103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3647 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that regardless of location, all laborers, workers, and mechanics who produce aggregate material that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works or who process aggregate material into concrete, cement, or asphalt that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. Defines "aggregate materials" as rock, gravel, sand, pebbles, dirt, soil, clay, bitumen, cultured polymer, cement, concrete, asphalt, and like materials or any other material over which the State or its agencies or political subdivisions exercise engineering specification authority. LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3647 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that regardless of location, all laborers, workers, and mechanics who produce aggregate material that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works or who process aggregate material into concrete, cement, or asphalt that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. Defines "aggregate materials" as rock, gravel, sand, pebbles, dirt, soil, clay, bitumen, cultured polymer, cement, concrete, asphalt, and like materials or any other material over which the State or its agencies or political subdivisions exercise engineering specification authority. LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3647 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that regardless of location, all laborers, workers, and mechanics who produce aggregate material that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works or who process aggregate material into concrete, cement, or asphalt that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. Defines "aggregate materials" as rock, gravel, sand, pebbles, dirt, soil, clay, bitumen, cultured polymer, cement, concrete, asphalt, and like materials or any other material over which the State or its agencies or political subdivisions exercise engineering specification authority. LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b A BILL FOR HB3647LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b 1 AN ACT concerning 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 changing 5 Sections 2 and 3 as follows: 6 (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2) 7 Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers, 8 mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as 9 hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under 10 contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance, 11 repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment 12 whether owned, leased, or rented. 13 As used in this Act, unless the context indicates 14 otherwise: 15 "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or 16 demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part 17 out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes 18 all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants, 19 loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or 20 any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited 21 to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act 22 (Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the 23 Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3647 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that regardless of location, all laborers, workers, and mechanics who produce aggregate material that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works or who process aggregate material into concrete, cement, or asphalt that is incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. Defines "aggregate materials" as rock, gravel, sand, pebbles, dirt, soil, clay, bitumen, cultured polymer, cement, concrete, asphalt, and like materials or any other material over which the State or its agencies or political subdivisions exercise engineering specification authority. LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b A BILL FOR 820 ILCS 130/2 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2 820 ILCS 130/3 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3 LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647- 2 -LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 2 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 2 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b 1 Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, 2 or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made 3 available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other 4 funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development 5 Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone 6 Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 7 6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction 8 under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds 9 authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond 10 Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of 11 the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes 12 under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public 13 works" also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in 14 part with funds from the Environmental Protection Agency under 15 the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which 16 there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed 17 pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public 18 Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or the 19 Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act; 20 (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private agreement 21 under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act; 22 and (iv) all transportation facilities undertaken under a 23 design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General 24 Contractor contract under the Innovations for Transportation 25 Infrastructure Act. "Public works" also includes all projects 26 at leased facility property used for airport purposes under HB3647 - 2 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647- 3 -LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 3 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 3 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b 1 Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act. "Public 2 works" also includes the construction of a new wind power 3 facility by a business designated as a High Impact Business 4 under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) and the construction of a new 5 utility-scale solar power facility by a business designated as 6 a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E-5) of the 7 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" also includes 8 electric vehicle charging station projects financed pursuant 9 to the Electric Vehicle Act and renewable energy projects 10 required to pay the prevailing wage pursuant to the Illinois 11 Power Agency Act. "Public works" does not include work done 12 directly by any public utility company, whether or not done 13 under public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or 14 in part out of public funds. "Public works" also includes 15 construction projects performed by a third party contracted by 16 any public utility, as described in subsection (a) of Section 17 2.1, in public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of 18 the Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public 19 supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of 20 public funds. "Public works" also includes construction 21 projects that exceed 15 aggregate miles of new fiber optic 22 cable, performed by a third party contracted by any public 23 utility, as described in subsection (b) of Section 2.1, in 24 public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the 25 Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public 26 supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of HB3647 - 3 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647- 4 -LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 4 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 4 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b 1 public funds. "Public works" also includes any corrective 2 action performed pursuant to Title XVI of the Environmental 3 Protection Act for which payment from the Underground Storage 4 Tank Fund is requested. "Public works" does not include 5 projects undertaken by the owner at an owner-occupied 6 single-family residence or at an owner-occupied unit of a 7 multi-family residence. "Public works" does not include work 8 performed for soil and water conservation purposes on 9 agricultural lands, whether or not done under public 10 supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds, 11 done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of 12 those lands. 13 "Construction" means all work on public works involving 14 laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance, 15 repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment 16 whether owned, leased, or rented. 17 "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon 18 public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not 19 available in the county a sufficient number of competent 20 skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the 21 public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any 22 other county nearest the one in which the work or construction 23 is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained 24 in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with 25 respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of 26 Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion HB3647 - 4 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647- 5 -LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 5 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 5 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b 1 of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be 2 construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which 3 workers may be accessible for work on such construction. 4 "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or 5 commission of the State or any political subdivision or 6 department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or 7 in part by public funds, and includes every county, city, 8 town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility, 9 reclamation improvement or other district and every other 10 political subdivision, district or municipality of the state 11 whether such political subdivision, municipality or district 12 operates under a special charter or not. 13 "Labor organization" means an organization that is the 14 exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized 15 or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act. 16 "Aggregate material" means rock, gravel, sand, pebbles, 17 dirt, soil, clay, bitumen, cultured polymer, cement, concrete, 18 asphalt, and like materials or any other material over which 19 the State or its agencies or political subdivisions exercise 20 engineering specification authority. 21 The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages", 22 "general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of 23 wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus 24 annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship 25 programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of 26 Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance, HB3647 - 5 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647- 6 -LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 6 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 6 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b 1 vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in 2 which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in 3 work of a similar character on public works. 4 (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 1-1-22; 102-444, eff. 8-20-21; 5 102-673, eff. 11-30-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1094, eff. 6 6-15-22.) 7 (820 ILCS 130/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-3) 8 Sec. 3. Not less than the general prevailing rate of 9 hourly wages for work of a similar character on public works in 10 the locality in which the work is performed, and not less than 11 the general prevailing rate of hourly wages for legal holiday 12 and overtime work, shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and 13 mechanics employed by or on behalf of any public body engaged 14 in the construction or demolition of public works. This 15 includes any maintenance, repair, assembly, or disassembly 16 work performed on equipment whether owned, leased, or rented. 17 Only such laborers, workers, and mechanics as are directly 18 employed by contractors or subcontractors in actual 19 construction work on the site of the building or construction 20 job, and, regardless of location, all laborers, workers, and 21 mechanics who produce aggregate material that is incorporated, 22 directly or indirectly, into public works or who process 23 aggregate material into concrete, cement, or asphalt that is 24 incorporated, directly or indirectly, into public works, and 25 laborers, workers, and mechanics engaged in the transportation HB3647 - 6 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647- 7 -LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 7 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b HB3647 - 7 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b 1 of materials and equipment to or from the site, but not 2 including the transportation by the sellers and suppliers or 3 the manufacture or processing of materials, excluding 4 aggregate materials, or equipment, in the execution of any 5 contract or contracts for public works with any public body 6 shall be deemed to be employed upon public works. The wage for 7 a tradesman performing maintenance is equivalent to that of a 8 tradesman engaged in construction or demolition. 9 (Source: P.A. 95-341, eff. 8-21-07; 96-186, eff. 1-1-10.) HB3647 - 7 - LRB103 26344 SPS 52705 b