| 1-B.__Additional trades.__Any party affected by this chapter |
| that believes that there are more than 10 workers employed in the |
| State in a laborer, worker or mechanic trade or occupation for |
| which no wage and benefit rates were set based on the previous |
| survey may petition the director for inclusion of that trade or |
| occupation in a supplemental survey.__The director shall |
| determine if the proposed trade or occupation is a definable |
| trade or occupation, is one that has been or will be used in |
| construction of public works covered by this chapter and is |
| underrepresented in the survey process.__If the director confirms |
| these conditions, notwithstanding any other provision of this |
| chapter, the director may institute supplemental survey processes |
| to establish wage and benefit rates for the trade or occupation.__ |
| These supplemental survey processes must be conducted in |
| coordination with the regular survey and designed to minimize the |
| burden on any employer required to respond. |
