City of Oklahoma City v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Department of Labor

HODGES, Justice.

This dispute concerns the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s Minimum Wages on Public Works Act, Okla.Stat. tit. 40, §§ 196.1-196.14 (1991), also known as the Prevailing Wage Act or the Little Davis-Bacon Act. This Court holds that the Act violates article IV, section 1, and article V, section 1 of the Oklahoma Constitution. It delegates the power to determine prevailing wages to a department of the federal government without setting standards for the exercise of that determination. Other assertions of unconstitutionality need not be addressed.

The City of Oklahoma City (City)…