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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2781 Introduced , by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 820 ILCS 130/1a new | | 820 ILCS 130/11c new | |
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Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to wages paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of a public body engaged in a public works project with a total cost of $20,000 or less if the public body notifies the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the project. Provides that the Department shall make available a form with which public bodies may make this notification.
Provides that the Department shall submit an annual report detailing the number of projects engaged using the waiver in the preceding year, the total number of employees engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other information the Department deems appropriate.
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| | HB2781 | | LRB101 07551 JLS 52596 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Sections 1a and 11c as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 130/1a new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1a. Waiver. This Act does not apply to wages paid to |
| 8 | | all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf |
| 9 | | of any and all public bodies engaged in public works projects |
| 10 | | with a total cost of $20,000 or less for a "stand-alone" |
| 11 | | project (a project that will not have additional work within |
| 12 | | the next 24 months) if public bodies using this waiver notify |
| 13 | | the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is |
| 14 | | used within 60 days of commencing the project. The Department |
| 15 | | of Labor shall make available a form with which public bodies |
| 16 | | may make such notification, which includes a description of the |
| 17 | | project, the number of employees engaged in the project, the |
| 18 | | total cost of the project without using prevailing wage |
| 19 | | standards, the total cost of the project using prevailing wage |
| 20 | | standards, and any other reasonable information the Department |
| 21 | | of Labor deems appropriate. The waiver available under this |
| 22 | | Section is available only to the extent permitted under federal |
| 23 | | law and regulations.
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