New Jersey § 55:14k-42
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 55:14k-42, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 55:14k-42.
Each qualified housing sponsor granted a loan from the agency, or any builder, contractor
or subcontractor engaged by the qualified housing sponsor for the construction or
rehabilitation of any housing project, shall pay the workmen employed in the performance
of any contract for such construction or rehabilitation not less than the prevailing
wage rate. The prevailing wage rate shall be determined by the Commissioner of the New Jersey
Department of Labor in all cases, except that the prevailing rate shall be determined
by the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon
Act as amended ( 40 U.S.C. 276a to 276a-5 ), 1 when the loan from the agency for the construction or rehabilitation of a housing
project or the tenants of the housing project is the subject of direct or indirect
federal assistance other than the federal tax exemption of the interest paid on the
agency obligations. The Commissioner of Labor is authorized to, and shall, determine the prevailing wage
rate and shall establish the prevailing wage in the locality in which the construction
or rehabilitation of any housing project is to be performed for each craft or trade
or classification of all workmen employed in the performance of such construction
or rehabilitation, as if such construction or rehabilitation were “public work” within
the meaning of P.L.1963, c. 150 ( C. 34:11-56.25 et seq. ). For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, the Commissioner
of Labor and any workmen employed in the performance of any contract for the construction
or rehabilitation of any housing project shall have and may exercise or perform any
right, power or duty granted or imposed upon them by P. L. 1963, c. 150. 1
U.S.C.A. §§ 276a to 276a-5.
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