PENNSYLVANIA, February 10 - PRINTER'S NO. 178

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

209

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, J. WARD, STEFANO, AUMENT AND

MASTRIANO, FEBRUARY 10, 2021

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 10, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled

"An act relating to public works contracts; providing for

prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor

and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing

existing laws," providing for optional application of act.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442),

known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, is amended by

adding a section to read:

Section 15.1. Optional Application of Act.--(a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, as a result of

a significant decline in tax revenue due to the COVID-19

pandemic, a public body, including a school entity, may choose

not to follow the requirements of this act regarding prevailing

minimum wages for workmen employed on public work under a

contract for a project of public work that the public body

enters into on or after the effective date of this subsection.

(b) As used in this section, the following words and phrases

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