HB4537 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4537

Introduced 1/31/2012, by Rep. Jim Sacia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 130/1a new
820 ILCS 130/11c new

Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to wages paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of a public body engaged in a public works project with a total cost of $20,000 or less if the public body notifies the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the project. Provides that the Department shall make available a form with which public bodies may make this notification. Provides that the Department shall submit an annual report detailing the number of projects engaged using the waiver in the preceding year, the total number of employees engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other information the Department deems appropriate.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

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

Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by adding Sections 1a and 11c as follows:

(820 ILCS 130/1a new)

Sec. 1a. Waiver. This Act does not apply to wages paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of any and all public bodies engaged in public works projects with a total cost of $20,000 or less if public bodies using this waiver notify the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the project. The Department of Labor shall make available a form with which public bodies may make such notification, which includes a description of the project, the number of employees engaged in the project, the total cost of the project without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of the project using prevailing wage standards, and any other reasonable information the Department of Labor deems appropriate.

(820 ILCS 130/11c new)

Sec. 11c. Reports. The Department of Labor shall submit to the Governor and General Assembly an annual report no later than January 31 of each year beginning in 2014 detailing the number of projects engaged using the waiver in Section 1a of this Act in the preceding year, the total number of employees engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other information the Department of Labor deems appropriate.