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FINANCE
(30 ILCS 560/0.01) (from Ch. 48, par. 268.9)
Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Works Preference Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)
(30 ILCS 560/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 269)
Sec. 1. A person shall be deemed to be an Illinois laborer if he is a citizen of the United States or has received his first naturalization papers and has resided in Illinois for at least one year immediately preceding his employment.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 270)
Sec. 2. Laborers on public works projects shall include all labor, whether skilled, semi‑skilled or unskilled, and whether manual or nonmanual.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 271)
Sec. 3. Every person who is charged with the duty, either by law or contract, of constructing or building any public works project or improvement for the State of Illinois or any political subdivision, municipal corporation or other governmental unit thereof shall employ only Illinois laborers on such project or improvement, and every contract let by any such person shall contain a provision requiring that such labor be used: Provided, that other laborers may be used when Illinois laborers as defined in this Act are not available, or are incapable of performing the particular type of work involved, if so certified by the contractor and approved by the contracting officer.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 272)
Sec. 4. Every contractor on a public works project or improvement in this state may place on such work not to exceed three (3) of his regularly employed non‑resident executive and technical experts, even though they do not qualify as Illinois laborers as defined in this Act.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 273)
Sec. 5. In all contracts involving the expenditure of federal aid funds this Act shall not be enforced in such manner as to conflict with any federal statutes or rules and regulations.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 274)
Sec. 6. Any person who fails to use Illinois laborers as required in this Act, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Each separate case of failure to use Illinois laborers on such public works projects or improvements shall constitute a separate offense.
(Source: P. A. 77‑2438.)
(30 ILCS 560/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 275)
Sec. 7. This Act shall be enforced by the Department of Labor.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
FINANCE
(30 ILCS 560/) Public Works Preference Act.
(30 ILCS 560/0.01) (from Ch. 48, par. 268.9)
Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Works Preference Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)
(30 ILCS 560/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 269)
Sec. 1. A person shall be deemed to be an Illinois laborer if he is a citizen of the United States or has received his first naturalization papers and has resided in Illinois for at least one year immediately preceding his employment.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 270)
Sec. 2. Laborers on public works projects shall include all labor, whether skilled, semi‑skilled or unskilled, and whether manual or nonmanual.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 271)
Sec. 3. Every person who is charged with the duty, either by law or contract, of constructing or building any public works project or improvement for the State of Illinois or any political subdivision, municipal corporation or other governmental unit thereof shall employ only Illinois laborers on such project or improvement, and every contract let by any such person shall contain a provision requiring that such labor be used: Provided, that other laborers may be used when Illinois laborers as defined in this Act are not available, or are incapable of performing the particular type of work involved, if so certified by the contractor and approved by the contracting officer.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 272)
Sec. 4. Every contractor on a public works project or improvement in this state may place on such work not to exceed three (3) of his regularly employed non‑resident executive and technical experts, even though they do not qualify as Illinois laborers as defined in this Act.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 273)
Sec. 5. In all contracts involving the expenditure of federal aid funds this Act shall not be enforced in such manner as to conflict with any federal statutes or rules and regulations.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
(30 ILCS 560/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 274)
Sec. 6. Any person who fails to use Illinois laborers as required in this Act, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Each separate case of failure to use Illinois laborers on such public works projects or improvements shall constitute a separate offense.
(Source: P. A. 77‑2438.)
(30 ILCS 560/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 275)
Sec. 7. This Act shall be enforced by the Department of Labor.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 567.)
