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92_SB0418
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1 AN ACT concerning wages.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by
5 changing Section 2 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 91-935)
8 Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
9 mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
10 hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
11 contracts for public works.
12 As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
13 otherwise:
14 "Public works" means all fixed works constructed for
15 public use by any public body, other than work done directly
16 by any public utility company, whether or not done under
17 public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in
18 part out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein
19 includes all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds
20 issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act (Article
21 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
22 Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois
23 Development Finance Authority Act, or the Build Illinois Bond
24 Act, and all projects financed in whole or in part with loans
25 or other funds made available pursuant to the Build Illinois
26 Act. "Public works" also means, through December 31, 2005,
27 all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the
28 Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State
29 Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
30 the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under
31 Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for
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1 school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State
2 Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under
3 Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act.
4 "Construction" means all work on public works involving
5 laborers, workers or mechanics.
6 "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
7 public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
8 available in the county a sufficient number of competent
9 skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
10 public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes
11 any other county nearest the one in which the work or
12 construction is to be performed and from which such persons
13 may be obtained in sufficient numbers to perform the work and
14 (2) that, with respect to contracts for highway work with the
15 Department of Transportation of this State, "locality" may at
16 the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of
17 Transportation be construed to include two or more adjacent
18 counties from which workers may be accessible for work on
19 such construction.
20 "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
21 commission of the State or any political subdivision or
22 department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
23 in part by public funds, authorized by law to construct
24 public works or to enter into any contract for the
25 construction of public works, and includes every county,
26 city, town, village, township, school district, irrigation,
27 utility, reclamation improvement or other district and every
28 other political subdivision, district or municipality of the
29 state whether such political subdivision, municipality or
30 district operates under a special charter or not.
31 The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
32 "general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
33 wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
34 fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
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1 approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
2 Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
3 vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
4 which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
5 work of a similar similar character on public works.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-105, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-7-99.)
7 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 91-935)
8 Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
9 mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
10 hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
11 contracts for public works.
12 As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
13 otherwise:
14 "Public works" means all fixed works constructed for
15 public use by any public body, other than work done directly
16 by any public utility company, whether or not done under
17 public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in
18 part out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein
19 includes all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds
20 issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act (Article
21 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
22 Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois
23 Development Finance Authority Act, the Illinois Sports
24 Facilities Authority Act, or the Build Illinois Bond Act, and
25 all projects financed in whole or in part with loans or other
26 funds made available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act.
27 "Public works" also means, through December 31, 2005, all
28 projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the
29 Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State
30 Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
31 the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under
32 Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for
33 school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State
34 Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under
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1 Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act.
2 "Construction" means all work on public works involving
3 laborers, workers or mechanics.
4 "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
5 public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
6 available in the county a sufficient number of competent
7 skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
8 public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes
9 any other county nearest the one in which the work or
10 construction is to be performed and from which such persons
11 may be obtained in sufficient numbers to perform the work and
12 (2) that, with respect to contracts for highway work with the
13 Department of Transportation of this State, "locality" may at
14 the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of
15 Transportation be construed to include two or more adjacent
16 counties from which workers may be accessible for work on
17 such construction.
18 "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
19 commission of the State or any political subdivision or
20 department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
21 in part by public funds, authorized by law to construct
22 public works or to enter into any contract for the
23 construction of public works, and includes every county,
24 city, town, village, township, school district, irrigation,
25 utility, reclamation improvement or other district and every
26 other political subdivision, district or municipality of the
27 state whether such political subdivision, municipality or
28 district operates under a special charter or not.
29 The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
30 "general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
31 wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
32 fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
33 approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
34 Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
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1 vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
2 which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
3 work of a similar character on public works.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-105, eff. 1-1-00; 91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)
5 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
6 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
7 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
8 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
9 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
10 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
11 any other Public Act.
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.