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90_SB1296
820 ILCS 130/11c new
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that a public
body may require a contractor that is the successful bidder
on a public works project and its subcontractors to enter
into or agree to observe the terms of a project labor
agreement establishing the terms and conditions of employment
for workers subject to this Act with the labor organization
having jurisdiction over the type of work performed.
Provides that a project labor agreement requirement shall not
be deemed contrary to the requirement that a bid be let to
the lowest responsible bidder.
LRB9008381WHmg
LRB9008381WHmg
1 AN ACT to amend the Prevailing Wage Act by adding Section
2 11c.
3 WHEREAS, Project labor agreements promote labor peace,
4 stability, and uninterrupted performance in the construction
5 of public works subject to the Prevailing Wage Act, and
6 promote the policies of the Prevailing Wage Act to maintain
7 prevailing rates on public works; therefore
8 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
9 represented in the General Assembly:
10 Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by adding
11 Section 11c as follows:
12 (820 ILCS 130/11c new)
13 Sec. 11c. Project labor agreements permitted. No
14 provision of this Act, nor of any other Act providing for the
15 competitive bidding of contracts for the construction of
16 public works subject to this Act, shall be construed to
17 prohibit a public body subject to this Act, acting in its
18 capacity as a project proprietor, manager, or purchaser of
19 construction services, from requiring the contractor that is
20 the successful bidder on a public works project subject to
21 this Act and its subcontractors, as a condition for
22 performing the work called for in the contract, to enter into
23 or agree to observe the terms of a project labor agreement
24 establishing the terms and conditions of employment for
25 laborers, mechanics, or workers subject to this Act with the
26 labor organization having jurisdiction over the type of work
27 performed, nor shall any such requirement for a project labor
28 agreement on a project subject to this Act be deemed contrary
29 to the requirement that a bid be let to the lowest
30 responsible bidder.