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7) Enforcement: what are the penalties for violations? Criminal or fines?

A.) A contractor who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $00 nor more than $1,000, or bu imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or by both. Each day a violation exists constitutes a separate offense. AS 36.05.060

B.) Every contract within the scope of AS 36.05.070 shall contain a provision that if it is found that a laborer, mechanic, or field surveyor employed by the contractor or subcontractor has been or is being paid a rate of wages less than the rate of wages required by the contract to be paid, the state or its political subdivisions may, by written notice to the contractor, terminate the contractor's right to proceed with the work or the part of the work for which there is a failure to pay the required wages and to prosecute the work to completion by contract or otherwise, and the contractor and the contractor's sureties are liable to the state or its political subdivision for excess costs for completing the work AS 36.05.080

C.) The state disbursing officer in the case of a state contract and the local fiscal officer in the case of a political subdivision contract shall pay directly to laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors from accrued payment withheld under the terms of the contract the wages due laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors under AS 36.050.070. 36.05.090