HB6262 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6262

 

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Sheri L Jesiel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 577/35-10
30 ILCS 577/35-11 new

    Amends the State Construction Minority and Female Building Trades Act. Provides that the failure to submit required apprenticeship reports is a violation of the Act. Creates penalties for violation of the Act. Provides that an entity that violates the provisions of the act or any rule adopted under the Act shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation found in the first audit by the Department of Labor. Provides that following a first audit, an entity shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each repeat violation found by the Department within a 5-year period. Provides that each violation of the Act for each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. Provides that in determining the amount of a penalty, the Director of the Department of Labor shall consider the gravity of the violations.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Construction Minority and Female
5Building Trades Act is amended by changing Section 35-10 and by
6adding Section 35-11 as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 577/35-10)
8    Sec. 35-10. Apprenticeship reports. Each labor
9organization and other entity in Illinois with one or more
10apprenticeship programs for construction trades, whether or
11not recognized and certified by the United States Department of
12Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, must report to
13the Illinois Department of Labor the information required to be
14reported to the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training by labor
15organizations with recognized and certified apprenticeship
16programs that lists the race, gender, ethnicity, and national
17origin of apprentices in that labor organization or entity. The
18information must be submitted to the Illinois Department of
19Labor as provided by rules adopted by the Department. For labor
20organizations with recognized and certified apprentice
21programs, the reporting requirement of this Section may be met
22by providing the Illinois Department of Labor, on a schedule
23adopted by the Department by rule, copies of the reports

 

 

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1submitted to the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. Failure
2to submit this report is a violation of this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
4    (30 ILCS 577/35-11 new)
5    Sec. 35-11. Penalties. An entity that violates any of the
6provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act shall
7be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each
8violation found in the first audit by the Illinois Department
9of Labor. Following a first audit, an entity shall be subject
10to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each repeat
11violation found by the Department within a 5-year period. For
12purposes of this Section, each violation of this Act for each
13day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and
14distinct violation. In determining the amount of a penalty, the
15Director of the Department of Labor shall consider the gravity
16of the violations.