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<br /> _ Project No.: 206-312 <br /> Dragonfly Bend Habitat Enhancement -Final Phase <br /> EXHIBIT G <br /> OREGON'S PREVAILING WAGE RATE LAW <br /> OWEB grantees may be required to comply with Oregon's prevailing wage rate law. ORS <br /> ..279.348 - 279.380. This law. requires-that entities using public. funds for public works must pay <br /> not less than the revailin r <br /> p g ate of .wage for an hour s work, mcludmg fi~nge benefits, m the <br /> same trade in the locality where the work is performed. Contracts not exceeding. $50,000 are <br /> exempt from prevailing wage rate laws and nonprofit organizations are exempt for work other <br /> than construction. Public works is defined as including "roads, highways, buildings, structures <br /> and improvements of -all types, the construction, reconstruction, major renovation or painting of <br /> which is carried on or contracted for by any public agency to serve the public interest ORS <br /> 297.348(3). Construction is defined as "the initial construction of buildings and other structures, <br /> or additions thereto, and of highways and roads." OAR 839-025-0004(5). <br /> Failure to comply with prevailing wage rate laws could result in a grantee being liable to the <br /> workers affected in the amount of their unpaid minimum wages, including all fringe benefits, and <br /> in an additional amount equal to unpaid wages as liquidated damages. <br /> Information regarding prevailing wage rate law can be found on the Bureau of Labor and <br /> Industries Web page. <br /> www.oregon. og v/BOLUWHD/PWR/W PWR Pwrbk.shtml <br /> 05-07 Improvement Updated 0306 (Lottery Only) <br /> 12 <br /> _ _ _ <br /> <br />