Bill Text: IL HB2159 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State policy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2159 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB2159-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB2159 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 130/1 from Ch. 48, par. 39s-1
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State policy.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
Section 1 as follows:
(820 ILCS 130/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-1)
Sec. 1. It is the the policy of the State of Illinois that
a wage of no less than the general prevailing hourly rate as
paid for work of a similar character in the locality in which
the work is performed, shall be paid to all laborers, workers
and mechanics employed by or on behalf of any and all public
bodies engaged in public works.
(Source: P.A. 83-443.)