93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5134

 

Introduced 02/05/04, by Dan Reitz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 130/3   from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3

    Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that workers who perform work specifically designated for installation on a public works project shall be deemed to be employed on public works.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing
5 Section 3 as follows:
 
6     (820 ILCS 130/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3)
7     Sec. 3. Not less than the general prevailing rate of hourly
8 wages for work of a similar character on public works in the
9 locality in which the work is performed, and not less than the
10 general prevailing rate of hourly wages for legal holiday and
11 overtime work, shall be paid to all laborers, workers and
12 mechanics employed by or on behalf of any public body engaged
13 in the construction of public works. Only such laborers,
14 workers and mechanics as are directly employed by contractors
15 or subcontractors in actual construction work on the site of
16 the building or construction job, or who perform work
17 specifically designated for installation on a public works
18 project, and laborers, workers and mechanics engaged in the
19 transportation of materials and equipment to or from the site,
20 but not including the transportation by the sellers and
21 suppliers or the manufacture or processing of materials or
22 equipment, in the execution of any contract or contracts for
23 public works with any public body shall be deemed to be
24 employed upon public works. The wage for a tradesman performing
25 maintenance is equivalent to that of a tradesman engaged in
26 construction.
27 (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-16, eff. 1-1-04.)