Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, expresses the public policy that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers on non-state contracts for construction projects on public highways; makes other revisions to the Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4.

Summary

The bill amends Tennessee’s Prevailing Wage Act to require that the prevailing wage be paid to workers on any construction project on public highways that receives state or federal highway funds, even if the contract is not directly with the state. It expands the definition of “state contract” and adds a minor procedural change to the wage‑development process. The new rules apply to contracts entered into, amended, or renewed after the law takes effect.

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