94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4555

 

Introduced 1/11/2006, by Rep. Angelo Saviano

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 805/8   from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315

    Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. In a Section requiring that contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 for supplies, materials, or work shall be awarded to the lowest bidder after advertising, provides additional exceptions for contracts involving professional skill, utility services, services or supplies requiring integration with existing systems, certain educational or instructional materials, contracts that are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, certain service or repair contracts, and certain emergency contracts. Deletes an exception for necessary supplies under the control of a monopoly. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is
5 amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 805/8)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315)
7     Sec. 8. Powers and duties of corporate authority and
8 officers; contracts; salaries.
9     (a) The board shall be the corporate authority of such
10 forest preserve district and shall have power to pass and
11 enforce all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations for the
12 management of the property and conduct of the business of such
13 district. The president of such board shall have power to
14 appoint such employees as may be necessary. In counties with
15 population of less than 3,000,000, within 60 days after their
16 selection the commissioners appointed under the provisions of
17 Section 3a of this Act shall organize by selecting from their
18 members a president, secretary, treasurer and such other
19 officers as are deemed necessary who shall hold office for the
20 fiscal year in which elected and until their successors are
21 selected and qualify. In the one district in existence on July
22 1, 1977, that is managed by an appointed board of
23 commissioners, the incumbent president and the other officers
24 appointed in the manner as originally prescribed in this Act
25 shall hold such offices until the completion of their
26 respective terms or in the case of the officers other than
27 president until their successors are appointed by said
28 president, but in all cases not to extend beyond January 1,
29 1980 and until their successors are selected and qualify.
30 Thereafter, the officers shall be selected in the manner as
31 prescribed in this Section except that their first term of
32 office shall not expire until June 30, 1981 and until their

 

 

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1 successors are selected and qualify.
2     (b) In any county, city, village, incorporated town or
3 sanitary district where the corporate authorities act as the
4 governing body of a forest preserve district, the person
5 exercising the powers of the president of the board shall have
6 power to appoint a secretary and an assistant secretary and
7 treasurer and an assistant treasurer and such other officers
8 and such employees as may be necessary. The assistant secretary
9 and assistant treasurer shall perform the duties of the
10 secretary and treasurer, respectively in case of death of such
11 officers or when such officers are unable to perform the duties
12 of their respective offices. All contracts for supplies,
13 material or work involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000
14 shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after
15 advertising at least once in one or more newspapers of general
16 circulation within the district, excepting:
17         (1) work requiring personal confidence;
18         (2) work of individuals possessing a high degree of
19     professional skill where the ability or fitness of the
20     individual plays an important part;
21         (3) contracts for utility service, such as gas and
22     electric;
23         (4) contracts for services or supplies that require
24     integration with existing systems or existing computer
25     hardware or software, such as security systems and
26     integrated computer systems and services related thereto;
27         (5) contracts for the purchase of magazines, books,
28     periodicals, and similar articles of an educational or
29     instructional nature;
30         (6) contracts that by their nature are not adapted to
31     award by competitive bidding, such as telecommunication
32     systems and contracts for services or supplies that are
33     available only from a single source;
34         (7) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of or
35     provision of repair parts for equipment if the contract is
36     made with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of

 

 

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1     that equipment, and the maintenance, service, or provision
2     of parts can best be performed by the manufacturer or
3     authorized service agent; and
4         (8) contracts required to meet an immediate emergency
5     affecting the public health, safety, or welfare, in which
6     case the board of commissioners shall set forth the nature
7     of the danger to the public health, safety, or welfare or
8     necessary supplies under the control of monopolies, where
9     competitive bidding is impossible.
10     Contracts for supplies, material or work involving an
11 expenditure of $20,000 or less may be let without advertising
12 for bids, but whenever practicable, at least 3 competitive bids
13 shall be obtained before letting such contract. All contracts
14 for supplies, material or work shall be signed by the president
15 of the board of commissioners or by any such other officer as
16 the board in its discretion may designate.
17     (c) The president of any board of commissioners appointed
18 under the provisions of Section 3a of this Act shall receive a
19 salary not to exceed the sum of $2500 per annum and the salary
20 of other members of the board so appointed shall not exceed
21 $1500 per annum. Salaries of the commissioners, officers and
22 employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-897, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.