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SCS/SB 1204 - This act prohibits permitted assessments from a workman's wages for the purpose of funding union job targeting programs, market recovery programs, or any other form of deduction which revert back to the benefit of the employer. Currently, persons employed on public works projects may not be assessed any portion of their wages except to a duly constituted labor organization.

This act prohibits employers from biding for or perform work on a construction project contemplated in Sections 290.210 to 290.340 where such bid or work performance includes any wage subsidies or rebates from any employees or labor organizations on such project or any other project or from any third party, in whole or in part, to subsidize the employer's labor costs on the project.

Further, this act modifies Section 290.340 by including agents or representatives of labor organizations as those who are subject to the penalty provisions of the prevailing wage law.

RICHARD MOORE