H 2159

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 785  FILED ON: 1/13/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2159
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  Orlando Ramos
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
   Court assembled:
   The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
  An Act relative to fair wages on government subsidized construction projects.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:  DATE ADDED:
Orlando Ramos  9th Hampden  1/13/2025
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf  17th Worcester  4/8/2025
Natalie M. Higgins  4th Worcester  12/10/2025
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  HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 785  FILED ON: 1/13/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2159
By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2159) of
Orlando Ramos relative to fair wages on government subsidized construction projects. Labor
and Workforce Development.
  [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
  SEE HOUSE, NO. 1937 OF 2023-2024.]
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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An Act relative to fair wages on government subsidized construction projects.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1Add New Third Paragraph to G.L. ch. 149, Section 26:
2In the employment of mechanics and apprentices, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers in
3 the construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition, maintenance or repair of a building on
4 property that is subject to a tax increment financing plan, tax credit, or tax relief provided under
5 M.G.L. ch. 40, Section 59 (Tax Increment Financing Plan), Section 60 (Urban Center Housing
6 Tax Increment Financing Plan), Section 60A (Manufacturing Workforce Training Tax Increment
7 Financing Plan), Section 60B (Workforce Housing Special Tax Assessment Plan), M.G.L. ch.
8 62, Section 6J and M.G.L ch. 63, Section 38R (Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit), M.G.L. ch.
9 40V (Housing Development Incentive Program), and any other provision of law or regulation
10 now existing or that may be adopted in the future authorizing a tax increment financing plan, tax
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11 credit, or any other form of tax relief, the rate per hour of the wages paid to mechanics and
12 apprentices, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers on such building projects shall be not be less than
13 the rate or rates of wages to be determined by the commissioner in accordance with the first
14 paragraph of this Section 26. Employers of such mechanics and apprentices, teamsters,
15 chauffeurs and laborers shall be subject to the requirements of G.L. ch 149, Section 27B with
16 respect to work performed on such building projects, and shall submit their weekly certified
17 payroll reports and statements of compliance to the authority granting the tax relief in question.
18 The payroll records and statements of compliance required by this Section shall be available for
19 inspection by any interested party filing a written request to the granting authority for such
20 inspection and copying.
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