Public Works
Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Authorizes changes in the factors used in professional services selection committee decisions. (7/1/16) [SB-419]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizes changes in the factors used in professional services selection committee decisions. (7/1/16)
Sponsored by: Rep. Francis C. Thompson
Effective Date 7/1/2016. on 06/13/2016
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Provides with respect to a contractor's surety bond for public works projects. (8/1/16) [SB-380]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Provides with respect to a contractor's surety bond for public works projects. (8/1/16)
Sponsored by: Sen. Conrad Appel
Read Second Time By Title And Referred To The Committee On Transportation, Highways And Public Works. on 04/05/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Law - Payroll Reporting Requirements [SB-914]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Applying specified payroll reporting requirements under the prevailing wage law to specified contractors under specified public work contracts with a value of at least $100,000; and providing that specified contractors under specified public work contracts with a value of less than $500,000 are not required to comply with specified payroll reporting requirements under the prevailing wage law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel J McFadden
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Construction Contracts - Change Orders (State Procurement Change Order Fairness Act) [SB-826]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting a unit from requiring a prime contractor, and a prime contractor from requiring a subcontractor, to begin change order work under a contract until the procurement officer for the unit issues a specified written change order; providing that written acceptance letters for a State Highway Administration or Maryland Aviation Administration procurement contract for construction have the same force and effect as change orders until the specified units issue written change orders; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 580 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Rates Reform Act of 2016 [SB-711]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Expanding the applicability of the prevailing wage rate law to political subdivisions, agencies, and public works on property where the State, a political subdivision, or an agency is the owner or lessee by altering the definition of "public body"; providing that the prevailing wage rate law applies to public work contracts greater than $25,000; requiring that prevailing wage rates be calculated using wage rates established by specified collective bargaining agreements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Law - Applicability - Elementary and Secondary School Construction [SB-7]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
Altering the definitions of "public body" and "public work" for the purpose of applying the prevailing wage law to all elementary and secondary school construction, rather than only to elementary and secondary school construction that meets specified requirements; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Electric and Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Infrastructure Investments [SB-510]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Increasing to a maximum amount of $4, up from $2, a specified monthly natural gas surcharge for specified retail natural gas customers; authorizing an electric company to recover specified costs associated with specified electric system infrastructure investments through a specified electric system infrastructure investment surcharge on customer bills; requiring electric system infrastructure investment cost calculations to include specified elements; specifying when costs shall be collectible; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage - Application to Career and Technology Centers or STEM and STEAM Classrooms [SB-440]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
Providing that the provisions of the prevailing wage law do not apply to a public work contract or part of a public work contract for the construction or renovation of a career and technology center or for school classroom space to be used for science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) or science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics (STEAM) education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact - City of Annapolis [SB-426]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the City of Annapolis to participate in the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact, the purpose of which is to provide for mutual assistance between the jurisdictions in managing an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 673 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds [SB-296]
[Finance ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $31,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvements, or development of specified public facilities in Carroll County, including water and sewer projects, to finance loans for fire or emergency-related equipment, buildings, or other facilities of volunteer fire departments in the County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carroll County Senators
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Gas Companies - Infrastructure Replacement Projects - Amendment to a Plan [SB-162]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering from 120 to 150 the number of days during which the Public Service Commission is required to take a final action after a gas company files an amendment to an approved plan to invest in eligible infrastructure replacement projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 355 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Local Government Infrastructure Projects - Financing [SB-104]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing a county to agree with the Community Development Administration to pledge, on behalf of a municipal corporation located in the county, any money, including a share of income tax, that the county is entitled to receive from the State for specified infrastructure projects; authorizing each issuance by a municipal corporation of a local obligation for specified infrastructure projects to be secured by a pledge from the county in which the municipal corporation is located; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 18 on 04/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Liquidated Damages [SB-1009]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Making a contractor under a public work contract that knew or reasonably should have known of the contractor's obligation to pay the prevailing wage rate and that deliberately failed or refused to pay to the prevailing wage rate liable to the public body for liquidated damages of $250 for each laborer or other employee under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 707 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Law - Applicability to the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland [HB-860]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
Providing that the State prevailing wage law applies to a procurement for a public work contract by the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Educational Institutions - Notice of Criminal Activity and Threats to Safety [HB-836]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a faculty member, teacher, or specified other employee of a specified educational institution to immediately notify an administrator if the individual observes or receives information about specified criminal activity or potential threats; requiring the administrator to forward specified information to an appropriate law enforcement agency as soon as practicable; providing that a specified individual is not subject to liability or disciplinary action arising solely from providing specified notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Work Contracts - Payroll Reporting Requirements (The Transparency Act of 2016) [HB-792]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Applying specified payroll reporting requirements under the prevailing wage law to specified contractors under specified public work contracts with a value of at least $400,000; and providing that specified contractors under specified public work contracts with a value of less than $500,000 are not required to comply with specified payroll reporting requirements under the prevailing wage law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Gas Companies - Infrastructure Replacement Projects - Amendment to a Plan [HB-75]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering from 120 to 150 the number of days during which the Public Service Commission is required to take a final action after a gas company files an amendment to an approved plan to invest in eligible infrastructure replacement projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles E Barkley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 356 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Yard Waste and Food Residuals Diversion and Infrastructure Task Force [HB-743]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Yard Waste and Food Residuals Diversion and Infrastructure Task Force; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to identify, evaluate, study, and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its final findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Rates Reform Act of 2016 [HB-721]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Expanding the applicability of the prevailing wage rate law to political subdivisions, agencies, and public works on property where the State, a political subdivision, or an agency is the owner or lessee by altering the definition of "public body"; providing that the prevailing wage rate law applies to public work contracts greater than $25,000; requiring that prevailing wage rates be calculated using wage rates established by specified collective bargaining agreements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 04/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Liquidated Damages [HB-689]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Making a contractor under a public work contract that knew or reasonably should have known of the contractor's obligation to pay the prevailing wage rate and that deliberately failed or refused to pay the prevailing wage rate is liable to a public body for liquidated damages of $250 for each laborer or other employee under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016