WEST virginia Legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4532
By Delegate Foster
[Introduced February 13,
2018; Referred
to the Committee on Industry and Labor then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to repeal §21-5-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to a prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
§1. Repeal of section relating to a prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits.
That §21-5-7of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal Code, §21-5-7 requiring a prime contractor to be responsible for wages and benefits owed by subcontractor, under certain circumstances.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.