103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1660

 

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 130/1a new
820 ILCS 130/11c new

    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 public body for work performed on 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 before 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 for which the waiver was used 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. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by adding
5Sections 1a and 11c as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 130/1a new)
7    Sec. 1a. Waiver. This Act does not apply to wages paid to
8all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf
9of a public body for work performed on a public works project
10with a total cost of $20,000 or less if no additional work is
11performed in connection with the project within 24 months
12after the completion of the project. A public body using this
13waiver shall notify the Department of Labor of each project
14for which the waiver is used within 60 days before commencing
15the project. The Department of Labor shall make available a
16form with which public bodies may make such notification,
17including a description of the project, the number of
18employees engaged in the project, the total cost of the
19project without using prevailing wage standards, the total
20cost of the project using prevailing wage standards, and any
21other reasonable information the Department of Labor deems
22appropriate. The waiver available under this Section is
23available only to the extent permitted under federal law and

 

 

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1regulations.
 
2    (820 ILCS 130/11c new)
3    Sec. 11c. Reports. Beginning in 2024, the Department of
4Labor shall submit to the Governor and General Assembly an
5annual report no later than January 31 of each year detailing
6the number of public works projects for which the waiver
7described in Section 1a was used in the preceding year, the
8total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage
9standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing
10wage standards, and any other information the Department of
11Labor deems appropriate.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.