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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4537 Introduced 1/31/2012, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 820 ILCS 130/1a new | | 820 ILCS 130/11c new | |
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Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to wages paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of a public body engaged in a public works project with a total cost of $20,000 or less if the public body notifies the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the project. Provides that the Department shall make available a form with which public bodies may make this notification.
Provides that the Department shall submit an annual report detailing the number of projects engaged using the waiver in the preceding year, the total number of employees engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other information the Department deems appropriate.
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| | HB4537 | | LRB097 17326 WGH 62527 b |
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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 adding |
| 5 | | Sections 1a and 11c as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 130/1a new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1a. Waiver. This Act does not apply to wages paid to |
| 8 | | all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf |
| 9 | | of any and all public bodies engaged in public works projects |
| 10 | | with a total cost of $20,000 or less if public bodies using |
| 11 | | this waiver notify the Department of Labor of each project for |
| 12 | | which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the |
| 13 | | project. The Department of Labor shall make available a form |
| 14 | | with which public bodies may make such notification, which |
| 15 | | includes a description of the project, the number of employees |
| 16 | | engaged in the project, the total cost of the project without |
| 17 | | using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of the project |
| 18 | | using prevailing wage standards, and any other reasonable |
| 19 | | information the Department of Labor deems appropriate.
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| 20 | | (820 ILCS 130/11c new) |
| 21 | | Sec. 11c. Reports. The Department of Labor shall submit to |
| 22 | | the Governor and General Assembly an annual report no later |