Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-4-402 (2026)
Part definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) "Commission" means the prevailing wage commission;
- (2) "Highway contractor" means any contractor, subcontractor, person, firm, or corporation engaged in a state construction project for the purpose of building, rebuilding, locating, relocating, or repairing any public highway;
- (3) "Prevailing wage" means the rate of pay as determined according to this part;
- (4) "Public highway" means any street, road, highway, expressway, bridge, or viaduct, including an adjacent right-of-way, that is constructed or maintained by the state, or any municipality or political subdivision of the state, and that is funded in whole or in part with federal or state highway funds;
- (5) "State contract" means any contractual agreement, written or oral, entered into by any person, firm or corporation with this state for the performance of work on a state highway construction project; and
- (6) "State highway construction project" means any construction project for the purpose of building, rebuilding, locating, relocating, or repairing any public highway.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 68,Secs.s1, s2 eff. 4/6/2015.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 280,s 2, eff. 1/1/2014.
Acts 1975, ch. 368, § 1; T.C.A., § 12-436.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2005–2005 · leading case: Frank Bros., Inc. v. Wisconsin Dep't of Transp., Frank Busalacchi, Sec'y, & Marilyn Kuick, Chief Eeo/labor Compliance, 409 F.3d 880 (7th Cir. 2005).
Frank Bros., Inc. v. Wisconsin Dep't of Transp., Frank Busalacchi, Sec'y, & Marilyn Kuick, Chief Eeo/labor Compliance, 409 F.3d 880 (7th Cir. 2005). “Laws § 37-13-6 (Rhode Island); Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-4-402 (Tennessee); Tex.”
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