Building Service employees; authority of local governments, definition.

Removed 'institution of higher education' from the list of covered locations, meaning the new service employee rules no longer apply to colleges and universities.

Corrected a typo in the definition of 'service employee' by removing the duplicate word 'at a' before 'an elementary or secondary school'.

Removed the phrase 'or institution of higher education' from the definition of 'covered location' to align with the scope change.

Removed internal legislative metadata including bill numbers, committee names, and amendment status.

Added the official 'ENROLLED' header and Act title required for the final version of the law.

The bill title and operative text were changed from 'building service employees' to 'service employees' and 'building service contract' to 'service contract,' expanding the potential applicability of the law.

The definition of 'covered location' was updated to remove the specific mention of 'office building' in the commercial center clause and to remove 'building engineer' from the list of job titles, while keeping the overall list of covered locations largely similar.

The definition of 'Awarding authority' was updated to refer to the 'governing body of a locality' instead of just 'a locality,' clarifying who can make the election to include the locality in the definition.

The definition of 'Successor service employer' was updated to replace 'building service employer' with 'incumbent service employer' throughout the clause to maintain consistency with the new terminology.

The rules for dismissing employees during the transition period were tightened; the amendment added the word 'only' to limit dismissals to just cause or workforce reduction, and restructured the list of conditions for workforce reduction to use letters (a-d) instead of Roman numerals.

A new subsection (C) was added, explicitly stating that a successor employer may retain fewer than all incumbent employees if they find fewer are necessary to perform the work, overriding any contrary laws.

The text layout was changed from single-column to a two-column format with line numbers for legislative tracking, while the actual bill language and legal provisions were preserved exactly.