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Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Filed: 3/2/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2953
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2953, on page 1, |
| 3 | | immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 32 as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3605/32) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 332)
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| 7 | | Sec. 32.
The Board shall adopt regulations to insure that |
| 8 | | the
construction or acquisition by the Authority of services or |
| 9 | | public
transportation facilities (other than real estate) |
| 10 | | involving a cost of more
than the small purchase threshold set |
| 11 | | by the Federal Transit Administration $40,000 and the |
| 12 | | disposition of all property of the Authority shall be
after |
| 13 | | public notice and with public bidding. The regulations may |
| 14 | | provide
for exceptions to the requirements for the issuance and |
| 15 | | sale of bonds or
notes of the Authority, to the acquisition of |
| 16 | | professional or utility
services and to other matters for which |
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| 1 | | public bidding is disadvantageous. The
regulations may also |
| 2 | | provide for the use of competitive negotiations or the
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| 3 | | prequalification of responsible bidders consistent with |
| 4 | | applicable federal
regulations. The requirements set forth |
| 5 | | therein shall not apply to
purchase of service agreements or |
| 6 | | other contracts, purchases or sales
entered into by the |
| 7 | | Authority with any transportation agency or unit of
local |
| 8 | | government.
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| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1156, eff. 1-9-15.)
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| 10 | | Section 10. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended |
| 11 | | by changing Section 5.5 as follows:
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| 12 | | (70 ILCS 3610/5.5) |
| 13 | | Sec. 5.5. Public bidding. The Board shall adopt regulations |
| 14 | | to ensure that the construction or acquisition by the District |
| 15 | | of services or public transportation facilities (other than |
| 16 | | real estate) involving a cost of more than the small purchase |
| 17 | | threshold set by the Federal Transit Administration $40,000 and |
| 18 | | the disposition of all property of the District shall be after |
| 19 | | public notice and with public bidding. The regulations may |
| 20 | | provide for exceptions to the requirements for the issuance and |
| 21 | | sale of bonds or notes of the District, to the acquisition of |
| 22 | | professional or utility services and to other matters for which |
| 23 | | public bidding is disadvantageous. The regulations may also |
| 24 | | provide for the use of competitive negotiations or the |
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| 1 | | prequalification of responsible bidders consistent with |
| 2 | | applicable federal regulations. The requirements set forth |
| 3 | | therein shall not apply to purchase of service agreements or |
| 4 | | other contracts, purchases or sales entered into by the |
| 5 | | District with any transportation agency or unit of local |
| 6 | | government.
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| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1156, eff. 1-9-15.)"; and
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| 8 | | on page 1, line 4, by replacing "Section 5" with "Section 15".
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