Many state legislators are concerned that a PPP would not be required to pay workers constructing the project the prevailing wages required under federal and state law if the private partner was the entity responsible for constructing the project. This is a particular problem if the private partner is the sole funding source for the project and will own the improvement once it is constructed. Missouri, for example, has required that the public authority retain ownership of a PPP project to ensure that prevailing wages required under state law will continue to be paid to project workers.240
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240 The Illinois legislature adopted special provisions to address the protections afforded to existing public employees in the act authorizing a lease of Midway Airport. See Public Act 094-0750, State of Illinois, 94th General Assembly.