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Florida Attorney General Reports
Decided November 10, 1976Published
1Opinion of the Court
QUESTION: May a municipality lawfully enact an ordinance requiring contractors to pay a prevailing wage rate, including fringe benefits, on public works contracts let by the municipality?
SUMMARY: Pending legislative or judicial clarification, a municipality has the authority to enact an ordinance requiring contractors to pay a prevailing wage rate, including fringe benefits, on public works contracts let by the municipality. Section 215.19, F. S., provides in part that: (1)(a) Every contract in excess of $5,000 in amount to which the state, any county or municipality in the state, or any…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. ParrishSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Rinzler v. CarsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
- Wholesale Laundry Board of Trade, Inc. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
- Mayor of Baltimore v. SitnickCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- Walker v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
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