Post by Logan on Jan 26, 2016 15:52:03 GMT -6
Legislation to repeal the West Virginia’s 81-year-old Prevailing Wage Act (HB 4005) will be up for a passage vote in the House of Delegates Wednesday, after Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, quashed an amendment to instead suspend the wage-rate scales for five years.
Armstead ruled that the amendment, offered by Minority Leader Tim Miley, D-Harrison, and other Democrats, was not germane to the bill.
In addition to suspending prevailing wage rates for five years, Miley’s amendment would have required the business and economic research bureaus at Marshall and West Virginia universities to conduct an economic impact study to measure the effect of suspending prevailing wage.
“It’s terribly disheartening we didn’t have the discussion among the members on the need to have an economic impact study,” Miley said afterward.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160126/prevailing-wage-repeal-effort-ready-for-wv-house-vote#sthash.Z5Jutiht.dpuf
Armstead ruled that the amendment, offered by Minority Leader Tim Miley, D-Harrison, and other Democrats, was not germane to the bill.
In addition to suspending prevailing wage rates for five years, Miley’s amendment would have required the business and economic research bureaus at Marshall and West Virginia universities to conduct an economic impact study to measure the effect of suspending prevailing wage.
“It’s terribly disheartening we didn’t have the discussion among the members on the need to have an economic impact study,” Miley said afterward.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160126/prevailing-wage-repeal-effort-ready-for-wv-house-vote#sthash.Z5Jutiht.dpuf