(a)
- (1) The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 276(a) et seq., grants to the United States Secretary of Labor the power to determine wage rates paid to laborers and mechanics of contractors and subcontractors engaged in any construction activities supported by federal funds.
- (2) The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 and related acts provide prevailing wage protection to workers on federally funded construction projects.
- (3) These laws require the payment of locally prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits to employees of contractors or subcontractors performing work on federally financed or assisted construction projects valued at more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).
- (4) Under the provision of the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, the contractor or their subcontractors are to pay workers employed directly upon the site of the work no less than the locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits paid on projects of a similar character.
- (5) The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 directs the United States Secretary of Labor to determine such locally prevailing wage rates.
- (b) Departments are responsible for providing specific federal regulations, guidelines, and procedures as directed by their federal grantor or funding source to the design professional or any party that will publish work requiring the expenditures of federal funds.
- (c) The advertisement of the notice for such projects and the invitations for bids shall state that federal funds are being used and that Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 wage rates will apply.