§4085. Construction work; letting contracts

            A. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans may do construction work on its public systems of water, sewerage, and drainage, with its own forces in those cases where the amount of work involved in the particular project does not exceed the annual amount in accordance with R.S. 38:2212.

            B.(1) For all public works contracts where the amount of the contract exceeds the limit in accordance with R.S. 38:2212, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall let the contract to the lowest responsible and qualified bidder after advertising as required by R.S. 38:2212.

            (2) All bidders bidding on public works for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall submit all bid forms required by statute or by the Louisiana Administrative Code to the governing authority of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans prior to the opening of all bids relative to a contract for public works in accordance with R.S. 38:2212(B)(3)(a). In all such contracts, regardless of the amount, which require or involve the employment of mechanics or laborers the specifications shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various classes of laborers and mechanics which shall be based upon the wages that will be determined by the secretary of the Department of Labor of the United States to be the prevailing wage of the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on projects of a character similar to the contract work within the city of New Orleans.

            C. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1126, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.

            Amended by Acts 1952, No. 262, §6; Acts 1968, No. 528, §1; Acts 1978, No. 410, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 111, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 1290, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1126, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 548, §1, eff. June 25, 2010; Acts 2020, No. 227, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.