HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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failure to comply with the request or demand will prevent
the workman from procuring or retaining employment; and no
person, directly or indirectly, shall pay, request, or
authorize any other person to violate this section. This
subsection does not apply to any agent of a collective
bargaining organization acting in collection of sums as
permitted by the National Labor Relations Act.

(b) All contractors and subcontractors required herein
to pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages shall make
full payment of such wages unconditionally and without
subsequent rebate and without any deduction for food,
sleeping accommodations, transportation, use of small tools,
or any other thing of any kind or description, except
deductions which must be made by law or which are required
or permitted by A collective bargaining agreement between a
bona fide labor organization and the contractor or
subcontractor. This subsection does not apply if the
employer and employee enter into an agreement in writing at
the beginning of any term of employment covering deductions
for food, sleeping accommodations, or other similar items,
provided the agreement is submitted by the employer to the
public body awarding the contract and is approved by the
public body as fair and reasonable.

[104.] 8-510.

(a)  No public body, officer, official, member, agent,
or representative, authorized to contract for public works
shall fail, before advertising for bids OR PROPOSALS, to
have the Commissioner determine the prevailing rates of
wages of workmen for each class of work called for by the
public works in the locality where the work is to be
performed as provided herein.

(b)  No member of a public body authorized to contract
for public works shall vote for the award of any contract
for the construction of such works or vote for the
disbursement of any funds on account of the construction of
such public works, unless the public body has first had the
Commissioner determine the prevailing rates of wages of
workmen for the class of work called for by the public works
in the locality where the work is to be performed and a
determination has been made a part of the specifications and
contract for the public works.

(c)  Following investigation as provided in § [101]
8-507, the Commissioner shall file with the Secretary of
State a list of the contractors and subcontractors whom it
finds have persistently and willfully violated this subtitle
and such contractors or subcontractors, or simulations
thereof, shall be prohibited from contracting directly or
indirectly with any public body for the construction of any
public works or from performing any work on the same as a
contractor or subcontractor for a period of [one] 1 year
from the date the list is filed with the Secretary of State.
No public body shall award a contract for a public works to