Rep. Jim Sacia

Filed: 3/22/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1795

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1795 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
5Section 2 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.
13    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
14otherwise:
15    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
16demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part

 

 

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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, or
9the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
10available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; or funds from the
11Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State
12Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
13the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under Section
143 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for school
15infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act,
16and funds for transportation purposes under Section 4 of the
17General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works" also includes (i)
18all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the
19Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the
20Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
21there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
22pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public Private
23Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act; and (iii) all
24projects undertaken under a public-private agreement under the
25Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. "Public
26works" also includes all projects at leased facility property

 

 

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1used for airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local
2Government Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
3construction of a new wind power facility by a business
4designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
5of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
6include work done directly by any public utility company,
7whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
8paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
9does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
10owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
11unit of a multi-family residence.
12    "Public works" does not include any project of $25,000 or
13less performed for a charitable organization where all or a
14majority of the wages performed are donated and the project is
15not a federal-aid highway or funded with federal funds.
16    "Charitable organization" means any entity that has been
17designated as a 501(a) organization under the Internal Revenue
18Code by the United States Treasury.
19    "Donated wages" means that the contactor or subcontractor
20required payment by the public body of no more than 50% of the
21approved contract amount.
22    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
23laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
24repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
25whether owned, leased, or rented.
26    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon

 

 

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1public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
2available in the county a sufficient number of competent
3skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
4works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
5county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
6be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
7sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
8respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
9Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
10of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
11construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
12workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
13    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
14commission of the State or any political subdivision or
15department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
16part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,
17village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
18reclamation improvement or other district and every other
19political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
20whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
21operates under a special charter or not.
22    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
23"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
24wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
25fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
26approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of

 

 

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1Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
2vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
3the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
4similar character on public works.
5(Source: P.A. 96-28, eff. 7-1-09; 96-58, eff. 1-1-10; 96-186,
6eff. 1-1-10; 96-913, eff. 6-9-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-502,
7eff. 8-23-11.)".