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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="17-213" title_number="17" title_name="Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Prevailing Wage Rates -- Public Work Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before entering into a public work contract, a public body shall require that the public work contract include a clause for payment:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to a worker, of at least the prevailing wage rate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to an apprentice, of at least the rate that the Council sets for an apprentice based on a percentage of the prevailing wage rate for a mechanic in that trade.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A public body shall require bonds on public work contracts to guarantee the faithful performance of the prevailing wage rate clause of the public work contract.</text>
  </level>
</section>
