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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
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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.
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11 | As used in this Act, unless the context indicates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | otherwise:
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13 | "Public works" means all fixed works constructed by
any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | public body, other than work done directly by any public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | utility
company, whether or not done under public supervision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | or direction,
or paid for wholly or in part out of public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | funds. "Public works" as
defined herein includes all projects | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | financed in whole
or in part with bonds issued under the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Industrial Project Revenue Bond
Act (Article 11, Division 74 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | the Illinois Municipal Code), the Industrial
Building Revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Bond Act, the Illinois Finance Authority Act,
the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Sports Facilities Authority Act, or the Build Illinois Bond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Act,
and all projects financed in whole or in part with loans |
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1 | or other funds made
available pursuant to the Build Illinois | ||||||
2 | Act. "Public works" also includes
all projects financed in | ||||||
3 | whole or in part with funds from the Fund for
Illinois' Future | ||||||
4 | under Section 6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school
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5 | construction under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond | ||||||
6 | Act, funds
authorized under Section 3 of the School | ||||||
7 | Construction Bond Act, funds for
school infrastructure under | ||||||
8 | Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act, and funds
for | ||||||
9 | transportation purposes under Section 4 of the General | ||||||
10 | Obligation Bond
Act. "Public works" also includes all projects | ||||||
11 | financed in whole or in part
with funds from the Department of | ||||||
12 | Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable | ||||||
13 | Fuels Development Program
Act for which there is no project | ||||||
14 | labor agreement. "Public works" also includes all projects at | ||||||
15 | leased facility property used for airport purposes under | ||||||
16 | Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act.
"Public | ||||||
17 | works" also includes any construction, demolition, | ||||||
18 | remediation, or renovation that requires a permit issued by the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency with an aggregate | ||||||
20 | amount of work in excess of $250,000.
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21 | "Construction" means all work on public works involving | ||||||
22 | laborers,
workers or mechanics.
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23 | "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon | ||||||
24 | public works
is performed, except (1) that if there is not | ||||||
25 | available in the county a
sufficient number of competent | ||||||
26 | skilled laborers, workers and mechanics
to construct the public |
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1 | works efficiently and properly, "locality"
includes any other | ||||||
2 | county nearest the one in which the work or
construction is to | ||||||
3 | be performed and from which such persons may be
obtained in | ||||||
4 | sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
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5 | respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
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6 | Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion | ||||||
7 | of the
Secretary of the Department of Transportation be | ||||||
8 | construed to include
two or more adjacent counties from which | ||||||
9 | workers may be accessible for
work on such construction.
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10 | "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or | ||||||
11 | commission of
the State or any political subdivision or | ||||||
12 | department thereof, or any
institution supported in whole or in | ||||||
13 | part by public funds,
and includes every county, city, town,
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14 | village, township, school district, irrigation, utility, | ||||||
15 | reclamation
improvement or other district and every other | ||||||
16 | political subdivision,
district or municipality of the state | ||||||
17 | whether such political
subdivision, municipality or district | ||||||
18 | operates under a special charter
or not.
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19 | The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages", | ||||||
20 | "general
prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of | ||||||
21 | wages" when used in
this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus | ||||||
22 | fringe benefits for training and
apprenticeship programs | ||||||
23 | approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
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24 | Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance, | ||||||
25 | vacations and
pensions paid generally, in the
locality in which | ||||||
26 | the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
work of a |
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1 | similar character on public works.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-16, eff. 1-1-04; 93-205, | ||||||
3 | eff. 1-1-04; 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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