Public works are all fixed work, constructed for public use, by any public body, paid in whole or in part with public funds. It also includes all projects funded in whole or in part by the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act, the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Development Finance Authority Act, the Build Illinois Bond Act, and the Build Illinois Act. If you wish to review the Attorney General opinion, click here Op. Section 4 further provides that IDOL may revise the rates and that the revisions shall apply to contracts of public bodies.
Public bodies are responsible for notifying contractors and subcontractors of the revised rates.
The Illinois Attorney General issued an opinion addressing the procedure for investigating, finding, announcing, defending, and adjusting prevailing wage classification and rate determinations. If you wish to review the Attorney General opinion, click here Op. The records shall be open at all reasonable hours to inspection by the public body awarding the contract, its officers and agents, and the Director of Labor and his or her deputies and agents. The public body, its officers and agents, and the Director of Labor and his or her deputies and agents, may also subpoena the production of all books, records, and other evidence related to an investigation or hearing.