H. B. 2156
(By Delegate Overington)
[Introduced January 13, 1999; 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.