2704

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 775

[100.] 8-506.

(a)  A clearly legible statement of all prevailing
hourly wage rates to be paid to all workmen and apprentices
employed on the construction of the public works shall be
kept posted in a prominent and [easily-accessible] EASILY
ACCESSIBLE place at the site thereof by each contractor
engaged in public works projects under the provisions of
this subtitle, and the notice shall remain posted during the
full time that any workman or apprentice is employed on the
public works.

(b)  Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to
prohibit the payment to any workman or apprentice employed
on any public work of more than the prevailing rate of
wages. Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to limit
the hours of work which may be performed by any workman or
apprentice in any particular period of time.

(c)  The Commissioner shall establish such regulations
as may reasonably be required to effectuate the purposes of
the law including exemptions for minimum number of hours
worked or workers employed and payroll records shall be
maintained in accordance with such regulations. The records
required to be kept shall be open to inspection by any
authorized representative of the contracting public body or
the Commissioner at any reasonable time and as often as
necessary.

(d)  The contractor shall submit two complete copies of
payroll records and the payroll records of each of his
subcontractors, in a form prescribed by regulations
established by the Commissioner, one copy to be sent to the
contracting public body, the other to the Commissioner,
where they will be available for inspection during regular
business hours. The contractor shall be responsible for the
submission of all subcontractors' payroll records covering
work performed directly at the work site. Each copy of the
payroll records shall be accompanied by a statement signed
by the contractor or the subcontractor, as the case may be,
indicating that the payroll records are correct, that the
wage rates contained therein are not less than those
established by the Commissioner as set forth in the
contract, that the classification set forth for each workman
or apprentice conforms with the work he performed, and that
the contractor or the subcontractor, as the case may be, has
complied with the provisions of this subtitle.

(e)  If the contractor is delinquent in submitting his
or any of his subcontractors' payroll records, processing of
partial payment estimates may be held in abeyance pending
receipt of the payroll records. In addition, if the
contractor is delinquent in submitting his or any of his
subcontractors' payroll records, the contractor shall be
liable to the contracting public body for liquidated
damages. The liquidated damages shall constitute the sum of