HB3809 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3809

Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. William "Will" Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 70/1.33	from Ch. 1, par. 1034
30 ILCS 330/12	from Ch. 127, par. 662
30 ILCS 390/Act rep.
820 ILCS 130/2

Repeals the School Construction Bond Act. Amends the Statute on Statutes, the General Obligation Bond Act, and the Prevailing Wage Act to make conforming changes.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Statute on Statutes is amended by changing Section 1.33 as follows:

(5 ILCS 70/1.33) (from Ch. 1, par. 1034)

Sec. 1.33. Whenever there is a reference in any Act to the School Construction Bond Act, or the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act, such reference shall be interpreted to include the General Obligation Bond Act.

(Source: P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24; revised 10-23-24.)

Section 10. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:

(30 ILCS 330/12) (from Ch. 127, par. 662)

Sec. 12. Allocation of proceeds from sale of Bonds.

(a) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 3 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Capital Development Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 6 of the Capital Development Bond Act of 1972 (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(b) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraph (a) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Transportation Bond, Series A Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 4 of the Transportation Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(c) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Transportation Bond, Series B Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 4 of the Transportation Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(c-1) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraph (d) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited into the Transportation Bond Series D Fund, which is hereby created.

(c-2) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraph (e) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited into the Multi-modal Transportation Bond Fund, which is hereby created.

(d) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 5 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the School Construction Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 6 of the School Construction Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(e) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 6 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Anti-Pollution Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 3 of the Anti-Pollution Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(f) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Coal Development Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 10 of the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(f-2) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.2 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.2.

(f-5) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.5 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.5.

(f-7) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.6 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.6.

(f-8) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.7 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.7.

(g) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 8 of this Act, shall be deposited in the Capital Development Fund.

(h) Subsequent to the issuance of any Bonds for the purposes described in Sections 2 through 8 of this Act, the Governor and the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget may provide for the reallocation of unspent proceeds of such Bonds to any other purposes authorized under said Sections of this Act, subject to the limitations on aggregate principal amounts contained therein. Upon any such reallocation, such unspent proceeds shall be transferred to the appropriate funds as determined by reference to paragraphs (a) through (g) of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.)

(30 ILCS 390/Act rep.)

Section 15. The School Construction Bond Act is repealed.

Section 20. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(820 ILCS 130/2)

Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance, repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment whether owned, leased, or rented.

As used in this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise:

"Public works" means all fixed works constructed or demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants, loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act (Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act (now repealed), funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works" also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act; (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act or the Department of Natural Resources World Shooting and Recreational Complex Act; and (iv) all transportation facilities undertaken under a design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General Contractor contract under the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. "Public works" also includes all projects at leased facility property used for airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the construction of a new wind power facility by a business designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) and the construction of a new utility-scale solar power facility by a business designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E-5) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" also includes electric vehicle charging station projects financed pursuant to the Electric Vehicle Act and renewable energy projects required to pay the prevailing wage pursuant to the Illinois Power Agency Act. "Public works" also includes power washing projects by a public body or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds in which steam or pressurized water, with or without added abrasives or chemicals, is used to remove paint or other coatings, oils or grease, corrosion, or debris from a surface or to prepare a surface for a coating. "Public works" does not include work done directly by any public utility company, whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" also includes construction projects performed by a third party contracted by any public utility, as described in subsection (a) of Section 2.1, in public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" also includes construction projects that exceed 15 aggregate miles of new fiber optic cable, performed by a third party contracted by any public utility, as described in subsection (b) of Section 2.1, in public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" also includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title XVI of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from the Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works" also includes all construction projects involving fixtures or permanent attachments affixed to light poles that are owned by a public body, including street light poles, traffic light poles, and other lighting fixtures, whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds, unless the project is performed by employees employed directly by the public body. "Public works" also includes work performed subject to the Mechanical Insulation Energy and Safety Assessment Act. "Public works" also includes the removal, hauling, and transportation of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue from a water treatment plant or facility and the disposal of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue removed from a water treatment plant or facility at a landfill. "Public works" does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not include work performed for soil and water conservation purposes on agricultural lands, whether or not done under public supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds, done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of those lands.

"Construction" means all work on public works involving laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance, repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment whether owned, leased, or rented.

"Locality" means the county where the physical work upon public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not available in the county a sufficient number of competent skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which workers may be accessible for work on such construction.

"Public body" means the State or any officer, board or commission of the State or any political subdivision or department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility, reclamation improvement or other district and every other political subdivision, district or municipality of the state whether such political subdivision, municipality or district operates under a special charter or not.

"Labor organization" means an organization that is the exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act.

The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages", "general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance, vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a similar character on public works.

(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 1-1-22; 102-444, eff. 8-20-21; 102-673, eff. 11-30-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1094, eff. 6-15-22; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-327, eff. 1-1-24; 103-346, eff. 1-1-24; 103-359, eff. 7-28-23; 103-447, eff. 8-4-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)