Bill Text: IL SB0141 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Department of Transportation Law. Provides that specified components of the work to renovate, construct, or develop airport facilities may be excluded from the project labor agreement required as a condition for grants made by the Department of Transportation to municipalities and airport authorities for the renovation, construction, and development of airport facilities if the work performed for such an excluded component is performed under a collective bargaining agreement with one or more local unions that are affiliated with the same international union that is a member union of the local building and construction trades council having geographic jurisdiction over the airport facilities and signatory to the project labor agreement. Amends the Airport Authorities Act. Provides that that specified components of any contract entered into by an Airport Authority to construct, develop, expand, extend, or improve any airport or airport facility may be excluded from the project labor agreement entered into with the local building and construction trades council having geographic jurisdiction over the airport or airport facility if the work performed for such an excluded component is performed under a collective bargaining agreement with one or more local unions that are affiliated with the same international union that is a member union of the local building and construction trades council having geographic jurisdiction over the airport or airport facility and signatory to the project labor agreement.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-11-03 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes [SB0141 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0141-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0141 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2705/2705-275 was 20 ILCS 2705/49.25j
70 ILCS 5/15.3 new
30 ILCS 805/8.49 new
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a grant made by the Department of Transportation to municipalities and airport authorities for the renovation, construction, and development of airport facilities must include a condition that the renovation, construction, and development of airport facilities is covered by a project labor agreement entered into with the local building and construction trades council having geographic jurisdiction over the airport facilities. Amends the Airport Authorities Act. Provides that any contract entered into by an Airport Authority to construct, develop, expand, extend, or improve any airport or airport facility must include a project labor agreement entered into with the local building and construction trades council having geographic jurisdiction over the airport or airport facility. Defines "project labor agreement". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
Section 2705-275 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-275) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.25j)
Sec. 2705-275. Grants for airport facilities.
(a) In this Section, "project labor agreement" shall have
the same meaning given to that term in the Project Labor
Agreements Act.
(b) The Department may make grants to municipalities and
airport authorities for the renovation, construction, and
development of airport facilities. A grant made under this
Section must include a condition that the renovation,
construction, and development of airport facilities is covered
by a project labor agreement entered into with the local
building and construction trades council having geographic
jurisdiction over the airport facilities. The grants may be
made from funds appropriated for that purpose from the Build
Illinois Bond Fund.
(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)

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Section 10. The Airport Authorities Act is amended by
adding Section 15.3 as follows:
(70 ILCS 5/15.3 new)
Sec. 15.3. Project Labor Agreement.
(a) In this Section, "project labor agreement" shall have
the same meaning given to that term in the Project Labor
Agreements Act.
(b) Any contract entered into by an Airport Authority to
construct, develop, expand, extend, or improve any airport or
airport facility must include a project labor agreement
entered into with the local building and construction trades
council having geographic jurisdiction over the airport or
airport facility.
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.49 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.49 new)
Sec. 8.49. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly.