Bill Text: IL SB3027 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Fairness in Public Construction Act. Requires that the State or a State agency or instrumentality ensure that its construction contracts or grants do not include the use of specifications, labor agreements, or other documents that are not neutral as to a bidder's, contractor's, or subcontractor's agreements with labor organizations on the same project or related projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-04 - Referred to Assignments [SB3027 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3027-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public construction.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Fairness in Public Construction Act.
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6 | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to fulfill | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | the State's proprietary objectives in maintaining and | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | promoting the economical, nondiscriminatory, and efficient | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | expenditures of public funds in connection with publicly funded | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or assisted construction projects. Nothing in this Act shall | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | prohibit employers or other parties covered by the National | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Labor Relations Act from entering into agreements or engaging | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | in any other activity arguably protected by law, nor shall any | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | aspect of this Act be interpreted in such a way as to interfere | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | with the labor relations of parties covered by the National | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Labor Relations Act.
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17 | Section 10. Definition. For purposes of this Act, the term | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | "project labor agreement" means a multi-employer, multi-union | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | pre-hire agreement designed to systemize labor relations at a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | construction site that is required by the State or a political | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | subdivision of the State as a condition of a bid specification | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | for a construction project, thereby insuring that all |
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1 | contractors and subcontractors on a project comply with the | ||||||
2 | terms of a union-only agreement.
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3 | Section 15. Fairness required. The State, any agency of the | ||||||
4 | State, or any instrumentality thereof, when engaged in | ||||||
5 | procuring or letting contracts for construction of a project, | ||||||
6 | shall ensure that bid specifications, project labor | ||||||
7 | agreements, and other controlling documents entered into, | ||||||
8 | required, or subject to approval by the State, agency, or | ||||||
9 | instrumentality do not: | ||||||
10 | (1) require or prohibit any bidder, offeror, contractor, or | ||||||
11 | subcontractor to enter into or adhere to agreements with one or | ||||||
12 | more labor organizations on the same or related projects; or | ||||||
13 | (2) discriminate against any bidder, offeror, contractor, | ||||||
14 | or subcontractor for entering into or refusing to enter into or | ||||||
15 | to remain signatory or otherwise adhere to agreements with one | ||||||
16 | or more labor organizations on the same or related construction | ||||||
17 | projects.
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18 | Section 20. Application to grants. The State, any agency of | ||||||
19 | the State, or any instrumentality thereof shall not issue | ||||||
20 | grants or enter into cooperative agreements for construction | ||||||
21 | projects with the condition requiring that bid specifications, | ||||||
22 | project labor agreements, or other controlling documents | ||||||
23 | pertaining to the grant or cooperative agreement contain any of | ||||||
24 | the elements specified in Section 15.
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1 | Section 25. Exercise of authority. The State, any agency of | ||||||
2 | the State, or any instrumentality thereof shall exercise such | ||||||
3 | authority as may be required to preclude a grant recipient or | ||||||
4 | party to a cooperative agreement from imposing any of the | ||||||
5 | elements specified in Section 15 in connection with any grant | ||||||
6 | or cooperative agreement awarded or entered into. Nothing in | ||||||
7 | this Act shall prohibit contractors or subcontractors from | ||||||
8 | voluntarily entering into agreements described in Section 15.
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