(30 ILCS 105/29a) (from Ch. 127, par. 165a)
Sec. 29a.
The Department of Transportation
is authorized to contract with any bank or banks in the State for the payment
by such banks for the labor and services of day laborers engaged in State
road construction and maintenance work and for emergency purchases in such
work. Any such emergency purchase shall not be for an amount in excess of
$25.00. Such bank or banks shall be reimbursed out of appropriations made
to the Department in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall
be paid such reasonable compensation for its services as may be agreed on
by the Department and the bank.
Such payments by any bank shall be made only upon the authorization of
some employee or agent of the Department duly designated by it for this purpose.
Such employee or agent shall be required to furnish to the Department a bond,
to be paid for by the Department, in an amount equal to twice the total
of such payments at any one time.
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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