100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2424

 

Introduced , by Rep. Peter Breen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 525/2  from Ch. 85, par. 1602

    Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that if any contract or amendment to a contract is entered into or purchase or expenditure of funds is made at any time in violation of the Act or other laws, the contract or amendment may be declared void by the chief procurement officer or may be ratified and affirmed, provided the chief procurement officer determines that ratification is in the best interests of the governmental unit. Provides that if a contract is ratified and affirmed, it shall be without prejudice to the governmental unit's right to any appropriate damages.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Governmental Joint Purchasing Act is amended
5by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 525/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1602)
7    Sec. 2. Joint purchasing authority.
8    (a) Any governmental unit may purchase personal property,
9supplies and services jointly with one or more other
10governmental units. All such joint purchases shall be by
11competitive solicitation as provided in Section 4 of this Act.
12The provisions of any other acts under which a governmental
13unit operates which refer to purchases and procedures in
14connection therewith shall be superseded by the provisions of
15this Act when the governmental units are exercising the joint
16powers created by this Act.
17    (a-5) A chief procurement officer established in Section
1810-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code may authorize the
19purchase of personal property, supplies, and services jointly
20with a governmental unit or entity of this or another state or
21with a consortium of governmental entities of one or more other
22states. Subject to provisions of the joint purchasing
23solicitation, the appropriate chief procurement officer may

 

 

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1designate the resulting contract as available to governmental
2units in Illinois.
3    (b) Any not-for-profit agency that qualifies under Section
445-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code and that either (1) acts
5pursuant to a board established by or controlled by a unit of
6local government or (2) receives grant funds from the State or
7from a unit of local government, shall be eligible to
8participate in contracts established by the State.
9    (c) If any contract or amendment to a contract is entered
10into or purchase or expenditure of funds is made at any time in
11violation of this Act or any other law, the contract or
12amendment may be declared void by the chief procurement officer
13or may be ratified and affirmed, provided the chief procurement
14officer determines that ratification is in the best interests
15of the governmental unit. If the contract or amendment is
16ratified and affirmed, it shall be without prejudice to the
17governmental unit's rights to any appropriate damages.
18(Source: P.A. 96-584, eff. 1-1-10; 97-895, eff. 8-3-12.)