093_HB3082enr HB3082 Enrolled LRB093 08226 JAM 08438 b 1 AN ACT in relation to procurement. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by 5 changing Section 25-60 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 500/25-60) 7 Sec. 25-60. Prevailing wage requirements. 8 (a) All services furnished under service contracts of 9 $2,000 or more or $200 or more per month and under printing 10 contracts shall be subject to the following prevailing wage 11 requirements: 12 (1) Not less than the general prevailing wage rate 13 of hourly wages for work of a similar character in the 14 locality in which the work is produced shall be paid by 15 the successful vendor to its employees who perform the 16 work on the State contracts. The bidder or offeror, in 17 order to be considered to be a responsible bidder or 18 offeror for the purposes of this Code, shall certify to 19 the purchasing agency that wages to be paid to its 20 employees are no less, and fringe benefits and working 21 conditions of employees are not less favorable, than 22 those prevailing in the locality where the contract is to 23 be performed. Prevailing wages and working conditions 24 shall be determined by the Director of the Illinois 25 Department of Labor. 26 (2) Whenever a collective bargaining agreement is 27 in effect between an employer, other than a governmental 28 body, and service or printing employees as defined in 29 this Section who are represented by a responsible 30 organization that is in no way influenced or controlled 31 by the management, that agreement and its provisions HB3082 Enrolled -2- LRB093 08226 JAM 08438 b 1 shall be considered as conditions prevalent in that 2 locality and shall be the minimum requirements taken into 3 consideration by the Director of Labor. 4(3) Collective bargaining agreements between State5employees and the State of Illinois shall not be taken6into account by the Department of Labor in determining7the prevailing wage rate.8 (b) As used in this Section, "services" means janitorial 9 cleaning services, window cleaning services, building and 10 grounds services, site technician services, natural resources 11 services, food services, and security services. "Printing" 12 means and includes all processes and operations involved in 13 printing, including but not limited to letterpress, offset, 14 and gravure processes, the multilith method, photographic or 15 other duplicating process, the operations of composition, 16 platemaking, presswork, and binding, and the end products of 17 those processes, methods, and operations. As used in this 18 Code "printing" does not include photocopiers used in the 19 course of normal business activities, photographic equipment 20 used for geographic mapping, or printed matter that is 21 commonly available to the general public from contractor 22 inventory. 23 (c) The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages", 24 "general prevailing rate of wages", or "prevailing rate of 25 wages" when used in this Section mean the hourly cash wages 26 plus fringe benefits for health and welfare, insurance, 27 vacations, and pensions paid generally, in the locality in 28 which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in 29 work of a similar character. 30 (d) "Locality" shall have the meaning established by 31 rule. 32 (e) This Section does not apply to services furnished 33 under contracts for professional or artistic services. 34 (f) This Section does not apply to vocational programs HB3082 Enrolled -3- LRB093 08226 JAM 08438 b 1 of training for physically or mentally handicapped persons or 2 to sheltered workshops for the severely disabled. 3 (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)