2003 House Bill 4160 ↩

Senate Roll Call 173: The amendment was adopted

To place explicit language in the bill to the effect that it does not prohibit a municipality from enforcing its own or the state's prevailing wage law. “Prevailing wage” laws prohibit 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 market rates, which can make projects subject to them cost more than comparable projects not affected by this particular contract prohibition.