FIFTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION

March 13, 2019

HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1__ to SENATE CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 437, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Representative Rebecca Dow

    1. On page 1, line 12, before the period, insert:

"; REQUIRING THAT PUBLIC CONTRACTS PROVIDE FOR INCREASED CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR REIMBURSEMENT AND WORKER WAGE INCREASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND CONCURRENT WITH STATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES".

    2. On page 8, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following new section:

    "SECTION 3. A new section of the Minimum Wage Act is enacted to read:

    "[NEW MATERIAL] PUBLIC CONTRACTS--SERVICES--MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES.--

         A. Beginning July 1, 2019, a state agency that contracts for services shall include in the terms of that contract:

             (1) a provision for increasing reimbursement so the contractor and any subcontractor to that contract are held harmless for any wage increase resulting from an increase in the state minimum wage; and

             (2) a requirement that individuals employed pursuant to that contract or a subcontract of that contract who are paid the state minimum wage shall receive wage increases in accordance with and concurrent with increases in the state minimum wage.

         B. As used in this section:

             (1) "contract" means any agreement for the procurement of services;

             (2) "services" means the furnishing of labor, time or effort by a contractor or subcontractor not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports and other materials that are merely incidental to the required performance; and

             (3) "subcontract" means a contract subordinate to another superordinate contract, which subcontract is to procure in whole or in part services to be procured under the terms of the superordinate contract."".

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                                    Rebecca Dow

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