# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 17. Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions

### Subtitle 2. Prevailing Wage Rates -- Public Work Contracts

#### Section 17-215

(a) Each contractor and subcontractor subject to this subtitle shall pay each employee not less than the prevailing wage rate required under this subtitle:

  (1) unconditionally;

  (2) without subsequent rebate; and

  (3) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, without deductions for:

    (i) food;

    (ii) sleeping accommodations;

    (iii) transportation;

    (iv) use of small tools; or

    (v) any other thing of any kind.

(b) A contractor or subcontractor may make deductions that are:

  (1) required by law;

  (2) required or allowed by a collective bargaining agreement between a bona fide labor organization and the contractor or subcontractor; or

  (3) contained in a written agreement between an employee and an employer undertaken at the beginning of employment, if the agreement:

    (i) concerns food, sleeping accommodations, or other similar items;

    (ii) is submitted by the employer to the public body awarding the public work contract; and

    (iii) is approved by the public body as fair and reasonable.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)