Bill Text: IL SB2261 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: If and only if Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the Senate, amends the Illinois Hazardous Materials Workforce Training Act by providing that the prevailing wage rate required for a "skilled journeyperson" shall not apply to a construction contractor meeting specified requirements. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2261 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2261-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2261 Introduced 5/30/2019, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
101st G.A., SB1407 Engrossed, Sec. 10
If and only if Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the Senate, amends the Illinois Hazardous Materials Workforce Training Act by providing that the prevailing wage rate required for a "skilled journeyperson" shall not apply to a construction contractor meeting specified requirements. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st
General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the
Senate, then the Illinois Hazardous Materials Workforce
Training Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
(101st G.A., SB1407 Engrossed, Sec. 10)
Sec. 10. Advanced safety training.
(a) The Department shall develop by rule a curriculum of
approved advanced safety training for workers at high hazard
facilities. That training shall be available through the
Department or instruction may be provided by a community
college or United States Department of Labor apprenticeship
program. The Department shall approve a curriculum in
accordance with this subsection (a) by January 1, 2021, and
shall periodically revise the curriculum to reflect current
best practices. Upon receipt of certification from the
apprenticeship program or community college, the Department
shall issue a certificate to a worker who completes the
approved training.
(b) An owner or operator, when contracting for the
performance of construction work at the stationary source,

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shall require that its contractors and any subcontractors use a
skilled and trained workforce to perform all onsite work within
an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction
trades.
(c) The requirements of this Section shall not immediately
apply to contracts awarded before January 1, 2020, unless the
contract is extended or renewed after that date. Contracts
awarded before January 1, 2020 shall meet the requirements of
this Section no later than January 1, 2021.
(d) The requirements of this Section shall only apply to
the skilled and trained workforce, contracted with an owner or
operator to perform construction work at the stationary source
site.
(e) The skilled and trained workforce requirements under
this Section shall not apply to:
(1) Contractors that have requested qualified workers
from the local hiring halls that dispatch workers in the
apprenticeable occupation and, due to workforce shortages,
the contractor is unable to obtain sufficient qualified
workers within 48 hours of the request, Saturdays, Sundays,
and holidays excepted. This Act shall not prevent
contractors from obtaining workers from any source.
(2) An emergency where compliance is impracticable;
namely, an emergency requires immediate action to prevent
imminent harm to public health or safety or to the
environment. Within 14 days of an emergency, the Attorney

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General's Workers Rights Bureau, in conjunction with the
Illinois Department of Labor, must certify that the
emergency warranted noncompliance with this Act. The
employer must provide necessary documentation of the
emergency to the Attorney General's Workers Rights Bureau
and the Illinois Department of Labor.
(f) The prevailing wage rate required for a "skilled
journey person" under Section 5 shall not apply to a
construction contractor:
(1) whose employees performing work at an owner or
operator's facility have completed an approved
Occupational Safety and Health Administration training
course on the handling of hazardous materials;
(2) who hires Illinois residents from a training
program for individuals with barriers to employment and
partners with a Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity local workforce office or a community-based
organization; and
(3) who employs at least 15% minorities who have either
graduated from an approved apprenticeship program for the
applicable occupation or have at least as many hours of
on-the-job experience in the applicable occupation that
would be required to graduate from an approved
apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation.
For purposes of this subsection, "individuals with
barriers to employment" means training participants who have

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been released by the Illinois Department of Corrections or
county or local law enforcement authorities, lack a high school
diploma or its equivalent, demonstrate few marketable
abilities or skills for employment, or have no prior
job-seeking skills.
(Source: 101st G.A., SB1407 Engrossed.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law, or on the date Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st
General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.