§ 17-220. Payroll records

   (a) Required. -- Each contractor required to pay the prevailing wage rate shall:

   (1) keep payroll records covering work performed directly at the work site in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner; and

   (2) allow the Commissioner or the public body to inspect the records at any reasonable time and as often as necessary.

(b) Copies to Commissioner and public body. --

   (1) Each contractor shall submit a complete copy of the payroll records of the contractor and, for work performed at the work site, of the subcontractors in the form that the Commissioner specifies by regulation to:

      (i) the public body; and

      (ii) the Commissioner.

   (2) The Commissioner and the public body shall make payroll records available for public inspection during regular business hours.

(c) Statements of contractors and subcontractors. -- Each copy of the payroll records shall be accompanied by a statement that is signed by the contractor or, for the subcontractor's records, by the subcontractor and indicates that:

   (1) the payroll records are correct;

   (2) the wage rates paid are not less than those established by the Commissioner as set forth in the public work contract;

   (3) the classification set forth for each employee conforms with the work performed by that employee; and

   (4) the contractor or subcontractor has complied with each requirement of this subtitle.

(d) Penalties for noncompliance. -- If a contractor is late in submitting copies of the payroll records required under subsection (b) of this section:

   (1) the public body may postpone the processing of partial payment estimates under the public work contract pending receipt of the copies; and

   (2) the contractor shall be liable to the public body for liquidated damages of $ 10 for each calendar day the records are late.

HISTORY: SF § 12-306; 1988, ch. 48, § 2.