97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1629

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Chris Lauzen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 130/2  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2
820 ILCS 130/3  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3

    Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Act shall not apply to the wages of any owner, corporate officer, or other person vested with the responsibility of managing the affairs of a contractor or subcontractor with 25 employees or less.


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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 changing
5Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
7    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
8mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
9hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
10contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
11repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
12whether owned, leased, or rented. This Act shall not apply to
13the wages of any owner, corporate officer, or other person
14vested with the responsibility of managing the affairs of a
15contractor or subcontractor with 25 employees or less.
16    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
17otherwise:
18    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
19demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
20out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
21all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
22loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
23any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited

 

 

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1to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
2(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
3Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
4Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
5the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
6available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; or funds from the
7Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State
8Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
9the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under Section
103 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for school
11infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act,
12and funds for transportation purposes under Section 4 of the
13General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works" also includes (i)
14all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the
15Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the
16Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
17there is no project labor agreement and (ii) all work performed
18pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public Private
19Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act. "Public works" also
20includes all projects at leased facility property used for
21airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local Government
22Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
23construction of a new wind power facility by a business
24designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
25of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
26include work done directly by any public utility company,

 

 

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1whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
2paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
3does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
4owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
5unit of a multi-family residence.
6    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
7laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
8repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
9whether owned, leased, or rented.
10    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
11public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
12available in the county a sufficient number of competent
13skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
14works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
15county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
16be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
17sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
18respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
19Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
20of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
21construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
22workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
23    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
24commission of the State or any political subdivision or
25department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
26part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,

 

 

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1village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
2reclamation improvement or other district and every other
3political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
4whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
5operates under a special charter or not.
6    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
7"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
8wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
9fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
10approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
11Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
12vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
13the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
14similar character on public works.
15(Source: P.A. 95-341, eff. 8-21-07; 96-28, eff. 7-1-09; 96-58,
16eff. 1-1-10; 96-186, eff. 1-1-10; 96-913, eff. 6-9-10; 96-1000,
17eff. 7-2-10.)
 
18    (820 ILCS 130/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3)
19    Sec. 3. Not less than the general prevailing rate of hourly
20wages for work of a similar character on public works in the
21locality in which the work is performed, and not less than the
22general prevailing rate of hourly wages for legal holiday and
23overtime work, shall be paid to any all laborers, workers and
24mechanics, pursuant to Section 2 of this Act, and employed by
25or on behalf of any public body engaged in the construction or

 

 

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1demolition of public works. This includes any maintenance,
2repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
3whether owned, leased, or rented. Only such laborers, workers
4and mechanics as are directly employed by contractors or
5subcontractors in actual construction work on the site of the
6building or construction job, and laborers, workers and
7mechanics engaged in the transportation of materials and
8equipment to or from the site, but not including the
9transportation by the sellers and suppliers or the manufacture
10or processing of materials or equipment, in the execution of
11any contract or contracts for public works with any public body
12shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. The wage for
13a tradesman performing maintenance is equivalent to that of a
14tradesman engaged in construction or demolition.
15(Source: P.A. 95-341, eff. 8-21-07; 96-186, eff. 1-1-10.)