1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to labor and employment; modifying prevailing wage provisions;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 177.42, subdivision 4; 177.43, 
1.4 	subdivision 7.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Prevailing hours of labor. "Prevailing hours of labor" means the hours 
1.8 	of labor per day and per week worked within the area by a larger number of workers of 
1.9 	the same class than are employed within the area for any other number of hours per day 
1.10 	and per week. The prevailing hours of labor may not be more than eightten hours per 
1.11 	day or more than 40 hours per week. As used in this section, "week" applies to work 
1.12 	performed Monday through Saturday.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.43, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 7.Applicability. This section does not apply to a contract, or work under 
1.15 	a contract, under which:
1.16 	(1) the estimated total cost of completing the project is less than $2,500 and only one 
1.17 	trade or occupation is required to complete it, or
1.18 	(2) the estimated total cost of completing the project is less than $25,000 and more 
1.19 	than one trade or occupation is required to complete it $500,000. The commissioner 
1.20 	shall make an annual adjustment to the project threshold in this subdivision according 
1.21 	to the Producer Price Index for nonresidential construction, published by the United 
1.22 	States Bureau of Labor Statistics.