Colorado Code § 24-92-204

Specification in contract - payment of wages - amount and frequency - unclaimed prevailing wages special trust fund - creation
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(1) Every contract for a public
project subject to the provisions of this part 2 shall contain a stipulation that:
(a) The contractor and any subcontractors shall pay all the employees employed directly
on the site of the work, unconditionally and not less often than once a week, and without
subsequent deduction or rebate on any account, the full amounts accrued at time of payment
computed at wage rates not less than those stated in the competitive solicitation, regardless of
any contractual relationships that may be alleged to exist between the contractor or subcontractor
and the employees;
(b) The contractor and any subcontractors shall prepare and submit payroll reports to the
contracting agency of government on a monthly basis that disclose all relevant payroll
information, including the name and address of any entities to which fringe benefits are paid, and
that the contracting agency of government is required to review the certified payroll reports in a
timely manner as required by the state contract;
(c) The contractor and any subcontractors shall maintain on the site where public
projects are being constructed a daily log of employees employed each day on the public project.
The log shall include, at a minimum, for each employee his or her name, primary job title, and
employer, and shall be kept on a form prescribed by the director. The log shall be available for
inspection on the site at all times by the contracting agency of government and the director.
(d) If the contractor or any subcontractor fails to pay wages as are required by the
contract, the contracting agency of government shall not approve a warrant or demand for
payment to the contractor until the contractor furnishes the contracting agency of government
evidence satisfactory to such agency of government that such wages so required by the contract
have been paid; except that the contracting agency of government shall approve and pay any
portion of a warrant or demand for payment to the contractor to the extent the agency of
government has been furnished evidence satisfactory to the agency of government that the
contractor or one or more subcontractors has paid such wages required by the contract, even if
the contractor has not furnished evidence that all of the subcontractors have paid wages as
required by the contract. Any contractor or subcontractor may use the following procedure in
order to satisfy the requirements of this section:
(I) The contractor or subcontractor may submit to the director, for each employee to
whom such wages are due, a check as required by the director. Such check shall be payable to
that employee or to the state so it is negotiable by either of those parties. Each such check shall
be in an amount representing the difference between the accrued wages required to be paid to
that employee by the contract and the wages actually paid by the contractor or subcontractor.
(II) If any check submitted pursuant this subsection (1)(d) cannot be delivered to the
employee within a reasonable period as determined by the director, then it shall be negotiated by
the state and the proceeds deposited in the unclaimed property trust fund created in section 38-
13-116.6. Nothing in this subsection (1) shall be construed to lessen the responsibility of the
contractor or subcontractor to attempt to locate and pay any employee to whom wages are due.

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