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RI Gen L § 37-12.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-12.1 - Substitution of Security for Retained Earnings of Architects and Engineers|Section 37-12.1-4 - Endorsement on securities.

§ 37-12.1-4. Endorsement on securities.All securities deposited with the general treasurer pursuant to this chapter shall be properly endorsed by the designer in such manner as to enable the general treasurer to carry out the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 161, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-12.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-12.1 - Substitution of Security for Retained Earnings of Architects and Engineers|Section 37-12.1-5 - Applicability.

§ 37-12.1-5. Applicability.This chapter shall apply to all retained earnings held pursuant to any public works contract as of June 16, 1991.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 161, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-13-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-1 - "Public works" defined.

§ 37-13-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Public works" means any public work consisting of grading, clearing, demolition, improvement, completion, repair, alteration, or construction of any public road or any bridge, or portion thereof, or any public building, or portion thereof, or any heavy construction, or any public works projects of any nature or kind whatsoever.(2) "School transportation services" means those transportation and related services provided for the transportation of public and private students pursuant to §§ 16-21-1 and 16-21.1-8.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 2; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-2 - "Contractor" defined - Information required.

§ 37-13-2. "Contractor" defined — Information required.The term "contractor" as used in this chapter shall mean the bidder whose bid has been accepted by an authorized agency or awarding authority as the bidder possessing the skills, ability, and integrity necessary to the faithful performance of the contract or work, and who shall certify that he or she is able to furnish labor that can work in harmony with all other elements of labor employed or to be employed on the contract or work. Essential information in regard to qualifications shall be submitted in such form to the awarding authority and the director of labor and training as the director of labor and training shall require. The authorized agency or awarding authority shall reserve the right to reject all bids, if it be in the public interest to do so.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 14; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-13-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-3 - Contractors subject to provisions - Weekly payment of employees.

§ 37-13-3. Contractors subject to provisions — Weekly payment of employees.All contractors, who have been awarded contracts for public works by an awarding agency or authority of the state or of any city, town, committee, or by any person or persons therein, in which state or municipal funds are used and of which the contract price shall be in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), whether payable at the time of the signing of the contract or at a later date, and their subcontractors, on those public works shall pay their employees at weekly intervals and shall comply with the provisions set forth in §§ 37-13-4 — 37-13-14 and § 37-13-16.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2361, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 117, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-13-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-3.1 - State public works contract apprenticeship requirements.

§ 37-13-3.1. State public works contract apprenticeship requirements.Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, all general contractors and subcontractors who perform work on any public works contract awarded by the state after passage of this act and valued at one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more shall employ apprentices required for the performance of the awarded contract. The number of apprentices shall comply with the apprentice-to-journeyman ratio for each trade approved by the apprenticeship council of the department of labor and training. To the extent that any of the provisions contained in this section conflict with the requirements for federal aid contracts, federal law and regulations shall control.The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts for school transportation services.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 380, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 389, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 14; P.L. 2014, ch. 20, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 21, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-4 - Provisions applicable to public works contracts - Lists of subcontractors.

§ 37-13-4. Provisions applicable to public works contracts — Lists of subcontractors.All public works shall be done by contract, subject to the same provisions of law relating thereto and to the letting thereof, which are applicable to similar contracts of the awarding authority or authorized agency, hereinafter called the "proper authority", in the general location where the work is to be performed and which are not contrary to the provisions of §§ 37-13-1 — 37-13-14 and § 37-13-16. Each contractor after the award of a contract for public works shall submit to the proper authority a list of his or her subcontractors of any part or all of the work. The list shall be submitted in such manner or form as the proper authority shall uniformly require from contractors in all public works.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2361, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, §§ 1, 3; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-4; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-13-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-5 - Payment for trucking or materials furnished - Withholding of sums due.

§ 37-13-5. Payment for trucking or materials furnished — Withholding of sums due.A contractor or subcontractor on public works authorized by a proper authority shall pay any obligation or charge for trucking and material which have been furnished for the use of the contractor or subcontractor, in connection with the public works being performed by him or her, within ninety (90) days after the obligation or charge is incurred or the trucking service has been performed or the material has been delivered to the site of the work, whichever is later. When it is brought to the notice of the proper authority in a city or town, or the proper authority in the state having supervision of the contract, that the obligation or charge has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, the proper authority may deduct and hold for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, from sums of money due to the contractor or subcontractor, the equivalent amount of such sums certified by a trucker or materialman creditor as due him or her, as provided in this section, and which the proper authority determines is reasonable for trucking performed or materials furnished for the public works.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2361, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 4; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-5; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-13-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-6 - Ascertainment of prevailing rate of wages and other payments - Specification of rate in call for bids and in contract.

§ 37-13-6. Ascertainment of prevailing rate of wages and other payments — Specification of rate in call for bids and in contract.Before awarding any contract for public works or school transportation services to be done, the proper authority shall ascertain from the director of labor and training the general prevailing rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the general prevailing payments on behalf of employees only, to lawful welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and educational funds (payments to the funds must constitute an ordinary business expense deduction for federal income tax purposes by contractors) in the city, town, village, or other appropriate political subdivision of the state in which the work is to be performed, for each craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type of worker needed to execute the contract for the public works or school transportation services. The proper authority shall, also, specify in the call for bids for the contract and in the contract itself the general prevailing rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the payments on behalf of employees only, to the welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and education funds existing in the locality for each craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type of worker needed to execute the contract or work.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1752, § 2; P.L. 1935, ch. 2201, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-6; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 162; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-8 - Investigation and determination of prevailing wages - Filing of schedule.

§ 37-13-8. Investigation and determination of prevailing wages — Filing of schedule.The director of labor and training shall investigate and determine the prevailing wages and payments made to or on behalf of employees, as set forth in § 37-13-7, paid in the trade or occupation in the city, town, village, or other appropriate political subdivision of the state and keep a schedule on file in his or her office of the customary prevailing rate of wages and payments made to or on behalf of the employees that shall be open to public inspection. In making a determination, the director of labor may adopt and use such appropriate and applicable prevailing wage rate determinations as have been made by the secretary of labor of the United States of America in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, 40 U.S.C. § 276a [40 U.S.C. § 3141 et seq.]; provided, however, that each contractor awarded a public works or school transportation services contract after July 1, 2007, shall contact the department of labor and training on or before July first of each year, for the duration of such contract to ascertain the prevailing wage rate of wages on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each mechanic, laborer, or worker employed upon the work contracted to be done each year and shall make any necessary adjustments to such prevailing rate of wages and such payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each such employee every July first.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 521, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-9 - Statutory provisions included in contracts.

§ 37-13-9. Statutory provisions included in contracts.A copy of §§ 37-13-5, 37-13-6, and 37-13-7 shall be inserted in all contracts for public works or school transportation services awarded by the state, any city, town, committee, an authorized agency, or awarding authority thereof, or any person or persons in their behalf in which state or municipal funds are used if the contract price is in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2361, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 7; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-8; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-10 - Overtime compensation.

§ 37-13-10. Overtime compensation.Labor performed under the provisions of §§ 37-13-1 — 37-13-16, during the period of forty (40) hours in any one week and during the period of eight (8) hours in any one day, shall be considered a legal week's work or a legal day's work, as the case may be, and any number of hours of employment in any one week greater than the number of forty (40) hours or in any one day greater than the number of eight (8) hours shall be compensated at the prevailing rate of wages for overtime employment; provided, however, when the director of labor and training has determined in the investigation provided for in §§ 37-13-7 and 37-13-8 that there is a prevailing practice in a city, town, or other appropriate political subdivision to pay an overtime rate of wages for work of any craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type of worker needed to execute the work other than hours worked in any one week greater than the number of forty (40) or in hours worked in any one day greater than the number of eight (8), then the prevailing practice shall determine the legal workday and the legal workweek in the city or town for the work and the prevailing rate of overtime wages shall be paid for such work in excess of that legal workday or week, as the case may be.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 6; P.L. 1946, ch. 1810, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 15; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-9; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-10; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-13-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-11 - Posting of prevailing wage rates.

§ 37-13-11. Posting of prevailing wage rates.Each contractor or provider awarded a contract for public works or school transportation services with a contract price in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and each subcontractor who performs work on those public works, shall post in conspicuous places on the project, where covered workers are employed, posters that contain the current, prevailing rate of wages and the current, prevailing rate of payments to the funds required to be paid for each craft or type of worker employed to execute the contract as set forth in §§ 37-13-6 and 37-13-7, and the rights and remedies of any employee described in § 37-13-17 for nonpayment of any wages earned pursuant to this chapter. Posters shall be furnished to contractors and subcontractors by the director of labor and training, who shall determine the size and context thereof from time to time, at the time a contract is awarded. A contractor or subcontractor who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall pay to the director of labor and training one hundred dollars ($100) for each calendar day of noncompliance as determined by him or her. Contracts set forth in this section shall not be awarded by the state, any city, town, or any agency thereof until the director of labor and training has prepared and delivered the posters to the division of purchases, if the state or any agency thereof is the proper authority, or to the city, town, or an agency thereof, if it is the proper authority, and the contractor to whom the contract is to be awarded.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, §§ 9, 10; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-10; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-11; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 402, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-12 - Wage records of contractors.

§ 37-13-12. Wage records of contractors and vendors.Each contractor, vendor, or provider awarded a contract with a contract price in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for public works or school transportation services, and each subcontractor who performs work on those public works, shall keep an accurate record showing the name, occupation, and actual wages paid to each worker employed by him or her and the payments to all the employee funds specified in §§ 37-13-6 and 37-13-7 by him or her in connection with the contract or work. The director and his or her authorized representatives shall have the right to enter any place of employment at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting the wage records and seeing that all provisions of this chapter are complied with.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 8; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-11; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-12; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 141, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-12.1 - Obstruction of enforcement.

§ 37-13-12.1. Obstruction of enforcement.Any effort of any employer to obstruct the director and his or her authorized representatives in the performance of their duties shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and punishable as such.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 141, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-13-12.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-12.2 - Subpoena powers.

§ 37-13-12.2. Subpoena powers.The director and his or her authorized representatives shall have power to administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath, issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts, records, payrolls, documents, and testimony, and to take depositions and affidavits in any proceeding before the director.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 141, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-13-12.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-12.3 - Compelling obedience to subpoenas.

§ 37-13-12.3. Compelling obedience to subpoenas.In case of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or subpoena duces tecum, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the superior court, or any judge thereof, on application by the director, to compel obedience by proceedings in the nature of those for contempt.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 141, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-13-12.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-12.4 - Penalty for violations.

§ 37-13-12.4. Penalty for violations.Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any employer who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each separate offense, or by imprisonment of up to one year, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day of failure to pay wages due an employee at the time specified in this chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 359, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 503, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 413, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 449, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-13-13.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-13.1 - Audits of wage records of out of state contractors and subcontractors.

§ 37-13-13.1. Audits of wage records of out-of-state contractors, subcontractors, and providers.Out-of state contractors, subcontractors, vendors, or providers who perform work on public works or provide school transportation services, in this state authorize the director of labor and training to conduct wage and hour audits of their payroll records pursuant to the provisions of chapter 14 of title 28.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
RI Gen L § 37-13-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors|Section 37-13-14 - Contractor's bond.

§ 37-13-14. Contractor's bond.The state or any city, town, agency, or committee therein awarding contracts for public works shall require the contractor awarded a contract with a contract price in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for public works to file with the proper authority good and sufficient bond with surety furnished by any surety company authorized to do business in the state, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract and upon the payment for labor performed and material furnished in connection therewith, a bond to contain the terms and conditions set forth in chapter 12 of this title, and to be subject to the provisions of that chapter. Waiver of the bonding requirements of this section is expressly prohibited.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 13; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-13; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-14; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 449, § 16; P.L. 1994, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 367, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 354, § 3.