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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
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 5, 11, and 11a as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 130/5)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-5)
7    Sec. 5. Certified payroll.
8    (a) Any contractor and each subcontractor who participates
9in public works shall:
10        (1) make and keep, for a period of not less than 3
11    years from the date of the last payment made before the
12    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
13    Assembly and for a period of 10 years from the date of the
14    last payment made on or after the effective date of this
15    amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly on a contract
16    or subcontract for public works, records of all laborers,
17    mechanics, and other workers employed by them on the
18    project; the records shall include each worker's name,
19    address, telephone number when available, social security
20    number, classification or classifications, the hourly
21    wages paid in each pay period, the number of hours worked
22    each day, and the starting and ending times of work each
23    day; and

 

 

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1        (2) no later than the tenth day of each calendar month
2    file a certified payroll for the immediately preceding
3    month with the public body in charge of the project. A
4    certified payroll must be filed for only those calendar
5    months during which construction on a public works project
6    has occurred. The certified payroll shall consist of a
7    complete copy of the records identified in paragraph (1) of
8    this subsection (a), but may exclude the starting and
9    ending times of work each day. The certified payroll shall
10    be accompanied by a statement signed by the contractor or
11    subcontractor or an officer, employee, or agent of the
12    contractor or subcontractor which avers that: (i) he or she
13    has examined the certified payroll records required to be
14    submitted by the Act and such records are true and
15    accurate; (ii) the hourly rate paid to each worker is not
16    less than the general prevailing rate of hourly wages
17    required by this Act; and (iii) the contractor or
18    subcontractor is aware that filing a certified payroll that
19    he or she knows to be false is a Class A misdemeanor. A
20    general contractor is not prohibited from relying on the
21    certification of a lower tier subcontractor, provided the
22    general contractor does not knowingly rely upon a
23    subcontractor's false certification. Any contractor or
24    subcontractor subject to this Act and any officer,
25    employee, or agent of such contractor or subcontractor
26    whose duty as such officer, employee, or agent it is to

 

 

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1    file such certified payroll who willfully fails to file
2    such a certified payroll on or before the date such
3    certified payroll is required by this paragraph to be filed
4    and any person who willfully files a false certified
5    payroll that is false as to any material fact is in
6    violation of this Act and guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
7    The public body in charge of the project shall keep the
8    records submitted in accordance with this paragraph (2) of
9    subsection (a) before the effective date of this amendatory
10    Act of the 98th General Assembly for a period of not less
11    than 3 years, and the records submitted in accordance with
12    this paragraph (2) of subsection (a) on or after the
13    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
14    Assembly for a period of 10 years, from the date of the
15    last payment for work on a contract or subcontract for
16    public works. The records submitted in accordance with this
17    paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall be considered public
18    records, except an employee's address, telephone number,
19    and social security number, and made available in
20    accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. The public
21    body shall accept any reasonable submissions by the
22    contractor that meet the requirements of this Section.
23    (b) Upon 7 business days' notice, the contractor and each
24subcontractor shall make available for inspection and copying
25at a location within this State during reasonable hours, the
26records identified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this

 

 

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1Section to the public body in charge of the project, its
2officers and agents, the Director of Labor and his deputies and
3agents, and to federal, State, or local law enforcement
4agencies and prosecutors.
5(Source: P.A. 97-571, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
6    (820 ILCS 130/11)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11)
7    Sec. 11. No public works project shall be instituted unless
8the provisions of this Act have been complied with. The
9provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to Federal
10construction projects which require a prevailing wage
11determination by the United States Secretary of Labor. The
12Illinois Department of Labor represented by the Attorney
13General is empowered to sue for injunctive relief against the
14awarding of any contract or the continuation of work under any
15contract for public works at a time when the prevailing wage
16prerequisites have not been met. Any contract for public works
17awarded at a time when the prevailing wage prerequisites had
18not been met shall be void as against public policy and the
19contractor is prohibited from recovering any damages for the
20voiding of the contract or pursuant to the terms of the
21contract. The contractor is limited to a claim for amounts
22actually paid for labor and materials supplied to the public
23body. Where objections to a determination of the prevailing
24rate of wages or a court action relative thereto is pending,
25the public body shall not continue work on the project unless

 

 

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1sufficient funds are available to pay increased wages if such
2are finally determined or unless the Department of Labor
3certifies such determination of the prevailing rate of wages as
4correct.
5    Any laborer, worker or mechanic employed by the contractor
6or by any sub-contractor under him who is paid for his services
7in a sum less than the stipulated rates for work done under
8such contract, shall have a right of action for whatever
9difference there may be between the amount so paid, and the
10rates provided by the contract together with costs and such
11reasonable attorney's fees as shall be allowed by the court.
12Such contractor or subcontractor shall also be liable to the
13Department of Labor for 20% of such underpayments and shall be
14additionally liable to the laborer, worker or mechanic for
15punitive damages in the amount of 2% of the amount of any such
16penalty to the State for underpayments for each month following
17the date of payment during which such underpayments remain
18unpaid. Where a second or subsequent action to recover
19underpayments is brought against a contractor or subcontractor
20and the contractor or subcontractor is found liable for
21underpayments to any laborer, worker, or mechanic, the
22contractor or subcontractor shall also be liable to the
23Department of Labor for 50% of the underpayments payable as a
24result of the second or subsequent action, and shall be
25additionally liable for 5% of the amount of any such penalty to
26the State for underpayments for each month following the date

 

 

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1of payment during which the underpayments remain unpaid. The
2Department shall also have a right of action on behalf of any
3individual who has a right of action under this Section. An
4action brought to recover same shall be deemed to be a suit for
5wages, and any and all judgments entered therein shall have the
6same force and effect as other judgments for wages. The action
7shall be brought within 10 years from the date of the failure
8to pay the wages or compensation. At the request of any
9laborer, workman or mechanic employed by the contractor or by
10any subcontractor under him who is paid less than the
11prevailing wage rate required by this Act, the Department of
12Labor may take an assignment of such wage claim in trust for
13the assigning laborer, workman or mechanic and may bring any
14legal action necessary to collect such claim, and the
15contractor or subcontractor shall be required to pay the costs
16incurred in collecting such claim.
17(Source: P.A. 94-488, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
18    (820 ILCS 130/11a)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11a)
19    Sec. 11a. The Director of the Department of Labor shall
20publish in the Illinois Register no less often than once each
21calendar quarter a list of contractors or subcontractors found
22to have disregarded their obligations to employees under this
23Act. The Department of Labor shall determine the contractors or
24subcontractors who, before the effective date of this
25amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly on 2 separate

 

 

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1occasions within 5 years, have been determined to have violated
2the provisions of this Act on 2 separate occasions within 5
3years and who, on or after the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, have been
5determined to have violated the provisions of this Act of 2
6separate occasions within 10 years. Upon such determination the
7Department shall notify the violating contractor or
8subcontractor. Such contractor or subcontractor shall then
9have 10 working days to request a hearing by the Department on
10the alleged violations. Failure to respond within the 10
11working day period shall result in automatic and immediate
12placement and publication on the list. If the contractor or
13subcontractor requests a hearing within the 10 working day
14period, the Director shall set a hearing on the alleged
15violations. Such hearing shall take place no later than 45
16calendar days after the receipt by the Department of Labor of
17the request for a hearing. The Department of Labor is empowered
18to promulgate, adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations
19to govern the hearing procedure. No contract shall be awarded
20to a contractor or subcontractor appearing on the list, or to
21any firm, corporation, partnership or association in which such
22contractor or subcontractor has an interest until 4 years have
23elapsed from the date of publication of the list containing the
24name of such contractor or subcontractor.
25    A contractor or subcontractor convicted or found guilty
26under Section 5 or 6 of this Act shall be subject to an

 

 

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1automatic and immediate debarment, thereafter prohibited from
2participating in any public works project for 4 years, with no
3right to a hearing.
4(Source: P.A. 97-571, eff. 1-1-12.)