98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2512

 

Introduced , by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/8-9-1  from Ch. 24, par. 8-9-1

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding public improvements.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 8-9-1 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/8-9-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 8-9-1)
7    Sec. 8-9-1. In municipalities of less than than 500,000
8except as otherwise provided in Articles 4 and 5 any work or
9other public improvement which is not to be paid for in whole
10or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the
11expense thereof will exceed $20,000, shall be constructed
12either (1) by a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
13after advertising for bids, in the manner prescribed by
14ordinance, except that any such contract may be entered into by
15the proper officers without advertising for bids, if authorized
16by a vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen or trustees then
17holding office; or (2) in the following manner, if authorized
18by a vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen or trustees then
19holding office, to-wit: the commissioner of public works or
20other proper officers to be designated by ordinance, shall
21superintend and cause to be carried out the construction of the
22work or other public improvement and shall employ exclusively
23for the performance of all manual labor thereon, laborers and

 

 

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1artisans whom the municipality shall pay by the day or hour;
2and all material of the value of $20,000 and upward used in the
3construction of the work or other public improvement, shall be
4purchased by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder in
5the manner to be prescribed by ordinance. However, nothing
6contained in this section shall apply to any contract by a
7city, village or incorporated town with the federal government
8or any agency thereof.
9    In every city which has adopted Division 1 of Article 10,
10every such laborer or artisan shall be certified by the civil
11service commission to the commissioner of public works or other
12proper officers, in accordance with the requirement of that
13division.
14    In municipalities of 500,000 or more population the letting
15of contracts for work or other public improvements of the
16character described in this section shall be governed by the
17provisions of Division 10 of this Article 8.
18(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)