98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2364

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Sacia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/30-22
820 ILCS 130/2  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2
820 ILCS 130/3  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3
820 ILCS 130/4  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-4
820 ILCS 130/5  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5
820 ILCS 130/9  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-9
820 ILCS 130/11a  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11a
820 ILCS 130/11c new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that bidders shall participate in apprenticeship and training programs for trades the bidder specifies in the bid will be used in the performance of the contract. Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Excludes projects with a total cost of $25,000 or less, certain projects to be used for private purposes, and certain projects for charitable organizations. Excludes maintenance, repair, assembly, and disassembly work performed on equipment. Allows an action for damages for false complaints under the Act. Provides that a prevailing wage determined at the time of bid submission shall continue for the duration of the contract. Prohibits public bodies from denying a contract to a contractor based upon a complaint under the Act unless the contractor is debarred at the time of the bid; pre-empts home rule.


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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 30-22 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/30-22)
7    Sec. 30-22. Construction contracts; responsible bidder
8requirements. To be considered a responsible bidder on a
9construction contract for purposes of this Code, a bidder must
10comply with all of the following requirements and must present
11satisfactory evidence of that compliance to the appropriate
12construction agency:
13        (1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws
14    concerning the bidder's entitlement to conduct business in
15    Illinois.
16        (2) The bidder must comply with all applicable
17    provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act.
18        (3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal
19    Employment Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the
20    United States Code (42 U.S.C. 2000e and following) and with
21    Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive
22    Order No. 11375.
23        (4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer

 

 

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1    Identification Number or, if an individual, a valid Social
2    Security Number.
3        (5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of
4    insurance showing the following coverages: general
5    liability, professional liability, product liability,
6    workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous
7    occupation, and automobile.
8        (6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must
9    participate in applicable apprenticeship and training
10    programs, if any, that are (i) for those trades that the
11    bidder specifies in the bid will be used by the bidder or
12    the bidder's subcontractors in the performance of the
13    contract and (ii) approved by and registered with the
14    United States Department of Labor's Employment and
15    Training Administration, Office Bureau of Apprenticeship
16    and Training. For the purposes of this item (6),
17    participation shall meet all United States Department of
18    Labor standards and "participate" shall mean:
19            (i) a contractor or subcontractor not affiliated
20        with a collective bargaining unit shall provide a
21        certificate of registration issued by the United
22        States Department of Labor to the individual
23        contractor or to a program sponsor of the apprentice
24        program when the contractor or subcontractor
25        participates as part of a group; the contractor or
26        subcontractor shall also provide evidence that it is in

 

 

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1        "good standing" with the program sponsor when
2        participation is through a group with training
3        approved by the United States Department of Labor; or
4            (ii) a contractor or subcontractor affiliated with
5        a collective bargaining unit shall provide a copy of
6        the affiliated collective bargaining unit's
7        certificate of registration issued by the United
8        States Department of Labor and evidence from the
9        collective bargaining unit it is affiliated with that
10        the contractor is in good standing.
11        (7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the
12    Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish
13    additional requirements for responsible bidders. These
14    additional requirements, if established, shall be set
15    forth together with the other criteria contained in the
16    invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate
17    volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
18        (8) The bidder must submit a signed affidavit stating
19    that the bidder will maintain an Illinois office as the
20    primary place of employment for persons employed in the
21    construction authorized by the contract.
22    The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally
23funded construction projects if such application would
24jeopardize the receipt or use of federal funds in support of
25such a project.
26(Source: P.A. 97-369, eff. 8-15-11.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
2Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 11a and adding 11c as follows:
 
3    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
4    Sec. 2. Except for projects with a total cost of $25,000 or
5less, this This Act applies to the wages of laborers, mechanics
6and other workers employed in any public works, as hereinafter
7defined, by any public body and to anyone under contracts for
8public works. This includes any maintenance, repair, assembly,
9or disassembly work performed on equipment whether owned,
10leased, or rented.
11    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
12otherwise:
13    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
14demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
15out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
16all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
17loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
18any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
19to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
20(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
21Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
22Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
23the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
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1Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State
2Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
3the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under Section
43 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for school
5infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act,
6and funds for transportation purposes under Section 4 of the
7General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works" also includes (i)
8all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the
9Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the
10Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
11there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
12pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public Private
13Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act; and (iii) all
14projects undertaken under a public-private agreement under the
15Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. "Public
16works" also includes all projects at leased facility property
17used for airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local
18Government Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
19construction of a new wind power facility by a business
20designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
21of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
22include work done directly by any public utility company,
23whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
24paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
25does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
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1unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not
2include any project performed for a charitable organization
3where all or a majority of the wages performed are donated.
4    "Public works" does not include any project that is to be
5used for private purposes, the work is done by private
6contractors and subcontractors, and no less than 70% of the
7project's financing is provided by private sources.
8    "Charitable organization" means any entity that has been
9designated as a 501(c)(3) organization by the United States
10Treasury.
11    "Compensatory damages" or "actual damages" are the sum of
12economic and non-economic damages.
13    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
14laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
15repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
16whether owned, leased, or rented.
17    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
18public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
19available in the county a sufficient number of competent
20skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
21works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
22county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
23be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
24sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
25respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
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1of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
2construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
3workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
4    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
5commission of the State or any political subdivision or
6department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
7part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,
8village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
9reclamation improvement or other district and every other
10political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
11whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
12operates under a special charter or not.
13    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
14"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
15wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
16fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
17approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
18Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
19vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
20the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
21similar character on public works.
22(Source: P.A. 96-28, eff. 7-1-09; 96-58, eff. 1-1-10; 96-186,
23eff. 1-1-10; 96-913, eff. 6-9-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-502,
24eff. 8-23-11.)
 
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1    Sec. 3. Not less than the general prevailing rate of hourly
2wages for work of a similar character on public works in the
3locality in which the work is performed, and not less than the
4general prevailing rate of hourly wages for legal holiday and
5overtime work, shall be paid to any all laborers, workers and
6mechanics, pursuant to Section 2 of this Act, employed by or on
7behalf of any public body engaged in the construction or
8demolition of public works. This includes any maintenance,
9repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
10whether owned, leased, or rented. Only such laborers, workers
11and mechanics as are directly employed by contractors or
12subcontractors in actual construction work on the site of the
13building or construction job, and laborers, workers and
14mechanics engaged in the transportation of materials and
15equipment to or from the site, but not including the
16transportation by the sellers and suppliers or the manufacture
17or processing of materials or equipment, in the execution of
18any contract or contracts for public works with any public body
19shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. The wage for
20a tradesman performing maintenance is equivalent to that of a
21tradesman engaged in construction or demolition.
22(Source: P.A. 95-341, eff. 8-21-07; 96-186, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
23    (820 ILCS 130/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-4)
24    Sec. 4. Ascertaining prevailing wage.
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1or otherwise undertaking any public works, shall ascertain the
2general prevailing rate of hourly wages in the locality in
3which the work is to be performed, for each craft or type of
4worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract, and where
5the public body performs the work without letting a contract
6therefor, shall ascertain the prevailing rate of wages on a per
7hour basis in the locality, and such public body shall specify
8in the resolution or ordinance and in the call for bids for the
9contract, that the general prevailing rate of wages in the
10locality for each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to
11execute the contract or perform such work, also the general
12prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work, as
13ascertained by the public body or by the Department of Labor
14shall be paid for each craft or type of worker needed to
15execute the contract or to perform such work, and it shall be
16mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded
17and upon any subcontractor under him, and where the public body
18performs the work, upon the public body, to pay not less than
19the specified rates to all laborers, workers and mechanics
20employed by them in the execution of the contract or such work;
21provided, however, that if the public body desires that the
22Department of Labor ascertain the prevailing rate of wages, it
23shall notify the Department of Labor to ascertain the general
24prevailing rate of hourly wages for work under contract, or for
25work performed by a public body without letting a contract as
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1for each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to execute
2the contract or project or work to be performed. Upon such
3notification the Department of Labor shall ascertain such
4general prevailing rate of wages, and certify the prevailing
5wage to such public body.
6    (a-1) The public body or other entity awarding the contract
7shall cause to be inserted in the project specifications and
8the contract a stipulation to the effect that not less than the
9prevailing rate of wages as found by the public body or
10Department of Labor or determined by the court on review shall
11be paid to all laborers, workers and mechanics performing work
12under the contract.
13    (a-2) When a public body or other entity covered by this
14Act has awarded work to a contractor without a public bid,
15contract or project specification, such public body or other
16entity shall comply with subsection (a-1) by providing the
17contractor with written notice on the purchase order related to
18the work to be done or on a separate document indicating that
19not less than the prevailing rate of wages as found by the
20public body or Department of Labor or determined by the court
21on review shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics
22performing work on the project.
23    (a-3) Where a complaint is made and the Department of Labor
24determines that a violation occurred, the Department of Labor
25shall determine if proper written notice under this Section 4
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1contractor by the public body or other entity, the Department
2of Labor shall order the public body or other entity to pay any
3interest, penalties or fines that would have been owed by the
4contractor if proper written notice were provided. The failure
5by a public body or other entity to provide written notice does
6not relieve the contractor of the duty to comply with the
7prevailing wage rate, nor of the obligation to pay any back
8wages, as determined under this Act. For the purposes of this
9subsection, back wages shall be limited to the difference
10between the actual amount paid and the prevailing rate of wages
11required to be paid for the project. The failure of a public
12body or other entity to provide written notice under this
13Section 4 does not diminish the right of a laborer, worker, or
14mechanic to the prevailing rate of wages as determined under
15this Act.
16    (a-4) Any individual, contractor, subcontractor, or public
17body who has been aggrieved by a falsely filed complaint may
18institute a civil action for damages including, but not limited
19to, compensatory damages, legal fees, administrative fees,
20penalties assessed by the Department of Labor pursuant to the
21complaint, injunctive relief, and other appropriate equitable
22relief. Any person found to knowingly file a false complaint
23shall be liable to the individual, contractor, subcontractor,
24or public body who was falsely accused for damages as provided
25in this subsection.
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1the contract is awarded to insert into each subcontract and
2into the project specifications for each subcontract a written
3stipulation to the effect that not less than the prevailing
4rate of wages shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and
5mechanics performing work under the contract. It shall also be
6mandatory upon each subcontractor to cause to be inserted into
7each lower tiered subcontract and into the project
8specifications for each lower tiered subcontract a stipulation
9to the effect that not less than the prevailing rate of wages
10shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics
11performing work under the contract. A contractor or
12subcontractor who fails to comply with this subsection (b) is
13in violation of this Act.
14    (b-1) When a contractor has awarded work to a subcontractor
15without a contract or contract specification, the contractor
16shall comply with subsection (b) by providing a subcontractor
17with a written statement indicating that not less than the
18prevailing rate of wages shall be paid to all laborers,
19workers, and mechanics performing work on the project. A
20contractor or subcontractor who fails to comply with this
21subsection (b-1) is in violation of this Act.
22    (b-2) Where a complaint is made and the Department of Labor
23determines that a violation has occurred, the Department of
24Labor shall determine if proper written notice under this
25Section 4 was given. If proper written notice was not provided
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1shall order the contractor to pay any interest, penalties, or
2fines that would have been owed by the subcontractor if proper
3written notice were provided. The failure by a contractor to
4provide written notice to a subcontractor does not relieve the
5subcontractor of the duty to comply with the prevailing wage
6rate, nor of the obligation to pay any back wages, as
7determined under this Act. For the purposes of this subsection,
8back wages shall be limited to the difference between the
9actual amount paid and the prevailing rate of wages required
10for the project. However, if proper written notice was not
11provided to the contractor by the public body or other entity
12under this Section 4, the Department of Labor shall order the
13public body or other entity to pay any interest, penalties, or
14fines that would have been owed by the subcontractor if proper
15written notice were provided. The failure by a public body or
16other entity to provide written notice does not relieve the
17subcontractor of the duty to comply with the prevailing wage
18rate, nor of the obligation to pay any back wages, as
19determined under this Act. For the purposes of this subsection,
20back wages shall be limited to the difference between the
21actual amount paid and the prevailing rate of wages required
22for the project. The failure to provide written notice by a
23public body, other entity, or contractor does not diminish the
24right of a laborer, worker, or mechanic to the prevailing rate
25of wages as determined under this Act.
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1contractor's and subcontractor's bonds that the contractor or
2subcontractor include such provision as will guarantee the
3faithful performance of such prevailing wage clause as provided
4by contract or other written instrument. All bid specifications
5shall list the specified rates to all laborers, workers and
6mechanics in the locality for each craft or type of worker or
7mechanic needed to execute the contract.
8    (d) Any prevailing rate determined by a public body or the
9Department at the time of bid submission shall be the rate
10applicable for the duration of the contract awarded by the
11public body. If the Department of Labor revises the prevailing
12rate of hourly wages to be paid by the public body or other
13entity, the revised rate shall apply to such contract, and the
14public body or other entity shall be responsible to notify the
15contractor and each subcontractor, of the revised rate.
16    The public body or other entity shall discharge its duty to
17notify of the revised rates by inserting a written stipulation
18in all contracts or other written instruments that states the
19prevailing rate of wages are revised by the Department of Labor
20and are available on the Department's official website. This
21shall be deemed to be proper notification of any rate changes
22under this subsection.
23    (e) Two or more investigatory hearings under this Section
24on the issue of establishing a new prevailing wage
25classification for a particular craft or type of worker shall
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1consolidation shall occur whether each separate investigatory
2hearing is conducted by a public body or the Department. The
3party requesting a consolidated investigatory hearing shall
4have the burden of establishing that there is no existing
5prevailing wage classification for the particular craft or type
6of worker in any of the localities under consideration.
7    (f) It shall be mandatory upon the contractor or
8construction manager to whom a contract for public works is
9awarded to post, at a location on the project site of the
10public works that is easily accessible to the workers engaged
11on the project, the prevailing wage rates for each craft or
12type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or
13project or work to be performed. In lieu of posting on the
14project site of the public works, a contractor which has a
15business location where laborers, workers, and mechanics
16regularly visit may: (1) post in a conspicuous location at that
17business the current prevailing wage rates for each county in
18which the contractor is performing work; or (2) provide such
19laborer, worker, or mechanic engaged on the public works
20project a written notice indicating the prevailing wage rates
21for the public works project. A failure to post or provide a
22prevailing wage rate as required by this Section is a violation
23of this Act.
24(Source: P.A. 96-437, eff. 1-1-10; 97-964, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
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1    Sec. 5. Certified payroll.
2    (a) Any contractor and each subcontractor who participates
3in public works shall:
4        (1) make and keep, for a period of not less than 3
5    years from the date of the last payment on a contract or
6    subcontract for public works, records of all laborers,
7    mechanics, and other workers employed by them on the
8    project; the records shall include each worker's name,
9    address, telephone number when available, social security
10    number, classification or classifications, the hourly
11    wages paid in each pay period, the number of hours worked
12    each day, and the starting and ending times of work each
13    day; and
14        (2) no later than the 15th tenth day of each calendar
15    month file a certified payroll for the immediately
16    preceding month with the public body in charge of the
17    project. A certified payroll must be filed for only those
18    calendar months during which construction on a public works
19    project has occurred. The certified payroll shall consist
20    of a complete copy of the records identified in paragraph
21    (1) of this subsection (a), but may exclude the personal
22    address, personal telephone number, and social security
23    number, and the starting and ending times of work each day.
24    The certified payroll shall be accompanied by a statement
25    signed by the contractor or subcontractor or an officer,
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1    avers that: (i) he or she has examined the certified
2    payroll records required to be submitted by the Act and
3    such records are true and accurate; (ii) the hourly rate
4    paid to each worker is not less than the general prevailing
5    rate of hourly wages required by this Act; and (iii) the
6    contractor or subcontractor is aware that filing a
7    certified payroll that he or she knows to be false is a
8    Class A misdemeanor. A general contractor is not prohibited
9    from relying on the certification of a lower tier
10    subcontractor, provided the general contractor does not
11    knowingly rely upon a subcontractor's false certification.
12    Any contractor or subcontractor subject to this Act and any
13    officer, employee, or agent of such contractor or
14    subcontractor whose duty as such officer, employee, or
15    agent it is to file such certified payroll who willfully
16    fails to file such a certified payroll on or before the
17    date such certified payroll is required by this paragraph
18    to be filed and any person who willfully files a false
19    certified payroll that is false as to any material fact is
20    in violation of this Act and guilty of a Class A
21    misdemeanor. The public body in charge of the project shall
22    keep the records submitted in accordance with this
23    paragraph (2) of subsection (a) for a period of not less
24    than 3 years from the date of the last payment for work on
25    a contract or subcontract for public works. The records
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1    subsection (a) shall be considered public records, except
2    an employee's address, telephone number, and social
3    security number, and made available in accordance with the
4    Freedom of Information Act. The public body shall accept
5    any reasonable submissions by the contractor that meet the
6    requirements of this Section.
7    (b) Upon 7 business days' notice, the contractor and each
8subcontractor shall make available for inspection and copying
9at a location within this State during reasonable hours, the
10records identified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
11Section to the public body in charge of the project, its
12officers and agents, the Director of Labor and his deputies and
13agents, and to federal, State, or local law enforcement
14agencies and prosecutors.
15(Source: P.A. 97-571, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
16    (820 ILCS 130/9)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-9)
17    Sec. 9. To effectuate the purpose and policy of this Act
18each public body shall, during the month of June of each
19calendar year, investigate and ascertain the prevailing rate of
20wages as defined in this Act and publicly post or keep
21available for inspection by any interested party in the main
22office of such public body its determination of such prevailing
23rate of wage and shall promptly file, no later than July 15 of
24each year, a certified copy thereof in the office of the
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1Illinois Department of Labor.
2    The Department of Labor shall during the month of June of
3each calendar year, investigate and ascertain the prevailing
4rate of wages for each county in the State. If a public body
5does not investigate and ascertain the prevailing rate of wages
6during the month of June as required by the previous paragraph,
7then the prevailing rate of wages for that public body shall be
8the rate as determined by the Department under this paragraph
9for the county in which such public body is located.
10    Where the Department of Labor ascertains the prevailing
11rate of wages, it is the duty of the Department of Labor within
1230 days after receiving a notice from the public body
13authorizing the proposed work, to conduct an investigation to
14ascertain the prevailing rate of wages as defined in this Act
15and such investigation shall be conducted in the locality in
16which the work is to be performed. The Department of Labor
17shall send a certified copy of its findings to the public body
18authorizing the work and keep a record of its findings
19available for inspection by any interested party in the office
20of the Department of Labor at Springfield.
21    The public body except for the Department of Transportation
22with respect to highway contracts shall within 30 days after
23filing with the Secretary of State, or the Department of Labor
24shall within 30 days after filing with such public body,
25publish in a newspaper of general circulation within the area
26that the determination is effective, a notice of its

 

 

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1determination and shall promptly mail a copy of its
2determination to any employer, and to any association of
3employers and to any person or association of employees who
4have filed their names and addresses, requesting copies of any
5determination stating the particular rates and the particular
6class of workers whose wages will be affected by such rates.
7    At any time within 30 days after the Department of Labor
8has published on its official web site a prevailing wage
9schedule, any person affected thereby may object in writing to
10the determination or such part thereof as they may deem
11objectionable by filing a written notice with the public body
12or Department of Labor, whichever has made such determination,
13stating the specified grounds of the objection. It shall
14thereafter be the duty of the public body or Department of
15Labor to set a date for a hearing on the objection after giving
16written notice to the objectors at least 10 days before the
17date of the hearing and said notice shall state the time and
18place of such hearing. Such hearing by a public body shall be
19held within 45 days after the objection is filed, and shall not
20be postponed or reset for a later date except upon the consent,
21in writing, of all the objectors and the public body. If such
22hearing is not held by the public body within the time herein
23specified, the Department of Labor may, upon request of the
24objectors, conduct the hearing on behalf of the public body.
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1each written objection filed separately or consolidate for
2hearing any one or more written objections filed with them. At
3such hearing the public body or Department of Labor shall
4introduce in evidence the investigation it instituted which
5formed the basis of its determination, and the public body or
6Department of Labor, or any interested objectors may thereafter
7introduce such evidence as is material to the issue.
8Thereafter, the public body or Department of Labor, must rule
9upon the written objection and make such final determination as
10it believes the evidence warrants, and promptly file a
11certified copy of its final determination with such public body
12and the Secretary of State, and serve a copy by personal
13service or registered mail on all parties to the proceedings.
14The final determination by the Department of Labor or a public
15body shall be rendered within 30 days after the conclusion of
16the hearing.
17    If proceedings to review judicially the final
18determination of the public body or Department of Labor are not
19instituted as hereafter provided, such determination shall be
20final and binding.
21    The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all
22amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted
23pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for
24the judicial review of final administrative decisions of any
25public body or the Department of Labor hereunder. The term
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1Code of Civil Procedure.
2    Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by the
3court in review of the final administrative decision of the
4public body or Department of Labor, may be taken by any party
5to the action.
6    Any proceeding in any court affecting a determination of
7the Department of Labor or public body shall have priority in
8hearing and determination over all other civil proceedings
9pending in said court, except election contests.
10    In all reviews or appeals under this Act, it shall be the
11duty of the Attorney General to represent the Department of
12Labor, and defend its determination. The Attorney General shall
13not represent any public body, except the State, in any such
14review or appeal.
15    Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any
16prevailing rate determined by a public body or the Department
17at the time of bid submission shall be the rate applicable for
18the duration of the contract awarded by the public body.
19(Source: P.A. 93-38, eff. 6-1-04.)
 
20    (820 ILCS 130/11a)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11a)
21    Sec. 11a. The Director of the Department of Labor shall
22publish in the Illinois Register no less often than once each
23calendar quarter a list of contractors or subcontractors found
24to have disregarded their obligations to employees under this
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1subcontractors who, on 2 separate occasions within 5 years,
2have been determined to have violated the provisions of this
3Act. Upon such determination the Department shall notify the
4violating contractor or subcontractor. Such contractor or
5subcontractor shall then have 10 working days to request a
6hearing by the Department on the alleged violations. Failure to
7respond within the 10 working day period shall result in
8automatic and immediate placement and publication on the list.
9If the contractor or subcontractor requests a hearing within
10the 10 working day period, the Director shall set a hearing on
11the alleged violations. Such hearing shall take place no later
12than 45 calendar days after the receipt by the Department of
13Labor of the request for a hearing. The Department of Labor is
14empowered to promulgate, adopt, amend and rescind rules and
15regulations to govern the hearing procedure. No contract shall
16be awarded to a contractor or subcontractor appearing on the
17list, or to any firm, corporation, partnership or association
18in which such contractor or subcontractor has an interest until
194 years have elapsed from the date of publication of the list
20containing the name of such contractor or subcontractor.
21    A contractor or subcontractor convicted or found guilty
22under Section 5 or 6 of this Act shall be subject to an
23automatic and immediate debarment, thereafter prohibited from
24participating in any public works project for 4 years, with no
25right to a hearing.
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1to use as a basis for denying a contract to a contractor or
2subcontractor any complaint filed with the Department or any
3determination by the Department that the contractor or
4subcontractor has committed a violation of the Act, unless the
5contractor or subcontractor is debarred at the time of the bid
6as provided under this Section. This subsection is a limitation
7under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
8Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
9units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
10(Source: P.A. 97-571, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
11    (820 ILCS 130/11c new)
12    Sec. 11c. Department investigations. No investigation of a
13complaint filed under this Act shall be commenced unless the
14Department determines the identity of the complaining party and
15the specific facts that cause the alleged violation of the Act
16and the reason for the complaint to be filed. Upon the request
17of the contractor or subcontractor being investigated, the
18Department shall disclose the identity of any third party
19complainants and the facts that cause the alleged violation. In
20no case shall the Department disclose the identity of any
21complaining person who is an employee of the contractor or
22subcontractor that is the subject of the complaint.
23    The Department shall notify any complainants that their
24complaint is subject to certification and penalties of perjury
25under the law.