Amendment #3, as changed to H4994

Technical Amendment

Mr. Moran of Lawrence moves to amend the amendment by striking out the amendment in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

Mr. Moran of Lawrence moves to amend the bill in section 1 by striking out, in line 3, the words “the third paragraph of section 26” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- paragraph (H) of subdivision (2) of section 44A.

And further amend the bill by striking out sections 4 to 6, inclusive.

And further amend the bill by inserting after section 9 the following 3 sections:-

SECTION 9A. Subdivision (2) of section 44A of said chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

(H) For any public works project with an estimated construction cost in excess of $10,000,000, not less than 5 per cent of the total hours worked for each trade by employees receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed at the project site by the awarding authority, contractor or subcontractor and who are subject to the prevailing wage law, shall be performed by apprentices. Such apprentices shall be: (i) registered in apprentice programs approved by the division of apprentice standards within the executive office of labor and workforce development pursuant to sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23; and (ii) employed in compliance with applicable apprentice-to-journeyperson ratios established by a trades licensing board or by the division of apprentice standards.

SECTION 9B. Said subdivision (2) of section 44A of said chapter 149, as amended by section 9A, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “5 per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 10 per cent.

SECTION 9C. Said subdivision (2) of said section 44A of said chapter 149, as amended by section 9B, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “10 per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 15 per cent.

And further amend the bill in section 10 by striking out, in line 87, the words “the third paragraph of section 26” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- paragraph (H) of subdivision (2) of section 44A.

And further amend the bill in section 12 by striking out, in line 155, the words “section 26” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- paragraph (H) of subdivision (2) of section 44A.

And further amend the bill in section 13 by striking out, in line 162, the figure “4” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9A.

And further amend the bill in section 14 by striking out, in line 163, the figure “5” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9B.

And further amend the bill in section 15 by striking out, in line 164, the figure “6” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9C.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #3, as changed to H4994

Technical Amendment