[§103-55.5]  Wages and hours of employees onpublic works construction contracts.  (a)  Before any bidder or offerorenters into a contract for construction of a public work project in excess of$2,000, which is subject to chapter 104, the bidder or offeror shall affirm thebidder's or offeror's intent to comply with the requirements of chapter 104 bycertifying that:

(1)  Individuals engaged in the performance of thecontract on the job site shall be paid:

(A)  Not less than the wages that the directorof labor and industrial relations shall have determined to be prevailing forcorresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on public worksprojects; and

(B)  Overtime compensation at one and one-halftimes  the basic hourly rate plus fringe benefits for hours worked on Saturday,Sunday, or a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on anyother day; and

(2)  All applicable laws of the federal and stategovernments relating to workers' compensation, unemployment compensation,payment of wages, and safety shall be fully complied with.

(b)  No contract for construction of any publicwork project in excess of $2,000 shall be granted unless all the conditions ofthis section are met.

(c)  It shall be the duty of the governmentalcontracting agency awarding the contract for construction of a public workproject in excess of $2,000 to enforce this section. [L 2002, c 215, §2]