093_HB3399
LRB093 07653 BDD 07832 b
1 AN ACT concerning employment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by
5 changing Section 2 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
7 Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
8 mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
9 hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
10 contracts for public works.
11 As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
12 otherwise:
13 "Public works" means all fixed works constructed for
14 public use by any public body, other than work done directly
15 by any public utility company, whether or not done under
16 public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in
17 part out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein
18 includes all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds
19 issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act (Article
20 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the Tax
21 Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act (Article 11, Division
22 74.4 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the Industrial Building
23 Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Development Finance Authority
24 Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or the
25 Build Illinois Bond Act, and all projects financed in whole
26 or in part with loans or other funds made available pursuant
27 to the Build Illinois Act or under the Illinois Enterprise
28 Zone Loan Act.
29 "Construction" means all work on public works involving
30 laborers, workers or mechanics.
31 "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
-2- LRB093 07653 BDD 07832 b
1 public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
2 available in the county a sufficient number of competent
3 skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
4 public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes
5 any other county nearest the one in which the work or
6 construction is to be performed and from which such persons
7 may be obtained in sufficient numbers to perform the work and
8 (2) that, with respect to contracts for highway work with the
9 Department of Transportation of this State, "locality" may at
10 the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of
11 Transportation be construed to include two or more adjacent
12 counties from which workers may be accessible for work on
13 such construction.
14 "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
15 commission of the State or any political subdivision or
16 department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
17 in part by public funds, authorized by law to construct
18 public works or to enter into any contract for the
19 construction of public works, and includes every county,
20 city, town, village, township, school district, irrigation,
21 utility, reclamation improvement or other district and every
22 other political subdivision, district or municipality of the
23 state whether such political subdivision, municipality or
24 district operates under a special charter or not.
25 The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
26 "general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
27 wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
28 fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
29 approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
30 Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
31 vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
32 which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
33 work of a similar character on public works.
34 (Source: P.A. 91-105, eff. 1-1-00; 91-935, eff. 6-1-01;
-3- LRB093 07653 BDD 07832 b
1 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.