HB2649sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Bill Cunningham

Filed: 5/15/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2649

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2649 as follows:

on page 4, line 7, after "witnesses." by inserting "Within 120 days of the filing of a complaint, the Department shall notify the employer in writing of the filing of a complaint and provide the employer the location and approximate date of the project or projects, affected contractors, and the nature of the allegations being investigated."; and

on page 5, by replacing lines 3 through 9 with the following:

"(d) The employer has 28 calendar days from the date of the Department's findings to answer the allegations contained in the Department's findings. If an employer fails to answer all allegations contained in the Department's findings, any unanswered allegations or findings shall be deemed admitted to be true and shall be found true in the final decision issued by the Administrative Law Judge. If, within 30 calendar days of the final decision issued by the Administrative Law Judge, the employer files a motion to vacate the Administrative Law Judge's final decision and demonstrates good cause for failing to answer the Department's allegations, and the Administrative Law Judge grants the motion, the employer shall be afforded an opportunity to answer and the matter shall proceed as if an original answer to the Department's findings had been filed."; and

on page 5, by deleting lines 15 through 19; and

on page 6, line 9, by replacing "$1,500" with "$1,000 $1,500"; and

on page 6, line 12, by replacing "$2,500" with "$2,000 $2,500"; and

on page 7, line 16, by changing "an employer" to "a corporation"; and

on page 7 by replacing line 19 with the following: "assessed under this Act. This Section shall not apply to an individual who is an officer or agent of a corporation which on the project under investigation satisfies the responsible bidder requirements set forth in the Illinois Procurement Code.".