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91_SB0977
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1 AN ACT to amend the Prevailing Wage Act by changing
2 Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
6 Section 2 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
8 Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
9 mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
10 hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
11 contracts for public works.
12 As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
13 otherwise:
14 "Public works" means all fixed works constructed for
15 public use by any public body, other than work done directly
16 by any public utility company, whether or not done under
17 public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in
18 part out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein
19 includes all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds
20 issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act (Article
21 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the Tax
22 Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act (Article 11, Division
23 74.4 of the Illinois Municipal Code) as now or hereafter
24 amended, the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, as now or
25 hereafter amended, the Illinois Development Finance Authority
26 Act, as now or hereafter amended, or the Build Illinois Bond
27 Act, as now or hereafter amended, and all projects financed
28 in whole or in part with loans or other funds made available
29 pursuant to The Build Illinois Act or under the Illinois
30 Enterprise Zone Loan Act, as now or hereafter amended.
31 "Construction" means all work on public works involving
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1 laborers, workers or mechanics.
2 "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
3 public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
4 available in the county a sufficient number of competent
5 skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
6 public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes
7 any other county nearest the one in which the work or
8 construction is to be performed and from which such persons
9 may be obtained in sufficient numbers to perform the work and
10 (2) that, with respect to contracts for highway work with the
11 Department of Transportation of this State, "locality" may at
12 the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of
13 Transportation be construed to include two or more adjacent
14 counties from which workers may be accessible for work on
15 such construction.
16 "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
17 commission of the State or any political subdivision or
18 department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
19 in part by public funds, authorized by law to construct
20 public works or to enter into any contract for the
21 construction of public works, and includes every county,
22 city, town, village, township, school district, irrigation,
23 utility, reclamation improvement or other district and every
24 other political subdivision, district or municipality of the
25 state whether such political subdivision, municipality or
26 district operates under a special charter or not.
27 The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
28 "general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
29 wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
30 fringe benefits for training, health and welfare, insurance,
31 vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
32 which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
33 work of a similar character on public works.
34 (Source: P.A. 86-799; 86-1028.)