97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5372

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 130/2  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2
820 ILCS 130/3  from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3
820 ILCS 130/13 new

    Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Includes snow plowing within the definition of the term "public works". Requires that the prevailing rate of hourly wages be paid by a public body to workers engaged in snow plowing. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers under the Prevailing Wage Act. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning wages.
 
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 and by adding Section 13 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 and all snow plowed by any public body, or paid for
17wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" as
18defined herein includes all projects financed in whole or in
19part with bonds, grants, loans, or other funds made available
20by or through the State or any of its political subdivisions,
21including but not limited to: bonds issued under the Industrial
22Project Revenue Bond Act (Article 11, Division 74 of the
23Illinois Municipal Code), the Industrial Building Revenue Bond

 

 

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1Act, the Illinois Finance Authority Act, the Illinois Sports
2Facilities Authority Act, or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans
3or other funds made available pursuant to the Build Illinois
4Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
56z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
6under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
7authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act,
8funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the
9State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under
10Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works"
11also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part
12with funds from the Department of Commerce and Economic
13Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
14Program Act for which there is no project labor agreement; (ii)
15all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement under
16the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act;
17and (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private
18agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships for
19Transportation Act. "Public works" also includes all projects
20at leased facility property used for airport purposes under
21Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act. "Public
22works" also includes the construction of a new wind power
23facility by a business designated as a High Impact Business
24under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act.
25"Public works" does not include work done directly by any
26public utility company, whether or not done under public

 

 

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1supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of
2public funds. "Public works" does not include projects
3undertaken by the owner at an owner-occupied single-family
4residence or at an owner-occupied unit of a multi-family
5residence.
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. 96-28, eff. 7-1-09; 96-58, eff. 1-1-10; 96-186,
16eff. 1-1-10; 96-913, eff. 6-9-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-502,
17eff. 8-23-11.)
 
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 all laborers, workers and
24mechanics employed by or on behalf of any public body engaged
25in the construction or demolition of public works or the

 

 

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1plowing of snow. This includes any maintenance, repair,
2assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment whether
3owned, leased, or rented. Only such laborers, workers and
4mechanics 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.)
 
16    (820 ILCS 130/13 new)
17    Sec. 13. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate wages
18in a manner inconsistent with this Act and as otherwise
19authorized by this Act. This Section is a limitation under
20subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
21Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
22powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.