H. B. 4590


(By Delegate Overington)
[Introduced February 26, 1998; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]




A BILL to amend article five-a, chapter twenty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve, relating to exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five-a, chapter twenty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5A. WAGES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

§21-5A-12. Exemption.
The provisions of this article do not apply to construction performed on behalf of any educational authority, including but not limited to, a county board of education, the university of West Virginia board of trustees, the board of directors of the state college system and the school building authority.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt construction performed on behalf of any educational authority from the prevailing wage laws.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.