Ch. 48                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR TO A 3RD PERSON UNDER A FUND,
PLAN, OR PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES:

1. (I) MEDICAL, SURGICAL, OR HOSPITAL
CARE;

2. (II) RETIREMENT, DISABILITY, OR DEATH
BENEFITS, INCLUDING A PROFIT SHARING PLAN THAT PROVIDES BENEFITS
ON RETIREMENT;

3. (III) UNEMPLOYMENT, LIFE, OR ACCIDENT
INSURANCE OR COMPENSATION;

4. (IV) INSURANCE OR COMPENSATION FOR
INJURY OR ILLNESS RESULTING FROM OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY;

5. (V) VACATION AND HOLIDAY PAY;

6. (VI) SUBSIDIES TO DEFRAY COSTS OF
APPRENTICESHIP OR OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMS; OR

7. (VII) OTHER BONA FIDE FRINGE
BENEFITS . ;OR

(2) THE HOURLY RATE OF COSTS TO THE CONTRACTOR OR
SUBCONTRACTOR THAT REASONABLY MAY BE ANTICIPATED IN PROVIDING THE
FRINGE BENEFITS SPECIFIED IN ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION UNDER AN
ENFORCEABLE COMMITMENT TO CARRY OUT A FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
PLAN OR PROGRAM THAT IS COMMUNICATED IN WRITING TO THE WORKERS.

(E) RATE FOR APPRENTICES.

AN APPRENTICE UNDER A  PUBLIC  WORK CONTRACT SHALL BE PAID AT

LEAST THE PERCENTAGE, SET   BY THE  COUNCIL, OF THE PREVAILING WAGE

RATE FOR A MECHANIC IN THE    TRADE     IN WHICH THE APPRENTICE IS
EMPLOYED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former SF §§ 12-301(e)
and (i) and 12-305(c), the third sentence and the
first and second clauses of the second sentence of §
12-304(a), and the third sentence of § 12-312.

In subsection (a) of this section, the former
reference to the Commissioner determining the
prevailing wage rates for "apprentices" is deleted as
erroneous. The former reference was inconsistent with
another reference in the former law stating that an
"apprentice employed on a public works [sic] shall be
paid not less than the percentages, as set forth in
such approved apprenticeship program, of the
journeyman mechanic's prevailing hourly rate of
wages". In practice, the Apprenticeship and Training

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