Amendment #749 to H3800

Establishing a Specialized Prevailing Wage & Construction Enforcement Unit within the Wage Enforcement Program of the  Attorney General’s Office

Representatives Cullinane of Boston, Donahue of Worcester, Day of Stoneham, Decker of Cambridge, Hunt of Boston and Ryan of Boston move to amend the bill is section 2, in line 0810-0045, by inserting after the word “Laws” the following “provided that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to establish and operationalize a specialized prevailing wage and construction investigatory and enforcement unit within the wage enforcement program. This specialized unit shall consist of a minimum of two investigators assigned to Eastern Massachusetts, two investigators assigned to Central Massachusetts and two investigators assigned to Western Massachusetts and the specialized unit shall be supervised by a minimum of one ‘supervising investigator’ and one assistant attorney general in the wage enforcement program’s Boston office with significant experience investigating violations of the Commonwealth’s prevailing wage and construction laws. This specialized unit through the Attorney General’s office shall submit a report on its annual enforcement actions and violation trends within the construction industry to the legislature no later than March 1, 2020”; and by striking out the figures “$4,486,985” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$4,986,985.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #749 to H3800

Establishing a Specialized Prevailing Wage & Construction Enforcement Unit within the Wage Enforcement Program of the  Attorney General’s Office