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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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st
5General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the
6Senate, then the Illinois Hazardous Materials Workforce
7Training Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
8    (101st G.A., SB1407 Engrossed, Sec. 10)
9    Sec. 10. Advanced safety training.
10    (a) The Department shall develop by rule a curriculum of
11approved advanced safety training for workers at high hazard
12facilities. That training shall be available through the
13Department or instruction may be provided by a community
14college or United States Department of Labor apprenticeship
15program. The Department shall approve a curriculum in
16accordance with this subsection (a) by January 1, 2021, and
17shall periodically revise the curriculum to reflect current
18best practices. Upon receipt of certification from the
19apprenticeship program or community college, the Department
20shall issue a certificate to a worker who completes the
21approved training.
22    (b) An owner or operator, when contracting for the
23performance of construction work at the stationary source,

 

 

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1shall require that its contractors and any subcontractors use a
2skilled and trained workforce to perform all onsite work within
3an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction
4trades.
5    (c) The requirements of this Section shall not immediately
6apply to contracts awarded before January 1, 2020, unless the
7contract is extended or renewed after that date. Contracts
8awarded before January 1, 2020 shall meet the requirements of
9this Section no later than January 1, 2021.
10    (d) The requirements of this Section shall only apply to
11the skilled and trained workforce, contracted with an owner or
12operator to perform construction work at the stationary source
13site.
14    (e) The skilled and trained workforce requirements under
15this Section shall not apply to:
16        (1) Contractors that have requested qualified workers
17    from the local hiring halls that dispatch workers in the
18    apprenticeable occupation and, due to workforce shortages,
19    the contractor is unable to obtain sufficient qualified
20    workers within 48 hours of the request, Saturdays, Sundays,
21    and holidays excepted. This Act shall not prevent
22    contractors from obtaining workers from any source.
23        (2) An emergency where compliance is impracticable;
24    namely, an emergency requires immediate action to prevent
25    imminent harm to public health or safety or to the
26    environment. Within 14 days of an emergency, the Attorney

 

 

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1    General's Workers Rights Bureau, in conjunction with the
2    Illinois Department of Labor, must certify that the
3    emergency warranted noncompliance with this Act. The
4    employer must provide necessary documentation of the
5    emergency to the Attorney General's Workers Rights Bureau
6    and the Illinois Department of Labor.
7    (f) The prevailing wage rate required for a "skilled
8journey person" under Section 5 shall not apply to a
9construction contractor:
10        (1) whose employees performing work at an owner or
11    operator's facility have completed an approved
12    Occupational Safety and Health Administration training
13    course on the handling of hazardous materials;
14        (2) who hires Illinois residents from a training
15    program for individuals with barriers to employment and
16    partners with a Department of Commerce and Economic
17    Opportunity local workforce office or a community-based
18    organization; and
19        (3) who employs at least 15% minorities who have either
20    graduated from an approved apprenticeship program for the
21    applicable occupation or have at least as many hours of
22    on-the-job experience in the applicable occupation that
23    would be required to graduate from an approved
24    apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation.
25    For purposes of this subsection, "individuals with
26barriers to employment" means training participants who have

 

 

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1been released by the Illinois Department of Corrections or
2county or local law enforcement authorities, lack a high school
3diploma or its equivalent, demonstrate few marketable
4abilities or skills for employment, or have no prior
5job-seeking skills.
6(Source: 101st G.A., SB1407 Engrossed.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law, or on the date Senate Bill 1407 of the 101st
9General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.