Section 24-92-202 - Contractors subject to provisions - weekly payment of employees - rules(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project by an agency of government in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more, and any subcontractors working on the public project, shall pay their employees at weekly intervals and shall comply with the enforcement provisions established in section 24-92-209. This part 2 applies to a contract for a public project awarded pursuant to part 1 of this article 92 and to an integrated project delivery contract for a public project awarded pursuant to article 93 of this title 24. This part 2 does not apply to contracts for public projects that receive federal funding.(2) This part 2 does not apply to the department of transportation, regardless of the amount or funding source of the public project; except that a contractor performing work on a public project for the department of transportation is required to pay employees performing work on any public project, regardless of the amount or funding source of the public project, in accordance with the wage requirements of the federal "Davis-Bacon Act", 40 U.S.C. sec. 3141 et seq., and related federal acts. Any work performed on a public project under the supervision of the department of transportation that is electrical work, as defined in section 12-115-103 (5), must utilize licensed journeymen electricians, as defined in section 12-115-103 (6), licensed master electricians, as defined in section 12-115-103 (7), or registered and properly supervised apprentices, as defined in section 12-115-103 (1), regardless of whether the work is performed by department of transportation employees or performed by a contractor on behalf of the department of transportation.(3) The director may promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of this title 24 as may be necessary to administer and enforce any requirement of this part 2.Amended by 2021 Ch. 181, § 4, eff. 9/7/2021.Added by 2019 Ch. 316, § 2, eff. 8/2/2019 and applicable to solicitations issued on or after 7/1/2021, except that for institutions of higher education and the Auraria higher education center created in article 70 of title 23, Colorado Revised Statutes, applicable to public projects approved by their governing boards on or after 7/1/2021.L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 2950, p. 2950, § 2, effective August 2. Section 5(2) of chapter 181 (HB 21-1056), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to any public project for which an invitation for bids is made on or after September 7, 2021.
2021 Ch. 181, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).