New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 11 - LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 1 - LABOR GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 2 - PUBLIC WORKS MINIMUM WAGE ACT POLICY MANUAL
Section 11.1.2.8 - PREAMBLE

A. Every contract or project in excess of $60,000 that the state or any political subdivision thereof is a party to for construction, alteration, demolition or repair or any combination of these, including painting and decorating, of public buildings, public works or public roads of the state and that requires or involves the employment of mechanics, laborers or both shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages and fringe benefits to be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics, which shall be based upon the wages and benefits that will be determined by the director to be prevailing for the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on contract work of a similar nature in the state or locality, and every contract or project shall contain a stipulation that the contractor, subcontractor, employer or a person acting as a contractor shall pay all mechanics and laborers employed on the site of the project unconditionally and not less often than once a week and without subsequent unlawful deductions or rebate on any account, at wage rates and fringe benefit rates not less than those determined by the director to be the prevailing wage rates and prevailing fringe benefit rates issued for the project.

B. Consistent with the provisions of 11.1.2.12 NMAC the director shall determine prevailing wage rates and prevailing fringe benefit rates for respective classes of laborers and mechanics employed on public works projects at the same wage rates and fringe benefit rates used in collective bargaining agreements between labor organizations and their signatory employers that govern predominantly similar classes or classifications of laborers and mechanics for the locality of the public works project and the crafts involved.