Sen. Linda Holmes

Filed: 5/21/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 922

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 922 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
5Sections 5 and 11 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 7 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,

 

 

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1    mechanics, and other workers employed by them on the
2    project; the records shall include each worker's name,
3    address, telephone number when available, social security
4    number, classification or classifications, the hourly
5    wages paid in each pay period, the number of hours worked
6    each day, and the starting and ending times of work each
7    day; and
8        (2) no later than the tenth day of each calendar month
9    file a certified payroll for the immediately preceding
10    month with the public body in charge of the project. A
11    certified payroll must be filed for only those calendar
12    months during which construction on a public works project
13    has occurred. The certified payroll shall consist of a
14    complete copy of the records identified in paragraph (1) of
15    this subsection (a), but may exclude the starting and
16    ending times of work each day. The certified payroll shall
17    be accompanied by a statement signed by the contractor or
18    subcontractor or an officer, employee, or agent of the
19    contractor or subcontractor which avers that: (i) he or she
20    has examined the certified payroll records required to be
21    submitted by the Act and such records are true and
22    accurate; (ii) the hourly rate paid to each worker is not
23    less than the general prevailing rate of hourly wages
24    required by this Act; and (iii) the contractor or
25    subcontractor is aware that filing a certified payroll that
26    he or she knows to be false is a Class A misdemeanor. A

 

 

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1    general contractor is not prohibited from relying on the
2    certification of a lower tier subcontractor, provided the
3    general contractor does not knowingly rely upon a
4    subcontractor's false certification. Any contractor or
5    subcontractor subject to this Act and any officer,
6    employee, or agent of such contractor or subcontractor
7    whose duty as such officer, employee, or agent it is to
8    file such certified payroll who willfully fails to file
9    such a certified payroll on or before the date such
10    certified payroll is required by this paragraph to be filed
11    and any person who willfully files a false certified
12    payroll that is false as to any material fact is in
13    violation of this Act and guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
14    The public body in charge of the project shall keep the
15    records submitted in accordance with this paragraph (2) of
16    subsection (a) before the effective date of this amendatory
17    Act of the 98th General Assembly for a period of not less
18    than 3 years, and the records submitted in accordance with
19    this paragraph (2) of subsection (a) on or after the
20    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
21    Assembly for a period of 7 years, from the date of the last
22    payment for work on a contract or subcontract for public
23    works. The records submitted in accordance with this
24    paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall be considered public
25    records, except an employee's address, telephone number,
26    and social security number, and made available in

 

 

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1    accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. The public
2    body shall accept any reasonable submissions by the
3    contractor that meet the requirements of this Section.
4    A contractor, subcontractor, or public body may retain
5records required under this Section in paper or electronic
6format.
7    (b) Upon 7 business days' notice, the contractor and each
8subcontractor shall make available for inspection and copying
9at a location within this State during reasonable hours, the
10records identified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
11Section to the public body in charge of the project, its
12officers and agents, the Director of Labor and his deputies and
13agents, and to federal, State, or local law enforcement
14agencies and prosecutors.
15(Source: P.A. 97-571, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
16    (820 ILCS 130/11)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11)
17    Sec. 11. No public works project shall be instituted unless
18the provisions of this Act have been complied with. The
19provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to Federal
20construction projects which require a prevailing wage
21determination by the United States Secretary of Labor. The
22Illinois Department of Labor represented by the Attorney
23General is empowered to sue for injunctive relief against the
24awarding of any contract or the continuation of work under any
25contract for public works at a time when the prevailing wage

 

 

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1prerequisites have not been met. Any contract for public works
2awarded at a time when the prevailing wage prerequisites had
3not been met shall be void as against public policy and the
4contractor is prohibited from recovering any damages for the
5voiding of the contract or pursuant to the terms of the
6contract. The contractor is limited to a claim for amounts
7actually paid for labor and materials supplied to the public
8body. Where objections to a determination of the prevailing
9rate of wages or a court action relative thereto is pending,
10the public body shall not continue work on the project unless
11sufficient funds are available to pay increased wages if such
12are finally determined or unless the Department of Labor
13certifies such determination of the prevailing rate of wages as
14correct.
15    Any laborer, worker or mechanic employed by the contractor
16or by any sub-contractor under him who is paid for his services
17in a sum less than the stipulated rates for work done under
18such contract, shall have a right of action for whatever
19difference there may be between the amount so paid, and the
20rates provided by the contract together with costs and such
21reasonable attorney's fees as shall be allowed by the court.
22Such contractor or subcontractor shall also be liable to the
23Department of Labor for 20% of such underpayments and shall be
24additionally liable to the laborer, worker or mechanic for
25punitive damages in the amount of 2% of the amount of any such
26penalty to the State for underpayments for each month following

 

 

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1the date of payment during which such underpayments remain
2unpaid. Where a second or subsequent action to recover
3underpayments is brought against a contractor or subcontractor
4and the contractor or subcontractor is found liable for
5underpayments to any laborer, worker, or mechanic, the
6contractor or subcontractor shall also be liable to the
7Department of Labor for 50% of the underpayments payable as a
8result of the second or subsequent action, and shall be
9additionally liable for 5% of the amount of any such penalty to
10the State for underpayments for each month following the date
11of payment during which the underpayments remain unpaid. The
12Department shall also have a right of action on behalf of any
13individual who has a right of action under this Section. An
14action brought to recover same shall be deemed to be a suit for
15wages, and any and all judgments entered therein shall have the
16same force and effect as other judgments for wages. The action
17shall be brought within 7 years from the date of the failure to
18pay the wages or compensation. At the request of any laborer,
19workman or mechanic employed by the contractor or by any
20subcontractor under him who is paid less than the prevailing
21wage rate required by this Act, the Department of Labor may
22take an assignment of such wage claim in trust for the
23assigning laborer, workman or mechanic and may bring any legal
24action necessary to collect such claim, and the contractor or
25subcontractor shall be required to pay the costs incurred in
26collecting such claim.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-488, eff. 1-1-06.)".