Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB3194

Amends the Urban Weatherization Initiative Act. Provides that the efforts of the Urban Weatherization Initiative shall be coordinated with federal weatherization programs. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer the Initiative so as to qualify for federal grant or matching programs. Provides the salary of employees hired under the Initiative in accordance with the hourly wages associated with the federal prevailing wage rates for weatherization workers. Provides that the maximum per unit expenditure is limited to $10,000 (currently $6,500) and that a grant recipient may not be awarded grants totaling more than $2,000,000 (currently $500,000) per fiscal year. Provides that 2 voting members of the Weatherization Initiative Board must have experience in residential weatherization or energy efficiency and that one voting member must have experience in workforce development. Requires the Board's annual report to be filed by May 31 (instead of December 31).

Amends the Energy Assistance Act. In a provision concerning the State Weatherization Plan and Program, provides that individuals performing weatherization work under the weatherization program shall be paid in accordance with the hourly wages associated with the federal prevailing wage rates for such weatherization classifications as determined by the United States Department of Labor, until specifically superseded by additional standards and regulations.

Recommends: replacing language providing that employees hired under the Urban Weatherization Initiative shall be paid in accordance with the hourly wages associated with the federal prevailing wage rates for weatherization workers with language providing that works financed or funded in whole or in part with grants awarded under the Urban Weatherization Initiative Act shall not be considered public works for purposes of the Prevailing Wage Act; and replacing language providing that individuals performing weatherization work under the State Weatherization Program shall be paid in accordance with the hourly wages associated with the federal prevailing wage rates for such weatherization classifications as determined by the United States Department of Labor until specifically superseded by additional standards and regulations with language providing that works financed or funded in whole or in part with grants awarded under "this Article" ("this Article" may be a reference to the Energy Assistance Act) shall not be considered public works for purposes of the Prevailing Wage Act.

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