PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 687

(2) keep the statement posted during the full time that any employee is
employed on the public work contract.

(b) The statement of prevailing wage rates shall be posted in a prominent and
easily accessible place at the site of the public work.

(C) THE SECRETARY SUBJECT TO § 10-1001 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE THE COMMISSIONER MAY IMPOSE ON A PERSON THAT VIOLATES THIS
SECTION A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $50 PER VIOLATION.

17-222.

(a)     A contractor under a public work contract is liable to the public body for
liquidated damages of [$10] $20 for each laborer or other employee for each day for
which:

(1) the laborer is paid less than the prevailing wage rate of a mechanic while
performing a task required to be performed by a mechanic or mechanic's apprentice; or

(2) the employee is paid less than the prevailing wage rate.

(b)     If a contractor or subcontractor pays an employee less than the amount the
employee is entitled to receive for the work performed, the contractor or subcontractor
shall make restitution to the employee.

17-226.

(a) (1) After investigation and entry of an order in accordance with § 17-221 of
this subtitle, the Commissioner shall file with the Secretary of State a list of the
contractors and any subcontractors who persistently and willfully violate the provisions of
this subtitle.

(2) Filing under this subsection shall be notice to a public body and its
representatives.

(b) (1) If the name of a contractor or any subcontractor appears on the list, that
contractor or subcontractor shall be prohibited from entering into a contract for
construction of a public work directly or indirectly for [1 year] 2 YEARS from the day on
which the list is filed.

(2) A public body may not award a contract for construction of a public
work to a person who is prohibited from entering into a contract under this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Governor shall include
in the annual budget for each fiscal year beginning with Fiscal Year 1999 an
appropriation for two additional Wage and Hour Inspectors I, at least five Wage and Hour
Investigators, with a grade of at least Grade 9, in the Prevailing Wage Unit of the Division
of Labor and Industry in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation. The
appropriation for each fiscal year for the Wage and Hour Investigators shall be consistent with
the salary and classification plans in effect for that function.

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