           (i) PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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           (ii) PUBLIC BRIDGES.

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           (iii) PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

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           (iv) PUBLIC ROADS.

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           (c) "Contracting agent" means any officer,  school board,

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      board, or commission of  the  THIS state, or a state institution

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      supported in whole or in part by state funds, authorized to enter

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      into a contract for a state project or to perform a state project

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      by the direct employment of labor.  CONTRACTING AGENT DOES NOT

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      INCLUDE A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A BOARD OR AGENT ACTING ON BEHALF OF

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      A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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           (d) "Commissioner" means the department of  labor  CONSUMER

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      AND INDUSTRY SERVICES.

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           (e) "Locality" means the county, city, village, OR township

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       , or school district  in which the physical work on a state

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      project is to be performed.

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           (F) "SCHOOL DISTRICT" MEANS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT

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      SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THOSE TERMS

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      ARE DEFINED IN THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 TO

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      380.1852, OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE

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      REVISED SCHOOL CODE, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 TO 380.1852.







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