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92_HB5144
LRB9211705WHmg
1 AN ACT in relation to employment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 130/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-7)
7 Sec. 7. The finding of the public body awarding the
8 contract or authorizing the work or the Department of Labor
9 ascertaining and declaring the general prevailing rate of
10 hourly wages shall be final for all purposes of the contract
11 for public work then being considered, unless reviewed under
12 the provisions of this Act. Nothing in this Act, however,
13 shall be construed to prohibit the payment to any laborer,
14 worker or mechanic employed on any public work, as aforesaid,
15 of more than the prevailing rate of wages; provided further
16 that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
17 hours of work which may be performed by any person in any
18 particular period of time.
19 (Source: P.A. 81-992.)