Sen. Michael Noland

Filed: 2/28/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2943

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2943 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
5Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, and 11 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 by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part

 

 

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1out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
2all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
3loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
4any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
5to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
6(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
7Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
8Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
9the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
10available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; or funds from the
11Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State
12Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
13the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under Section
143 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for school
15infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act,
16and funds for transportation purposes under Section 4 of the
17General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works" also includes (i)
18all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the
19Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the
20Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
21there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
22pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public Private
23Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act; and (iii) all
24projects undertaken under a public-private agreement under the
25Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. "Public
26works" also includes all projects at leased facility property

 

 

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1used for airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local
2Government Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
3construction of a new wind power facility by a business
4designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
5of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
6include work done directly by any public utility company,
7whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
8paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
9does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
10owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
11unit of a multi-family residence.
12    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
13laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
14repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
15whether owned, leased, or rented.
16    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
17public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
18available in the county a sufficient number of competent
19skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
20works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
21county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
22be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
23sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
24respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
25Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
26of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be

 

 

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1construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
2workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
3    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
4commission of the State or any political subdivision or
5department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
6part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,
7village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
8reclamation improvement or other district and every other
9political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
10whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
11operates under a special charter or not.
12    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
13"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
14wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
15fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
16approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
17Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
18vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
19the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
20similar character on public works.
21    "Responsible bidder" means those individuals or firms
22meeting the requirements of Section 30-22 of the Illinois
23Procurement Code.
24(Source: P.A. 96-28, eff. 7-1-09; 96-58, eff. 1-1-10; 96-186,
25eff. 1-1-10; 96-913, eff. 6-9-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-502,
26eff. 8-23-11.)
 

 

 

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1    (820 ILCS 130/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-4)
2    Sec. 4. Ascertaining prevailing wage.
3    (a) The public body awarding any contract for public work
4or otherwise undertaking any public works, shall ascertain the
5general prevailing rate of hourly wages in the locality in
6which the work is to be performed, for each craft or type of
7worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract, and where
8the public body performs the work without letting a contract
9therefor, shall ascertain the prevailing rate of wages on a per
10hour basis in the locality, and such public body shall specify
11in the resolution or ordinance and in the call for bids for the
12contract, that the general prevailing rate of wages in the
13locality for each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to
14execute the contract or perform such work, also the general
15prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work, as
16ascertained by the public body or by the Department of Labor
17shall be paid for each craft or type of worker needed to
18execute the contract or to perform such work, and it shall be
19mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded
20and upon any subcontractor under him and upon any subcontractor
21of any tier, and where the public body performs the work, upon
22the public body, to pay not less than the specified rates to
23all laborers, workers and mechanics employed by them in the
24execution of the contract or such work; provided, however, that
25if the public body desires that the Department of Labor

 

 

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1ascertain the prevailing rate of wages, it shall notify the
2Department of Labor to ascertain the general prevailing rate of
3hourly wages for work under contract, or for work performed by
4a public body without letting a contract as required in the
5locality in which the work is to be performed, for each craft
6or type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or
7project or work to be performed. Upon such notification the
8Department of Labor shall ascertain such general prevailing
9rate of wages, and certify the prevailing wage to such public
10body.
11    (a-0.5) When a public body or other entity covered by this
12Act calls for bids for a contract covered by this Act, the
13public body or other entity shall specify in the call for bids
14for the contract that it shall be mandatory upon each
15contractor and upon each subcontractor under him and upon any
16subcontractor of any tier to include in each bid a total number
17of straight-time work hours, identified as either
18"Journeyperson" or "Apprentice", for each craft or type of
19worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or perform
20the work. Bids received that do not include the total number of
21straight-time work hours as required in this subsection shall
22be dismissed from consideration without recourse by the
23contractor and any subcontractor under him and any
24subcontractor of any tier.
25    (a-0.7) To effectuate the purpose and policy of this Act,
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1any tier submitting bids for public works contracts must be a
2responsible bidder.
3    (a-1) The public body or other entity awarding the contract
4shall cause to be inserted in the project specifications and
5the contract a stipulation to the effect that not less than the
6prevailing rate of wages as found by the public body or
7Department of Labor or determined by the court on review shall
8be paid to all laborers, workers and mechanics performing work
9under the contract.
10    (a-2) When a public body or other entity covered by this
11Act has awarded work to a contractor without a public bid,
12contract or project specification, such public body or other
13entity shall comply with subsection (a-1) by providing the
14contractor with written notice on the purchase order related to
15the work to be done or on a separate document indicating that
16not less than the prevailing rate of wages as found by the
17public body or Department of Labor or determined by the court
18on review shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics
19performing work on the project.
20    (a-2.5) When a complaint is made and the Department of
21Labor determines that a violation occurred, the Department of
22Labor shall order the public body or other entity that awarded
23the work to pay the sum of any back wages, as determined under
24this Act, and any interest, penalties, or fines owed by the
25contractor and any subcontractor under him and any
26subcontractor of any tier to the Department.

 

 

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1    (a-3) Where a complaint is made and the Department of Labor
2determines that a violation occurred and , the Department of
3Labor shall determine if proper written notice under this
4Section 4 was given. If proper written notice was not provided
5to the contractor by the public body or other entity, the
6Department of Labor shall order the public body or other entity
7to pay 2 times the sum of any back wages, as determined under
8this Act, and any interest, penalties, or fines to the
9Department that would have been owed by the contractor if
10proper written notice were provided. The failure by a public
11body or other entity to provide written notice does not relieve
12the contractor of the duty to comply with the prevailing wage
13rate, nor of the obligation to pay any back wages, as
14determined under this Act. For the purposes of this subsection,
15back wages shall be limited to the difference between the
16actual amount paid and the prevailing rate of wages required to
17be paid for the project. The failure of a public body or other
18entity to provide written notice under this Section 4 does not
19diminish the right of a laborer, worker, or mechanic to the
20prevailing rate of wages as determined under this Act.
21    (b) It shall also be mandatory upon the contractor to whom
22the contract is awarded to insert into each subcontract and
23into the project specifications for each subcontract a written
24stipulation to the effect that not less than the prevailing
25rate of wages shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and
26mechanics performing work under the contract. It shall also be

 

 

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1mandatory upon each subcontractor to cause to be inserted into
2each lower tiered subcontract and into the project
3specifications for each lower tiered subcontract a stipulation
4to the effect that not less than the prevailing rate of wages
5shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics
6performing work under the contract. A contractor or
7subcontractor who fails to comply with this subsection (b) is
8in violation of this Act.
9    (b-1) When a contractor has awarded work to a subcontractor
10without a contract or contract specification, the contractor
11shall comply with subsection (b) by providing a subcontractor
12with a written statement indicating that not less than the
13prevailing rate of wages shall be paid to all laborers,
14workers, and mechanics performing work on the project. A
15contractor or subcontractor who fails to comply with this
16subsection (b-1) is in violation of this Act.
17    (b-1.5) When a complaint is made and the Department of
18Labor determines that a violation occurred, the Department of
19Labor shall order the contractor that awarded the work to a
20subcontractor to pay the sum of any back wages, as determined
21under this Act, and any interest, penalties, or fines owed by
22the subcontractor and any subcontractor of any tier to the
23Department.
24    (b-2) Where a complaint is made and the Department of Labor
25determines that a violation has occurred and , the Department of
26Labor shall determine if proper written notice under this

 

 

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1Section 4 was given. If proper written notice was not provided
2to the subcontractor by the contractor, the Department of Labor
3shall order the contractor to pay 2 times the sum of any back
4wages, as determined under this Act, and any interest,
5penalties, or fines to the Department that would have been owed
6by the subcontractor if proper written notice were provided.
7The failure by a contractor to provide written notice to a
8subcontractor does not relieve the subcontractor of the duty to
9comply with the prevailing wage rate, nor of the obligation to
10pay any back wages, as determined under this Act. For the
11purposes of this subsection, back wages shall be limited to the
12difference between the actual amount paid and the prevailing
13rate of wages required for the project. However, if proper
14written notice was not provided to the contractor by the public
15body or other entity under this Section 4, the Department of
16Labor shall order the public body or other entity to pay any
17interest, penalties, or fines that would have been owed by the
18subcontractor if proper written notice were provided. The
19failure by a public body or other entity to provide written
20notice does not relieve the subcontractor of the duty to comply
21with the prevailing wage rate, nor of the obligation to pay any
22back wages, as determined under this Act. For the purposes of
23this subsection, back wages shall be limited to the difference
24between the actual amount paid and the prevailing rate of wages
25required for the project. The failure to provide written notice
26by a public body, other entity, or contractor does not diminish

 

 

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1the right of a laborer, worker, or mechanic to the prevailing
2rate of wages as determined under this Act.
3    (c) A public body or other entity shall also require in all
4contractor's and subcontractor's bonds that the contractor or
5subcontractor include such provision as will guarantee the
6faithful performance of such prevailing wage clause as provided
7by contract or other written instrument. All bid specifications
8shall list the specified rates to all laborers, workers and
9mechanics in the locality for each craft or type of worker or
10mechanic needed to execute the contract.
11    (d) If the Department of Labor revises the prevailing rate
12of hourly wages to be paid by the public body, the revised rate
13shall apply to such contract, and the public body shall be
14responsible to notify the contractor and each subcontractor, of
15the revised rate.
16    (e) Two or more investigatory hearings under this Section
17on the issue of establishing a new prevailing wage
18classification for a particular craft or type of worker shall
19be consolidated in a single hearing before the Department. Such
20consolidation shall occur whether each separate investigatory
21hearing is conducted by a public body or the Department. The
22party requesting a consolidated investigatory hearing shall
23have the burden of establishing that there is no existing
24prevailing wage classification for the particular craft or type
25of worker in any of the localities under consideration.
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1construction manager to whom a contract for public works is
2awarded to post, at a location on the project site of the
3public works that is easily accessible to the workers engaged
4on the project, the prevailing wage rates for each craft or
5type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or
6project or work to be performed. In lieu of posting on the
7project site of the public works, a contractor which has a
8business location where laborers, workers, and mechanics
9regularly visit may: (1) post in a conspicuous location at that
10business the current prevailing wage rates for each county in
11which the contractor is performing work; or (2) provide such
12laborer, worker, or mechanic engaged on the public works
13project a written notice indicating the prevailing wage rates
14for the public works project. A failure to post or provide a
15prevailing wage rate as required by this Section is a violation
16of this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-437, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
18    (820 ILCS 130/5)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5)
19    Sec. 5. Certified payroll.
20    (a) Any contractor and each subcontractor who participates
21in public works shall:
22        (1) make and keep, for a period of not less than 3
23    years from the date of the last payment on a contract or
24    subcontract for public works, records of all laborers,
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1    project; the records shall include each worker's name,
2    address, telephone number when available, social security
3    number, trade, laborer, or mechanic classification or
4    classifications, the hourly wages paid in each pay period,
5    the number of hours worked each day, and the starting and
6    ending times of work each day; and
7        (2) no later than the tenth day of each calendar month
8    file a certified payroll for the immediately preceding
9    month with the public body in charge of the project. A
10    certified payroll must be filed for only those calendar
11    months during which construction on a public works project
12    has occurred. The certified payroll shall consist of a
13    complete copy of the records identified in paragraph (1) of
14    this subsection (a) including , but may exclude the starting
15    and ending times of work each day. The certified payroll
16    shall be accompanied by a statement signed by the
17    contractor or subcontractor or an officer, employee, or
18    agent of the contractor or subcontractor which avers that:
19    (i) he or she has examined the certified payroll records
20    required to be submitted by the Act and such records are
21    true and accurate; (ii) the hourly rate paid to each worker
22    is not less than the general prevailing rate of hourly
23    wages required by this Act; and (iii) the contractor or
24    subcontractor is aware that filing a certified payroll that
25    he or she knows to be false is a Class A misdemeanor. A
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1    certification of a lower tier subcontractor, provided the
2    general contractor does not knowingly rely upon a
3    subcontractor's false certification. Any contractor or
4    subcontractor subject to this Act and any officer,
5    employee, or agent of such contractor or subcontractor
6    whose duty as such officer, employee, or agent it is to
7    file such certified payroll who willfully fails to file
8    such a certified payroll on or before the date such
9    certified payroll is required by this paragraph to be filed
10    and any person who willfully files a false certified
11    payroll that is false as to any material fact is in
12    violation of this Act and guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
13    The public body in charge of the project shall keep the
14    records submitted in accordance with this paragraph (2) of
15    subsection (a) for a period of not less than 3 years from
16    the date of the last payment for work on a contract or
17    subcontract for public works. The records submitted in
18    accordance with this paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall
19    be considered public records, except an employee's
20    address, telephone number, and social security number, and
21    made available in accordance with the Freedom of
22    Information Act. The public body shall accept any
23    reasonable submissions by the contractor that meet the
24    requirements of this Section.
25    (b) Upon 7 business days' notice, the contractor and each
26subcontractor shall make available for inspection and copying

 

 

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1at a location within this State during reasonable hours, the
2records identified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
3Section to the public body in charge of the project, its
4officers and agents, the Director of Labor and his deputies and
5agents, and to federal, State, or local law enforcement
6agencies and prosecutors.
7(Source: P.A. 97-571, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
8    (820 ILCS 130/6)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-6)
9    Sec. 6. Any officer, agent or representative of any public
10body who willfully wilfully violates, or willfully fails to
11comply with, any of the provisions of this Act, and any
12contractor or subcontractor, and any officer, employee, or
13agent thereof, who as such officer, employee, or agent, has a
14duty to create, keep, maintain, or produce any record or
15document required by this Act to be created, kept, maintained,
16or produced who willfully fails to create, keep, maintain, or
17produce such record or document as or when required by this
18Act, is guilty of a Class 4 felony A misdemeanor.
19    The Department of Labor shall inquire diligently as to any
20violation of this Act, shall institute actions for penalties
21herein prescribed, and shall enforce generally the provisions
22of this Act. The Attorney General shall prosecute such cases
23upon complaint by the Department or any interested person.
24(Source: P.A. 97-571, eff. 1-1-12.)
 

 

 

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1    (820 ILCS 130/11)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11)
2    Sec. 11. No public works project shall be instituted unless
3the provisions of this Act have been complied with. The
4provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to Federal
5construction projects which require a prevailing wage
6determination by the United States Secretary of Labor. The
7Illinois Department of Labor represented by the Attorney
8General is empowered to sue for injunctive relief against the
9awarding of any contract or the continuation of work under any
10contract for public works at a time when the prevailing wage
11prerequisites have not been met. Any contract for public works
12awarded at a time when the prevailing wage prerequisites had
13not been met shall be void as against public policy and the
14contractor is prohibited from recovering any damages for the
15voiding of the contract or pursuant to the terms of the
16contract. The contractor is limited to a claim for amounts
17actually paid for labor and materials supplied to the public
18body. Where objections to a determination of the prevailing
19rate of wages or a court action relative thereto is pending,
20the public body shall not continue work on the project unless
21sufficient funds are available to pay increased wages if such
22are finally determined or unless the Department of Labor
23certifies such determination of the prevailing rate of wages as
24correct.
25    Any laborer, worker or mechanic employed by the contractor
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1in a sum less than the stipulated rates for work done under
2such contract, shall have a right of action for whatever
3difference there may be between the amount so paid, and the
4rates provided by the contract together with costs and such
5reasonable attorney's fees as shall be allowed by the court.
6Such contractor or subcontractor shall also be liable to the
7Department of Labor for 50% 20% of such underpayments and shall
8be additionally liable to each the laborer, worker or mechanic
9for punitive damages in the amount of $40 per day for each day
10or portion of a day 2% of the amount of any such penalty to the
11State for underpayments for each month following the date of
12payment during which such underpayments remain unpaid. Where a
13second or subsequent action to recover underpayments is brought
14against a contractor or subcontractor and the contractor or
15subcontractor is found liable for underpayments to each any
16laborer, worker, or mechanic, the contractor or subcontractor
17shall also be liable to the Department of Labor for 75% 50% of
18the underpayments payable as a result of the second or
19subsequent action, and shall be additionally liable for
20punitive damages in the amount of $50 per day for each day or
21portion of a day 5% of the amount of any such penalty to the
22State for underpayments for each month following the date of
23payment during which the underpayments remain unpaid. A joint
24labor-management committee established pursuant to the federal
25Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (Section 175a of Title
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1of competent jurisdiction against a public body or other entity
2covered by this Act and any contractor and any subcontractor
3under him and any subcontractor of any tier, with which the
4public body or other entity enters into a contract for public
5works, that fails to enforce or comply with any provision of
6this Act. This action shall be commenced not later than 180
7days after the completion and acceptance of the public works by
8the public body or other entity covered by this Act. The court
9may award the joint labor-management committee reasonable
10attorney's fees and costs incurred in maintaining the action.
11The Department shall also have a right of action on behalf of
12any individual who has a right of action under this Section. An
13action brought to recover same shall be deemed to be a suit for
14wages, and any and all judgments entered therein shall have the
15same force and effect as other judgments for wages. At the
16request of any laborer, workman or mechanic employed by the
17contractor or by any subcontractor under him who is paid less
18than the prevailing wage rate required by this Act, the
19Department of Labor may take an assignment of such wage claim
20in trust for the assigning laborer, workman or mechanic and may
21bring any legal action necessary to collect such claim, and the
22contractor or subcontractor shall be required to pay the costs
23incurred in collecting such claim.
24(Source: P.A. 94-488, eff. 1-1-06.)".