94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2364

 

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

 

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

    Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the exemption from the Act for suppliers, sellers, or manufactures, when applied to transportation of aggregate materials including, but not limited to, sand and gravel, asphalt, or concrete, shall apply only to employees of those same suppliers, sellers, or manufactures who are engaged in the transportation of those materials and does not extend to any third parties. Effective immediately.


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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.
8     (a) Not less than the general prevailing rate of hourly
9 wages for work of a similar character on public works in the
10 locality in which the work is performed, and not less than the
11 general prevailing rate of hourly wages for legal holiday and
12 overtime work, shall be paid to all laborers, workers and
13 mechanics employed by or on behalf of any public body engaged
14 in the construction of public works. Only such laborers,
15 workers and mechanics as are directly employed by contractors
16 or subcontractors in actual construction work on the site of
17 the building or construction job, and laborers, workers and
18 mechanics engaged in the transportation of materials and
19 equipment to or from the site, but not including the
20 transportation by the sellers and suppliers or the manufacture
21 or processing of materials or equipment, in the execution of
22 any contract or contracts for public works with any public body
23 shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. The wage for
24 a tradesman performing maintenance is equivalent to that of a
25 tradesman engaged in construction.
26     (b) The exemption from this Act for suppliers, sellers, or
27 manufactures, when applied to transportation of aggregate
28 materials including, but not limited to, sand and gravel,
29 asphalt, or concrete, shall apply only to employees of those
30 same suppliers, sellers, or manufactures who are engaged in the
31 transportation of those materials and does not extend to any
32 third parties.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-16, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.