Section 6953.

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the San Diego Association of Governments shall comply with subdivision (f) of Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code and shall reimburse the Department of Industrial Relations for its reasonable and directly related costs of performing prevailing wage monitoring and enforcement on public works projects pursuant to rates established by the department as set forth in subdivision (h) of that section on projects using an alternative project delivery method under this chapter. All moneys collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, created by Section 1771.3 of the Labor Code, and shall be used only for enforcement of prevailing wage requirements on those projects.

(b) In lieu of complying with subdivision (a), the San Diego Association of Governments may elect to enter into a collective bargaining agreement that binds all of the contractors performing work on the project and that includes a mechanism for resolving disputes about the payment of wages.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 767, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2013.)