Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 18-1604

• File #: 18-1604
• Version: 5
• Name: PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE - PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 1/10/2018
• In control: Finance Committee
• On agenda: 1/17/2018
• Final action: 3/14/2018
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOURTH SUBSTITUTE TO 18-1604 FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING 3/14/2018 9 A.M. PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE - PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 74 TAXATION, Section 74-71 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 74-71. - Laws regulating the payment of wages. (a) Living wage requirement. (1) Unless expressly waived by the County Board, any Employer occupying a property that receives a property tax incentive for Class 6b industrial property, Class 8 industrial property, or Class 9 multifamily residential property shall pay not less than the Living Wage, as defined in the Cook County Procurement Code (Cook County, Ill., Code, Ch. 34, Art. IV, Div. 1 ? 34-121), to each of its onsite Employees, unless such Employees' Wages are governed by Federal or State prevailing wage law. For purpose of this Section, the term "Employee" shall mean an Employee who performs duties or services fo...
• Sponsors: JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI, LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, EDWARD M. MOODY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
3/14/2018	4	Board of Commissioners	approve as substituted	Pass
3/14/2018	2	Finance Committee	suspend the rules	Pass
3/14/2018	2	Finance Committee	recommend for deferral	Fail
3/14/2018	2	Finance Committee	recommend for approval as substituted	Pass
3/14/2018	2	Finance Committee	accept as substituted	Pass
3/14/2018	2	Finance Committee	suspend the rules	Pass
3/1/2018	1	Finance Committee	accept as substituted	Pass
3/1/2018	1	Finance Committee	no action taken as substituted
1/17/2018	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT


FOURTH SUBSTITUTE TO 18-1604

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING 3/14/2018 9 A.M.

PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE - PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 74 TAXATION, Section 74-71 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 74-71. - Laws regulating the payment of wages.

(a) Living wage requirement.

(1) Unless expressly waived by the County Board, any Employer occupying a property that receives a property tax incentive for Class 6b industrial property, Class 8 industrial property, or Class 9 multifamily residential property shall pay not less than the Living Wage, as defined in the Cook County Procurement Code (Cook County, Ill., Code, Ch. 34, Art. IV, Div. 1 ? 34-121), to each of its onsite Employees, unless such Employees' Wages are governed by Federal or State prevailing wage law. For purpose of this Section, the term "Employee" shall mean an Employee who performs duties or services for an Employer on average at least 30 hours per week in any two-week period for which the Employee is paid; "hours per week" shall mean hours for which an Employee is paid or entitled to payment by the Employer for a period of time during which no duties are performed by the Employee due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity, jury duty, military duty or approved leave of absence.

(2) On and after July 1, 2020, the owner of any property that receives a property tax incentive shall notify all Employers who occupy such property as lessees of the requirements of this Section. Upon commencement of a lease, on or after July 1, 2020, of a property that receives a property tax incentive, any new lessee shall be required to submit to the municipality or the Cook County Board, as the case may be, an affidavit stating that such lessee is paying a Living Wage to its Employees in compliance with this Section. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the requirements of this Se...