1) When is the prevailing wage rate used?
2) What is the definition of a public works or related projects?
3) Are there project monetary thresholds?
4) Are any types of projects specifically exempted?
5) What is included in the calculation of wage rates?
6) Who calculates the prevailing wage rates?
7) Enforcement: what are the penalties for violations? Criminal or fines?
8) Can contractors be debarred?
9) Are there posting requirements?
10) Does the agency retain any fines for enforcement (i.e. an enforcement fund)?
11) Record Maintenance?
12) Are there any provisions which discuss apprentices?



INDIANA

4) Are any types of projects specifically exempted?

A.) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to contracts let by the Indiana department of transportation for the construction of highways, streets, and bridges. IC 8-23-9 applies to state highway projects. (IC 5-16-7-1 Common construction wage; committee to determine; classification; exemptions.)

B.) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to public projects in this state that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this chapter that are to be paid for in whole or in part with funds granted by the federal government, unless the department of the federal government making the grant shall consent in writing that the provisions of this chapter are applicable to the project. (IC 5-16-7-1 Common construction wage; committee to determine; classification; exemptions.)

C.) This chapter does not apply to contractors or subcontractors performing public work for Purdue University on agricultural or forestry land owned or occupied by the university and used by it for educational or research purposes if the cost of the work is estimated to be less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). (IC 5-16-7-5 Non-applicability of chapter)

D.) Except as provided in IC 5-23, this chapter does not apply to a person that has entered into an operating agreement with the state, a municipal corporation, or another political subdivision for the management or operation of a public facility under IC 5-23. (IC 5-16-7-5 Non-applicability of chapter)

REFERENCES
IC 5-16-7 Chapter 7. Wage Scale of Contractors' and Subcontractors' Employees* This is the Indiana Law pertaining to prevailing wage rates.


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