96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2347

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Harry Osterman

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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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 Section 1 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 130/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-1)
7 Sec. 1. It is the the policy of the State of Illinois that
8 a wage of no less than the general prevailing hourly rate as
9 paid for work of a similar character in the locality in which
10 the work is performed, shall be paid to all laborers, workers
11 and mechanics employed by or on behalf of any and all public
12 bodies engaged in public works.
13 (Source: P.A. 83-443.)