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92_HB4459

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning day labor services.

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

 4        Section 5.  The State Finance Act is amended by  changing
 5    Section 5.306 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.306) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.306)
 7        Sec.  5.306.   The  Child Labor and Day Labor Enforcement
 8    Fund.
 9    (Source: P.A. 87-139; 87-895.)

10        Section 10.  The Day Labor Services  Act  is  amended  by
11    changing  Section  45  and by adding Sections 55, 60, 65, 70,
12    75, and 80 as follows:

13        (820 ILCS 175/45)
14        Sec. 45.  Registration; Department of Labor.  A day labor
15    service agency shall register with the Department of Labor in
16    accordance with rules adopted by the Department for day labor
17    service  agencies  that  operate  within  the   State.    The
18    Department   may   assess   each   agency   a  non-refundable
19    registration fee not exceeding $250 per year.  The Department
20    shall also adopt rules for violation hearings  and  penalties
21    for  violations  of  this  Act  or  the Department's rules in
22    conjunction with the fines and penalties set  forth  in  this
23    Act.   The Department shall cause to be posted in each agency
24    a notice which informs the public of  a  toll-free  telephone
25    number  for  day laborers and the public to file wage dispute
26    complaints and other alleged violations by day labor  service
27    agencies.
28    (Source: P.A. 91-579, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
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 1        (820 ILCS 175/55 new)
 2        Sec.  55.  Enforcement.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of the
 3    Department  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  Act.  The
 4    Department shall have the power to conduct investigations  in
 5    connection  with  the  administration and enforcement of this
 6    Act  and  any  investigator  with  the  Department  shall  be
 7    authorized to visit and inspect, at all reasonable times, any
 8    places covered by this  Act.  The  Department  shall  conduct
 9    hearings  in  accordance  with  the  Illinois  Administrative
10    Procedure  Act,  as  amended,  upon  written  complaint by an
11    investigator of the Department or any interested person of  a
12    violation  of the Act. After the hearing, if supported by the
13    evidence, the Department may (i) issue and cause to be served
14    on any party an  order  to  cease  and  desist  from  further
15    violation  of  the Act, (ii) take affirmative or other action
16    as  deemed  reasonable  to  eliminate  the  effect   of   the
17    violation,  (iii)  deny,  suspend, or revoke any registration
18    under this Act, and (iv) determine the amount  of  any  civil
19    penalty  allowed  by the Act. The Director of Labor or his or
20    her representative may compel, by  subpoena,  the  attendance
21    and  testimony  of  witnesses  and  the  production of books,
22    payrolls,  records,  papers,  and  other  evidence   in   any
23    investigation   or   hearing  and  may  administer  oaths  to
24    witnesses.

25        (820 ILCS 175/60 new)
26        Sec. 60.  Review under  Administrative  Review  Law.  Any
27    party to a proceeding under this Act may apply for and obtain
28    judicial  review  of an order of the Department entered under
29    this  Act  in  accordance  with   the   provisions   of   the
30    Administrative  Review Law, as amended, and the Department in
31    proceedings under the Act may obtain an order from the  court
32    for the enforcement of its order.
 
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 1        (820 ILCS 175/65 new)
 2        Sec.  65.  Contempt.  Whenever  it  appears  that any day
 3    labor service agency  has  violated  a  valid  order  of  the
 4    Department  issued  under this Act, the Director of Labor may
 5    commence an  action  and  obtain  from  the  court  an  order
 6    commanding  the day labor service agency to obey the order of
 7    the Department or be adjudged guilty of contempt of court and
 8    punished accordingly.

 9        (820 ILCS 175/70 new)
10        Sec. 70.  Fines; penalties. A day  labor  service  agency
11    that  violates  any of the provisions of this Act or any rule
12    adopted by the Department shall be subject to a civil penalty
13    not to exceed $5,000 for each violation. In  determining  the
14    amount  of  the  penalty,  the  Director  shall  consider the
15    appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of
16    the day labor service agency charged and the gravity  of  the
17    violation. The amount of the penalty, when finally determined
18    may be:
19        (1)  Recovered  in a civil action brought by the Director
20    of Labor in  any  circuit  court.  In  this  litigation,  the
21    Director  of  Labor  shall  be  represented  by  the Attorney
22    General.
23        (2)  Ordered  by  the  court,  in  action   brought   for
24    violation  under  this  Act,  to  be  paid to the Director of
25    Labor.
26        Any administrative determination by the Department as  to
27    the  amount of each penalty shall be final unless reviewed as
28    provided in Section 60 of this Act.

29        (820 ILCS 175/75 new)
30        Sec. 75.  Willful violations. Whoever willfully  violates
31    any  of  the provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under
32    this Act, or whoever obstructs the Department of  Labor,  its
 
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 1    inspectors  or  deputies,  or  any other person authorized to
 2    inspect places of employment under this Act shall  be  guilty
 3    of  a  Class A misdemeanor. Each day during which a violation
 4    of  this  Act  continues  shall  constitute  a  separate  and
 5    distinct  offense,  and  the  employment  of  any  person  in
 6    violation of the Act shall, with respect to  each  person  so
 7    employed,   constitute   a  separate  and  distinct  offense.
 8    Whenever, in the opinion of the Department,  a  violation  of
 9    the  Act  has  occurred,  the  Department  shall  report  the
10    violation  to  the  Attorney  General of this State who shall
11    prosecute all reported violations.

12        (820 ILCS 175/80 new)
13        Sec. 80.  Child Labor and Day Labor Enforcement Fund. All
14    moneys received as fees and civil penalties  under  this  Act
15    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Child  Labor  and  Day Labor
16    Enforcement Fund and may be used for activities  or  purposes
17    related  to the enforcement of this Act or for the activities
18    or purposes related to the enforcement  of  the  Child  Labor
19    Law.

20        Section  15.   The Child Labor Law is amended by changing
21    Section 17.3 as follows:

22        (820 ILCS 205/17.3) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.17-3)
23        Sec.  17.3.   Any  employer  who  violates  any  of   the
24    provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation issued under
25    the  Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed
26    $5,000 for each such violation.  In determining the amount of
27    such penalty, the appropriateness of such penalty to the size
28    of the business of the employer charged and  the  gravity  of
29    the  violation  shall  be  considered.   The  amount  of such
30    penalty, when finally determined, may be
31             (1)  recovered in a  civil  action  brought  by  the
 
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 1        Director   of  Labor  in  any  circuit  court,  in  which
 2        litigation the Director of Labor shall be represented  by
 3        the Attorney General;
 4             (2)  ordered  by the court, in an action brought for
 5        violation under Section 19, to be paid to the Director of
 6        Labor.
 7        Any administrative determination  by  the  Department  of
 8    Labor  of  the  amount  of each penalty shall be final unless
 9    reviewed as provided in Section 17.1 of this Act.
10        Civil penalties recovered under  this  Section  shall  be
11    paid  into  the Child Labor and Day Labor Enforcement Fund, a
12    special fund which is hereby created in the  State  treasury.
13    Moneys  Monies  in  the  Fund  may  shall be used, subject to
14    appropriation,   for   exemplary   programs,    demonstration
15    projects,  and  other  activities  or purposes related to the
16    enforcement of this Act or for  the  activities  or  purposes
17    related to the enforcement of the Day Labor Services Act.
18    (Source: P.A. 87-139; 88-365.)

19        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
20    January 1, 2003.

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