Bill Text: IL SB1573 | 2023-2024 | 103rd 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) 2023-02-08 - Referred to Assignments [SB1573 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1573-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1573 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Craig Wilcox 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.
LRB103 29324 SPS 55711 b
A BILL FOR
SB1573 LRB103 29324 SPS 55711 b
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.)