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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="17-220" 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>Each contractor required to pay the prevailing wage rate shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep payroll records covering work performed directly at the work site in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>allow the Commissioner or the public body to inspect the records at any reasonable time and as often as necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each contractor shall submit a complete copy of the payroll records of the contractor and, for work performed at the work site, of the subcontractors in the form that the Commissioner specifies by regulation to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the public body; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Commissioner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner and the public body shall make payroll records available for public inspection during regular business hours.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each copy of the payroll records shall be accompanied by a statement that is signed by the contractor or, for the subcontractor’s records, by the subcontractor and indicates that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the payroll records are correct;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the wage rates paid are not less than those established by the Commissioner as set forth in the public work contract;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the classification set forth for each employee conforms with the work performed by that employee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the contractor or subcontractor has complied with each requirement of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a contractor is late in submitting copies of the payroll records required under subsection (b) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the public body may postpone the processing of partial payment estimates under the public work contract pending receipt of the copies; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the contractor shall be liable to the public body for liquidated damages of $10 for each calendar day the records are late.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
