Minnesota § 177.41 - STATE PROJECTS AND STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 177.41 — STATE PROJECTS AND STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 177.41. STATE PROJECTS AND STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY
It is in the public interest that public buildings and other public works be constructed and maintained by the best means and highest quality of labor reasonably available and that persons working on public works be compensated according to the real value of the services they perform. It is therefore the policy of this state that wages of laborers, workers, and mechanics on projects financed in whole or part by state funds should be comparable to wages paid for similar work in the community as a whole.
History:
1973 c 724 s 1; 1975 c 191 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 177.41 ("STATE PROJECTS AND STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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