AB 167

Under the current prevailing wage law, certain laborers, workers, mechanics,

and truck drivers employed on a state or local project of public works must be paid

at the rate paid for a majority of the hours worked in the person's trade or occupation

in the county in which the project is located, as determined by the Department of

Workforce Development (DWD), and may not be required or permitted to work a

greater number of hours per day and per week than the prevailing hours of labor, that

is, no more than ten hours per day and 40 hours per week, unless they are paid 1.5

times their basic rate of pay (overtime pay) for all hours worked in excess of the

prevailing hours of labor.

This bill provides that the prevailing wage law does not apply to any project,

including a highway, street, or bridge construction project, in which the erection,

construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of the project is contracted for by

a private owner or developer and the completed project is leased, lease purchased,

or otherwise acquired by the state, a state agency, or a local governmental unit in lieu

of the state, state agency, or local governmental unit contracting for the erection,

construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of the project.