§ 220-D — Minimum rate of wage and supplement

§ 220-d. Minimum rate of wage and supplement. The advertised\nspecifications for every contract for the construction, reconstruction,\nmaintenance and/or repair of public work to which the state, county,\ntown and/or village is a party shall contain a provision stating the\nminimum hourly rate of wage which can be paid and the minimum supplement\nthat can be provided, as shall be designated by the industrial\ncommissioner, to the laborers, workingmen or mechanics employed in the\nperformance of the contract, either by the contractor, sub-contractor or\nother person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work\ncontemplated by the contract, and the contract shall contain a\nstipulation that such laborers, workingmen or mechanics shall be paid\nnot less than such hourly minimum rate of wage and provided supplements\nnot less than the prevailing supplements.\n Any person or corporation that wilfully pays after entering into such\ncontract, less than such stipulated minimums regarding wages and\nsupplements shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall\nbe punished, for a first offense by a fine of five hundred dollars or by\nimprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both fine and\nimprisonment; for a second offense by a fine of one thousand dollars,\nand in addition thereto the contract on which the violation has occurred\nshall be forfeited; and no such person or corporation shall be entitled\nto receive any sum nor shall any officer, agent or employee of the state\npay the same or authorize its payment from the funds under his charge or\ncontrol to any person or corporation for work done upon any contract, on\nwhich the contractor has been convicted of second offense in violation\nof the provisions of this section.\n