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4		-	AN ACT concerning employment.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
8		-	Section 2 as follows:
9		-	(820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
10		-	Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
11		-	mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
12		-	hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
13		-	contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
14		-	repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
15		-	whether owned, leased, or rented.
16		-	As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
17		-	otherwise:
18		-	"Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
19		-	demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
20		-	out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
21		-	all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
22		-	loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
23		-	any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
24		-	to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
25		-	(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
26		-	Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning employment.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
	7	+	5 Section 2 as follows:
	8	+	6 (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
	9	+	7 Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
	10	+	8 mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
	11	+	9 hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
	12	+	10 contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
	13	+	11 repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
	14	+	12 whether owned, leased, or rented.
	15	+	13 As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
	16	+	14 otherwise:
	17	+	15 "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
	18	+	16 demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
	19	+	17 out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
	20	+	18 all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
	21	+	19 loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
	22	+	20 any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
	23	+	21 to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
	24	+	22 (Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
	25	+	23 Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
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33		-	Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act,
34		-	or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
35		-	available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
36		-	funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
37		-	Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
38		-	Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
39		-	6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
40		-	under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
41		-	authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond
42		-	Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of
43		-	the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes
44		-	under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public
45		-	works" also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in
46		-	part with funds from the Environmental Protection Agency under
47		-	the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
48		-	there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
49		-	pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public
50		-	Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or the
51		-	Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act;
52		-	(iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private agreement
53		-	under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act;
54		-	and (iv) all transportation facilities undertaken under a
55		-	design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General
56		-	Contractor contract under the Innovations for Transportation
57		-	Infrastructure Act. "Public works" also includes all projects
58		-	at leased facility property used for airport purposes under
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	34	+	1 Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act,
	35	+	2 or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
	36	+	3 available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
	37	+	4 funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
	38	+	5 Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
	39	+	6 Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
	40	+	7 6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
	41	+	8 under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
	42	+	9 authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond
	43	+	10 Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of
	44	+	11 the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes
	45	+	12 under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public
	46	+	13 works" also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in
	47	+	14 part with funds from the Environmental Protection Agency under
	48	+	15 the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
	49	+	16 there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
	50	+	17 pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public
	51	+	18 Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or the
	52	+	19 Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act;
	53	+	20 (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private agreement
	54	+	21 under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act;
	55	+	22 and (iv) all transportation facilities undertaken under a
	56	+	23 design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General
	57	+	24 Contractor contract under the Innovations for Transportation
	58	+	25 Infrastructure Act. "Public works" also includes all projects
	59	+	26 at leased facility property used for airport purposes under
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61		-	Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act. "Public
62		-	works" also includes the construction of a new wind power
63		-	facility by a business designated as a High Impact Business
64		-	under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) and the construction of a new
65		-	utility-scale solar power facility by a business designated as
66		-	a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E-5) of the
67		-	Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" also includes
68		-	electric vehicle charging station projects financed pursuant
69		-	to the Electric Vehicle Act and renewable energy projects
70		-	required to pay the prevailing wage pursuant to the Illinois
71		-	Power Agency Act. "Public works" also includes power washing
72		-	projects by a public body or paid for wholly or in part out of
73		-	public funds in which steam or pressurized water, with or
74		-	without added abrasives or chemicals, is used to remove paint
75		-	or other coatings, oils or grease, corrosion, or debris from a
76		-	surface or to prepare a surface for a coating. "Public works"
77		-	does not include work done directly by any public utility
78		-	company, whether or not done under public supervision or
79		-	direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.
80		-	"Public works" also includes construction projects performed
81		-	by a third party contracted by any public utility, as
82		-	described in subsection (a) of Section 2.1, in public
83		-	rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the Public
84		-	Utilities Act, whether or not done under public supervision or
85		-	direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.
86		-	"Public works" also includes construction projects that exceed
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89		-	15 aggregate miles of new fiber optic cable, performed by a
90		-	third party contracted by any public utility, as described in
91		-	subsection (b) of Section 2.1, in public rights-of-way, as
92		-	defined in Section 21-201 of the Public Utilities Act, whether
93		-	or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for
94		-	wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" also
95		-	includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title XVI
96		-	of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from the
97		-	Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works"
98		-	does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
99		-	owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
100		-	unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not
101		-	include work performed for soil and water conservation
102		-	purposes on agricultural lands, whether or not done under
103		-	public supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public
104		-	funds, done directly by an owner or person who has legal
105		-	control of those lands.
106		-	"Construction" means all work on public works involving
107		-	laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
108		-	repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
109		-	whether owned, leased, or rented.
110		-	"Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
111		-	public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
112		-	available in the county a sufficient number of competent
113		-	skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
114		-	public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any
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117		-	other county nearest the one in which the work or construction
118		-	is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained
119		-	in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
120		-	respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
121		-	Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
122		-	of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
123		-	construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
124		-	workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
125		-	"Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
126		-	commission of the State or any political subdivision or
127		-	department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
128		-	in part by public funds, and includes every county, city,
129		-	town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
130		-	reclamation improvement or other district and every other
131		-	political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
132		-	whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
133		-	operates under a special charter or not.
134		-	"Labor organization" means an organization that is the
135		-	exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized
136		-	or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act.
137		-	The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
138		-	"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
139		-	wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
140		-	annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
141		-	programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
142		-	Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
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	70	+	1 Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act. "Public
	71	+	2 works" also includes the construction of a new wind power
	72	+	3 facility by a business designated as a High Impact Business
	73	+	4 under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) and the construction of a new
	74	+	5 utility-scale solar power facility by a business designated as
	75	+	6 a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E-5) of the
	76	+	7 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" also includes
	77	+	8 electric vehicle charging station projects financed pursuant
	78	+	9 to the Electric Vehicle Act and renewable energy projects
	79	+	10 required to pay the prevailing wage pursuant to the Illinois
	80	+	11 Power Agency Act. "Public works" also includes power washing
	81	+	12 projects by a public body or paid for wholly or in part out of
	82	+	13 public funds in which steam or pressurized water, with or
	83	+	14 without added abrasives or chemicals, is used to remove paint
	84	+	15 or other coatings, oils or grease, corrosion, or debris from a
	85	+	16 surface or to prepare a surface for a coating. "Public works"
	86	+	17 does not include work done directly by any public utility
	87	+	18 company, whether or not done under public supervision or
	88	+	19 direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.
	89	+	20 "Public works" also includes construction projects performed
	90	+	21 by a third party contracted by any public utility, as
	91	+	22 described in subsection (a) of Section 2.1, in public
	92	+	23 rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the Public
	93	+	24 Utilities Act, whether or not done under public supervision or
	94	+	25 direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.
	95	+	26 "Public works" also includes construction projects that exceed
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145		-	vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
146		-	which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
147		-	work of a similar character on public works.
148		-	(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 1-1-22; 102-444, eff. 8-20-21;
149		-	102-673, eff. 11-30-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1094, eff.
150		-	6-15-22.)
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	106	+	1 15 aggregate miles of new fiber optic cable, performed by a
	107	+	2 third party contracted by any public utility, as described in
	108	+	3 subsection (b) of Section 2.1, in public rights-of-way, as
	109	+	4 defined in Section 21-201 of the Public Utilities Act, whether
	110	+	5 or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for
	111	+	6 wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" also
	112	+	7 includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title XVI
	113	+	8 of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from the
	114	+	9 Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works"
	115	+	10 does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
	116	+	11 owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
	117	+	12 unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not
	118	+	13 include work performed for soil and water conservation
	119	+	14 purposes on agricultural lands, whether or not done under
	120	+	15 public supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public
	121	+	16 funds, done directly by an owner or person who has legal
	122	+	17 control of those lands.
	123	+	18 "Construction" means all work on public works involving
	124	+	19 laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
	125	+	20 repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
	126	+	21 whether owned, leased, or rented.
	127	+	22 "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
	128	+	23 public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
	129	+	24 available in the county a sufficient number of competent
	130	+	25 skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
	131	+	26 public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any
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	142	+	1 other county nearest the one in which the work or construction
	143	+	2 is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained
	144	+	3 in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
	145	+	4 respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
	146	+	5 Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
	147	+	6 of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
	148	+	7 construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
	149	+	8 workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
	150	+	9 "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
	151	+	10 commission of the State or any political subdivision or
	152	+	11 department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
	153	+	12 in part by public funds, and includes every county, city,
	154	+	13 town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
	155	+	14 reclamation improvement or other district and every other
	156	+	15 political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
	157	+	16 whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
	158	+	17 operates under a special charter or not.
	159	+	18 "Labor organization" means an organization that is the
	160	+	19 exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized
	161	+	20 or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act.
	162	+	21 The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
	163	+	22 "general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
	164	+	23 wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
	165	+	24 annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
	166	+	25 programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
	167	+	26 Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
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	178	+	1 vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
	179	+	2 which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
	180	+	3 work of a similar character on public works.
	181	+	4 (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 1-1-22; 102-444, eff. 8-20-21;
	182	+	5 102-673, eff. 11-30-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1094, eff.
	183	+	6 6-15-22.)
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