HB2606 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2606

Introduced 2/18/2011___________, by

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 130/1

from Ch. 48, par. 39s-1

Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State policy.

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 changing Section 1 as follows:

(820 ILCS 130/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-1)

Sec. 1. It is the the policy of the State of Illinois that a wage of no less than the general prevailing hourly rate as paid for work of a similar character in the locality in which the work is performed, shall be paid to all laborers, workers and mechanics employed by or on behalf of any and all public bodies engaged in public works.

(Source: P.A. 83-443.)