2005 House Bill 4530

Exempt charter schools from "prevailing wage"

Introduced in the House

March 22, 2005

Introduced by Rep. Robert Gosselin (R-41)

To exempt charter school construction projects from the state "prevailing wage" law, which prohibits awarding contracts to contractors who submit the lowest bid unless the contractor pays "prevailing wages," which are based on union pay scales in a particular part of a geographic region. These wage rates may be above the market rate in other parts of the region.

Referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training, and Safety