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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 funds | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | or anything of value . "Public works" as
defined herein includes | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | all projects financed in whole
or in part with bonds issued | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond
Act (Article 11, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the Industrial
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21 | Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance Authority Act,
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22 | the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or the Build | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Illinois Bond Act,
and all projects financed in whole or in |
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1 | part with loans or other funds made
available pursuant to the | ||||||
2 | Build Illinois Act. "Public works" also includes
all projects | ||||||
3 | financed in whole or in part with funds from the Fund for
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4 | Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State Finance Act, | ||||||
5 | funds for school
construction under Section 5 of the General | ||||||
6 | Obligation Bond Act, funds
authorized under Section 3 of the | ||||||
7 | School Construction Bond Act, funds for
school infrastructure | ||||||
8 | under 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.
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17 | "Construction" means all work on public works involving | ||||||
18 | laborers,
workers or mechanics.
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19 | "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon | ||||||
20 | public works
is performed, except (1) that if there is not | ||||||
21 | available in the county a
sufficient number of competent | ||||||
22 | skilled laborers, workers and mechanics
to construct the public | ||||||
23 | works efficiently and properly, "locality"
includes any other | ||||||
24 | county nearest the one in which the work or
construction is to | ||||||
25 | be performed and from which such persons may be
obtained in | ||||||
26 | sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
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1 | respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
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2 | Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion | ||||||
3 | of the
Secretary of the Department of Transportation be | ||||||
4 | construed to include
two or more adjacent counties from which | ||||||
5 | workers may be accessible for
work on such construction.
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6 | "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or | ||||||
7 | commission of
the State or any political subdivision or | ||||||
8 | department thereof, or any
institution supported in whole or in | ||||||
9 | part by public funds,
and includes every county, city, town,
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10 | village, township, school district, irrigation, utility, | ||||||
11 | reclamation
improvement or other district and every other | ||||||
12 | political subdivision,
district or municipality of the state | ||||||
13 | whether such political
subdivision, municipality or district | ||||||
14 | operates under a special charter
or not.
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15 | The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages", | ||||||
16 | "general
prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of | ||||||
17 | wages" when used in
this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus | ||||||
18 | fringe benefits for training and
apprenticeship programs | ||||||
19 | approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
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20 | Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance, | ||||||
21 | vacations and
pensions paid generally, in the
locality in which | ||||||
22 | the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
work of a | ||||||
23 | similar character on public works.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-16, eff. 1-1-04; 93-205, | ||||||
25 | eff. 1-1-04; 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
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