103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3748

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Sue Rezin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 655/5.5  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 609.1
820 ILCS 130/2  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2

    Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate a business that intends to establish a new wind power facility or a utility-scale solar facility as a high impact business only if the municipality in which the facility will be located (or the county in which the facility will be located, if the facility will be located in an unincorporated area of the county) approves, in writing, the designation of the business as a high impact business. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Prevailing Wage Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by
5changing Section 5.5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 655/5.5)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 609.1)
7    Sec. 5.5. High Impact Business.
8    (a) In order to respond to unique opportunities to assist
9in the encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of
10the private sector through large scale investment and
11development projects, the Department is authorized to receive
12and approve applications for the designation of "High Impact
13Businesses" in Illinois, for an initial term of 20 years with
14an option for renewal for a term not to exceed 20 years,
15subject to the following conditions:
16        (1) such applications may be submitted at any time
17    during the year;
18        (2) such business is not located, at the time of
19    designation, in an enterprise zone designated pursuant to
20    this Act;
21        (3) the business intends to do one or more of the
22    following:
23            (A) the business intends to make a minimum

 

 

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1        investment of $12,000,000 which will be placed in
2        service in qualified property and intends to create
3        500 full-time equivalent jobs at a designated location
4        in Illinois or intends to make a minimum investment of
5        $30,000,000 which will be placed in service in
6        qualified property and intends to retain 1,500
7        full-time retained jobs at a designated location in
8        Illinois. The terms "placed in service" and "qualified
9        property" have the same meanings as described in
10        subsection (h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
11        Tax Act; or
12            (B) the business intends to establish a new
13        electric generating facility at a designated location
14        in Illinois. "New electric generating facility", for
15        purposes of this Section, means a newly constructed
16        electric generation plant or a newly constructed
17        generation capacity expansion at an existing electric
18        generation plant, including the transmission lines and
19        associated equipment that transfers electricity from
20        points of supply to points of delivery, and for which
21        such new foundation construction commenced not sooner
22        than July 1, 2001. Such facility shall be designed to
23        provide baseload electric generation and shall operate
24        on a continuous basis throughout the year; and (i)
25        shall have an aggregate rated generating capacity of
26        at least 1,000 megawatts for all new units at one site

 

 

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1        if it uses natural gas as its primary fuel and
2        foundation construction of the facility is commenced
3        on or before December 31, 2004, or shall have an
4        aggregate rated generating capacity of at least 400
5        megawatts for all new units at one site if it uses coal
6        or gases derived from coal as its primary fuel and
7        shall support the creation of at least 150 new
8        Illinois coal mining jobs, or (ii) shall be funded
9        through a federal Department of Energy grant before
10        December 31, 2010 and shall support the creation of
11        Illinois coal-mining jobs, or (iii) shall use coal
12        gasification or integrated gasification-combined cycle
13        units that generate electricity or chemicals, or both,
14        and shall support the creation of Illinois coal-mining
15        jobs. The term "placed in service" has the same
16        meaning as described in subsection (h) of Section 201
17        of the Illinois Income Tax Act; or
18            (B-5) the business intends to establish a new
19        gasification facility at a designated location in
20        Illinois. As used in this Section, "new gasification
21        facility" means a newly constructed coal gasification
22        facility that generates chemical feedstocks or
23        transportation fuels derived from coal (which may
24        include, but are not limited to, methane, methanol,
25        and nitrogen fertilizer), that supports the creation
26        or retention of Illinois coal-mining jobs, and that

 

 

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1        qualifies for financial assistance from the Department
2        before December 31, 2010. A new gasification facility
3        does not include a pilot project located within
4        Jefferson County or within a county adjacent to
5        Jefferson County for synthetic natural gas from coal;
6        or
7            (C) the business intends to establish production
8        operations at a new coal mine, re-establish production
9        operations at a closed coal mine, or expand production
10        at an existing coal mine at a designated location in
11        Illinois not sooner than July 1, 2001; provided that
12        the production operations result in the creation of
13        150 new Illinois coal mining jobs as described in
14        subdivision (a)(3)(B) of this Section, and further
15        provided that the coal extracted from such mine is
16        utilized as the predominant source for a new electric
17        generating facility. The term "placed in service" has
18        the same meaning as described in subsection (h) of
19        Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act; or
20            (D) the business intends to construct new
21        transmission facilities or upgrade existing
22        transmission facilities at designated locations in
23        Illinois, for which construction commenced not sooner
24        than July 1, 2001. For the purposes of this Section,
25        "transmission facilities" means transmission lines
26        with a voltage rating of 115 kilovolts or above,

 

 

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1        including associated equipment, that transfer
2        electricity from points of supply to points of
3        delivery and that transmit a majority of the
4        electricity generated by a new electric generating
5        facility designated as a High Impact Business in
6        accordance with this Section. The term "placed in
7        service" has the same meaning as described in
8        subsection (h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
9        Tax Act; or
10            (E) the business intends to establish a new wind
11        power facility at a designated location in Illinois
12        and the municipality in which the wind power facility
13        will be located (or the county in which the wind power
14        facility will be located, if the facility will be
15        located in an unincorporated area of the county)
16        approves, in writing, the designation of the business
17        as a high impact business. For purposes of this
18        Section, "new wind power facility" means a newly
19        constructed electric generation facility, a newly
20        constructed expansion of an existing electric
21        generation facility, or the replacement of an existing
22        electric generation facility, including the demolition
23        and removal of an electric generation facility
24        irrespective of whether it will be replaced, placed in
25        service or replaced on or after July 1, 2009, that
26        generates electricity using wind energy devices, and

 

 

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1        such facility shall be deemed to include any permanent
2        structures associated with the electric generation
3        facility and all associated transmission lines,
4        substations, and other equipment related to the
5        generation of electricity from wind energy devices.
6        For purposes of this Section, "wind energy device"
7        means any device, with a nameplate capacity of at
8        least 0.5 megawatts, that is used in the process of
9        converting kinetic energy from the wind to generate
10        electricity; or
11            (E-5) the business intends to establish a new
12        utility-scale solar facility at a designated location
13        in Illinois and the municipality in which the solar
14        facility will be located (or the county in which the
15        solar facility will be located, if the facility will
16        be located in an unincorporated area of the county)
17        approves, in writing, the designation of the business
18        as a high impact business. For purposes of this
19        Section, "new utility-scale solar power facility"
20        means a newly constructed electric generation
21        facility, or a newly constructed expansion of an
22        existing electric generation facility, placed in
23        service on or after July 1, 2021, that (i) generates
24        electricity using photovoltaic cells and (ii) has a
25        nameplate capacity that is greater than 5,000
26        kilowatts, and such facility shall be deemed to

 

 

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1        include all associated transmission lines,
2        substations, energy storage facilities, and other
3        equipment related to the generation and storage of
4        electricity from photovoltaic cells; or
5            (F) the business commits to (i) make a minimum
6        investment of $500,000,000, which will be placed in
7        service in a qualified property, (ii) create 125
8        full-time equivalent jobs at a designated location in
9        Illinois, (iii) establish a fertilizer plant at a
10        designated location in Illinois that complies with the
11        set-back standards as described in Table 1: Initial
12        Isolation and Protective Action Distances in the 2012
13        Emergency Response Guidebook published by the United
14        States Department of Transportation, (iv) pay a
15        prevailing wage for employees at that location who are
16        engaged in construction activities, and (v) secure an
17        appropriate level of general liability insurance to
18        protect against catastrophic failure of the fertilizer
19        plant or any of its constituent systems; in addition,
20        the business must agree to enter into a construction
21        project labor agreement including provisions
22        establishing wages, benefits, and other compensation
23        for employees performing work under the project labor
24        agreement at that location; for the purposes of this
25        Section, "fertilizer plant" means a newly constructed
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1        of anhydrous ammonia and downstream nitrogen
2        fertilizer products for resale; for the purposes of
3        this Section, "prevailing wage" means the hourly cash
4        wages plus fringe benefits for training and
5        apprenticeship programs approved by the U.S.
6        Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and
7        Training, health and welfare, insurance, vacations and
8        pensions paid generally, in the locality in which the
9        work is being performed, to employees engaged in work
10        of a similar character on public works; this paragraph
11        (F) applies only to businesses that submit an
12        application to the Department within 60 days after
13        July 25, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act
14        98-109); and
15        (4) no later than 90 days after an application is
16    submitted, the Department shall notify the applicant of
17    the Department's determination of the qualification of the
18    proposed High Impact Business under this Section.
19    (b) Businesses designated as High Impact Businesses
20pursuant to subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this Section shall
21qualify for the credits and exemptions described in the
22following Acts: Section 9-222 and Section 9-222.1A of the
23Public Utilities Act, subsection (h) of Section 201 of the
24Illinois Income Tax Act, and Section 1d of the Retailers'
25Occupation Tax Act; provided that these credits and exemptions
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1minimum investments set forth in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this
2Section have been placed in service in qualified properties
3and, in the case of the exemptions described in the Public
4Utilities Act and Section 1d of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
5Act, the minimum full-time equivalent jobs or full-time
6retained jobs set forth in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this
7Section have been created or retained. Businesses designated
8as High Impact Businesses under this Section shall also
9qualify for the exemption described in Section 5l of the
10Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The credit provided in
11subsection (h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act
12shall be applicable to investments in qualified property as
13set forth in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this Section.
14    (b-5) Businesses designated as High Impact Businesses
15pursuant to subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(B-5), (a)(3)(C),
16and (a)(3)(D) of this Section shall qualify for the credits
17and exemptions described in the following Acts: Section 51 of
18the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Section 9-222 and Section
199-222.1A of the Public Utilities Act, and subsection (h) of
20Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act; however, the
21credits and exemptions authorized under Section 9-222 and
22Section 9-222.1A of the Public Utilities Act, and subsection
23(h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act shall not be
24authorized until the new electric generating facility, the new
25gasification facility, the new transmission facility, or the
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1that a new electric generating facility whose primary fuel
2source is natural gas is eligible only for the exemption under
3Section 5l of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
4    (b-6) Businesses designated as High Impact Businesses on
5or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
6103rd General Assembly pursuant to subdivision (a)(3)(E) or
7(a)(3)(E-5) of this Section shall qualify for the exemptions
8described in Section 5l of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act;
9any business so designated as a High Impact Business being,
10for purposes of this Section, a "Wind Energy Business".
11    (b-7) Beginning on January 1, 2021, businesses designated
12as High Impact Businesses by the Department shall qualify for
13the High Impact Business construction jobs credit under
14subsection (h-5) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act
15if the business meets the criteria set forth in subsection (i)
16of this Section. The total aggregate amount of credits awarded
17under the Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of Public Act 101-9)
18shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any State fiscal year.
19    (c) High Impact Businesses located in federally designated
20foreign trade zones or sub-zones are also eligible for
21additional credits, exemptions and deductions as described in
22the following Acts: Section 9-221 and Section 9-222.1 of the
23Public Utilities Act; and subsection (g) of Section 201, and
24Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
25    (d) Existing Except for businesses contemplated under
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1Illinois businesses which apply for designation as a High
2Impact Business must provide the Department with the
3prospective plan for which 1,500 full-time retained jobs would
4be eliminated in the event that the business is not
5designated.
6    (e) New Except for new wind power facilities contemplated
7under subdivision (a)(3)(E) of this Section, new proposed
8facilities which apply for designation as High Impact Business
9must provide the Department with proof of alternative
10non-Illinois sites which would receive the proposed investment
11and job creation in the event that the business is not
12designated as a High Impact Business.
13    (f) If Except for businesses contemplated under
14subdivision (a)(3)(E) of this Section, in the event that a
15business is designated a High Impact Business and it is later
16determined after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a
17hearing as provided under the Illinois Administrative
18Procedure Act, that the business would have placed in service
19in qualified property the investments and created or retained
20the requisite number of jobs without the benefits of the High
21Impact Business designation, the Department shall be required
22to immediately revoke the designation and notify the Director
23of the Department of Revenue who shall begin proceedings to
24recover all wrongfully exempted State taxes with interest. The
25business shall also be ineligible for all State funded
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1    (g) The Department shall revoke a High Impact Business
2designation if the participating business fails to comply with
3the terms and conditions of the designation.
4    (h) Prior to designating a business, the Department shall
5provide the members of the General Assembly and Commission on
6Government Forecasting and Accountability with a report
7setting forth the terms and conditions of the designation and
8guarantees that have been received by the Department in
9relation to the proposed business being designated.
10    (i) High Impact Business construction jobs credit.
11Beginning on January 1, 2021, a High Impact Business may
12receive a tax credit against the tax imposed under subsections
13(a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act in an
14amount equal to 50% of the amount of the incremental income tax
15attributable to High Impact Business construction jobs credit
16employees employed in the course of completing a High Impact
17Business construction jobs project. However, the High Impact
18Business construction jobs credit may equal 75% of the amount
19of the incremental income tax attributable to High Impact
20Business construction jobs credit employees if the High Impact
21Business construction jobs credit project is located in an
22underserved area.
23    The Department shall certify to the Department of Revenue:
24(1) the identity of taxpayers that are eligible for the High
25Impact Business construction jobs credit; and (2) the amount
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1claimed pursuant to subsection (h-5) of Section 201 of the
2Illinois Income Tax Act in each taxable year. Any business
3entity that receives a High Impact Business construction jobs
4credit shall maintain a certified payroll pursuant to
5subsection (j) of this Section.
6    As used in this subsection (i):
7    "High Impact Business construction jobs credit" means an
8amount equal to 50% (or 75% if the High Impact Business
9construction project is located in an underserved area) of the
10incremental income tax attributable to High Impact Business
11construction job employees. The total aggregate amount of
12credits awarded under the Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of
13Public Act 101-9) shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any State
14fiscal year
15    "High Impact Business construction job employee" means a
16laborer or worker who is employed by an Illinois contractor or
17subcontractor in the actual construction work on the site of a
18High Impact Business construction job project.
19    "High Impact Business construction jobs project" means
20building a structure or building or making improvements of any
21kind to real property, undertaken and commissioned by a
22business that was designated as a High Impact Business by the
23Department. The term "High Impact Business construction jobs
24project" does not include the routine operation, routine
25repair, or routine maintenance of existing structures,
26buildings, or real property.

 

 

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1    "Incremental income tax" means the total amount withheld
2during the taxable year from the compensation of High Impact
3Business construction job employees.
4    "Underserved area" means a geographic area that meets one
5or more of the following conditions:
6        (1) the area has a poverty rate of at least 20%
7    according to the latest American Community Survey;
8        (2) 35% or more of the families with children in the
9    area are living below 130% of the poverty line, according
10    to the latest American Community Survey;
11        (3) at least 20% of the households in the area receive
12    assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
13    Program (SNAP); or
14        (4) the area has an average unemployment rate, as
15    determined by the Illinois Department of Employment
16    Security, that is more than 120% of the national
17    unemployment average, as determined by the U.S. Department
18    of Labor, for a period of at least 2 consecutive calendar
19    years preceding the date of the application.
20    (j) Each contractor and subcontractor who is engaged in
21and executing a High Impact Business Construction jobs
22project, as defined under subsection (i) of this Section, for
23a business that is entitled to a credit pursuant to subsection
24(i) of this Section shall:
25        (1) make and keep, for a period of 5 years from the
26    date of the last payment made on or after June 5, 2019 (the

 

 

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1    effective date of Public Act 101-9) on a contract or
2    subcontract for a High Impact Business Construction Jobs
3    Project, records for all laborers and other workers
4    employed by the contractor or subcontractor on the
5    project; the records shall include:
6            (A) the worker's name;
7            (B) the worker's address;
8            (C) the worker's telephone number, if available;
9            (D) the worker's social security number;
10            (E) the worker's classification or
11        classifications;
12            (F) the worker's gross and net wages paid in each
13        pay period;
14            (G) the worker's number of hours worked each day;
15            (H) the worker's starting and ending times of work
16        each day;
17            (I) the worker's hourly wage rate;
18            (J) the worker's hourly overtime wage rate;
19            (K) the worker's race and ethnicity; and
20            (L) the worker's gender;
21        (2) no later than the 15th day of each calendar month,
22    provide a certified payroll for the immediately preceding
23    month to the taxpayer in charge of the High Impact
24    Business construction jobs project; within 5 business days
25    after receiving the certified payroll, the taxpayer shall
26    file the certified payroll with the Department of Labor

 

 

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1    and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; a
2    certified payroll must be filed for only those calendar
3    months during which construction on a High Impact Business
4    construction jobs project has occurred; the certified
5    payroll shall consist of a complete copy of the records
6    identified in paragraph (1) of this subsection (j), but
7    may exclude the starting and ending times of work each
8    day; the certified payroll shall be accompanied by a
9    statement signed by the contractor or subcontractor or an
10    officer, employee, or agent of the contractor or
11    subcontractor which avers that:
12            (A) he or she has examined the certified payroll
13        records required to be submitted by the Act and such
14        records are true and accurate; and
15            (B) the contractor or subcontractor is aware that
16        filing a certified payroll that he or she knows to be
17        false is a Class A misdemeanor.
18    A general contractor is not prohibited from relying on a
19certified payroll of a lower-tier subcontractor, provided the
20general contractor does not knowingly rely upon a
21subcontractor's false certification.
22    Any contractor or subcontractor subject to this
23subsection, and any officer, employee, or agent of such
24contractor or subcontractor whose duty as an officer,
25employee, or agent it is to file a certified payroll under this
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1payroll on or before the date such certified payroll is
2required by this paragraph to be filed and any person who
3willfully files a false certified payroll that is false as to
4any material fact is in violation of this Act and guilty of a
5Class A misdemeanor.
6    The taxpayer in charge of the project shall keep the
7records submitted in accordance with this subsection on or
8after June 5, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-9) for
9a period of 5 years from the date of the last payment for work
10on a contract or subcontract for the High Impact Business
11construction jobs project.
12    The records submitted in accordance with this subsection
13shall be considered public records, except an employee's
14address, telephone number, and social security number, and
15made available in accordance with the Freedom of Information
16Act. The Department of Labor shall share the information with
17the Department in order to comply with the awarding of a High
18Impact Business construction jobs credit. A contractor,
19subcontractor, or public body may retain records required
20under this Section in paper or electronic format.
21    (k) Upon 7 business days' notice, each contractor and
22subcontractor shall make available for inspection and copying
23at a location within this State during reasonable hours, the
24records identified in this subsection (j) to the taxpayer in
25charge of the High Impact Business construction jobs project,
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1Labor and his or her deputies and agents, and to federal,
2State, or local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.
3    (l) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
4Act of the 102nd General Assembly, other than the changes in
5subsection (a), apply to high impact businesses that submit
6applications on or after the effective date of this amendatory
7Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
8(Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 102-108, eff. 1-1-22;
9102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-605, eff. 8-27-21; 102-662, eff.
109-15-21; 102-673, eff. 11-30-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
11102-1125, eff. 2-3-23.)
 
12    Section 10. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
13Section 2 as follows:
 
14    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
15    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
16mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
17hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
18contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
19repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
20whether owned, leased, or rented.
21    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
22otherwise:
23    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
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1out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
2all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
3loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
4any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
5to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
6(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
7Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
8Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act,
9or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
10available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
11funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
12Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
13Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
146z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
15under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
16authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond
17Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of
18the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes
19under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public
20works" also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in
21part with funds from the Environmental Protection Agency under
22the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
23there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
24pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public
25Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or the
26Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act;

 

 

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1(iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private agreement
2under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act;
3and (iv) all transportation facilities undertaken under a
4design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General
5Contractor contract under the Innovations for Transportation
6Infrastructure Act. "Public works" also includes all projects
7at leased facility property used for airport purposes under
8Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act. "Public
9works" also includes the construction of a new wind power
10facility by a business designated on or before the effective
11date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly as a
12High Impact Business or under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) and the
13construction of a new utility-scale solar power facility by a
14business designated on or before the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly as a High Impact
16Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E-5) of the Illinois
17Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" also includes electric
18vehicle charging station projects financed pursuant to the
19Electric Vehicle Act and renewable energy projects required to
20pay the prevailing wage pursuant to the Illinois Power Agency
21Act. "Public works" does not include work done directly by any
22public utility company, whether or not done under public
23supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of
24public funds. "Public works" also includes construction
25projects performed by a third party contracted by any public
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1public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the
2Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public
3supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of
4public funds. "Public works" also includes construction
5projects that exceed 15 aggregate miles of new fiber optic
6cable, performed by a third party contracted by any public
7utility, as described in subsection (b) of Section 2.1, in
8public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the
9Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public
10supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of
11public funds. "Public works" also includes any corrective
12action performed pursuant to Title XVI of the Environmental
13Protection Act for which payment from the Underground Storage
14Tank Fund is requested. "Public works" does not include
15projects undertaken by the owner at an owner-occupied
16single-family residence or at an owner-occupied unit of a
17multi-family residence. "Public works" does not include work
18performed for soil and water conservation purposes on
19agricultural lands, whether or not done under public
20supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,
21done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of
22those lands.
23    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
24laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
25repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
26whether owned, leased, or rented.

 

 

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1    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
2public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
3available in the county a sufficient number of competent
4skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
5public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any
6other county nearest the one in which the work or construction
7is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained
8in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
9respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
10Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
11of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
12construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
13workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
14    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
15commission of the State or any political subdivision or
16department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
17in part by public funds, and includes every county, city,
18town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
19reclamation improvement or other district and every other
20political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
21whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
22operates under a special charter or not.
23    "Labor organization" means an organization that is the
24exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized
25or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act.
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1"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
2wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
3annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
4programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
5Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
6vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
7which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
8work of a similar character on public works.
9(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 1-1-22; 102-444, eff. 8-20-21;
10102-673, eff. 11-30-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1094, eff.
116-15-22.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.