Public Act 095-0647
 
HB0978 Enrolled LRB095 10184 JAM 30398 b

    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 40-15 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 500/40-15)
    Sec. 40-15. Method of source selection.
    (a) Request for information. Except as provided in
subsections (b) and (c), all State contracts for leases of real
property or capital improvements shall be awarded by a request
for information process in accordance with Section 40-20.
    (b) Other methods. A request for information process need
not be used in procuring any of the following leases:
        (1) Property of less than 10,000 square feet.
        (2) Rent of less than $100,000 per year.
        (3) Duration of less than one year that cannot be
    renewed.
        (4) Specialized space available at only one location.
        (5) Renewal or extension of a lease in effect before
    July 1, 2002; provided that: (i) the chief procurement
    officer determines in writing that the renewal or extension
    is in the best interest of the State; (ii) the chief
    procurement officer submits his or her written
    determination and the renewal or extension to the Board;
    (iii) the Board does not object in writing to the renewal
    or extension within 30 days after its submission; and (iv)
    the chief procurement officer publishes the renewal or
    extension in the appropriate volume of the Procurement
    Bulletin.
    (c) Leases with governmental units. Leases with other
governmental units may be negotiated without using the request
for information process when deemed by the chief procurement
officer to be in the best interest of the State.
(Source: P.A. 93-133, eff. 1-1-04; 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2007.