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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by 
5adding Section 45-77 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/45-77 new)
7    Sec. 45-77. Low-embodied-carbon concrete. 
8    (a) When a State contract is to be awarded to the lowest 
9responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will 
10fulfill the contract through the use of low-embodied-carbon 
11concrete may be given preference over other bidders unable to 
12do so, provided that the cost included in the bid using 
13low-embodied-carbon concrete is not more than 10% greater than 
14the cost in the bid not using low-embodied-carbon concrete.
15    (b) Contracts entered into under this Section may also 
16include, at the discretion of the contracting State agency, a 
17price preference of up to 10% for environmentally preferable 
18materials. If federal funds are to be used for a contract that 
19is awarded under this Section, then the contracting State 
20agency shall conduct the procurement and include in the 
21contract any specifications needed to comply with federal 
22procurement standards. This subsection (b) does not apply to 
23any contract if the application of the provisions of this 
 
 
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1Section would create a conflict with a federal law or a federal 
2regulation.
3    (c) For purposes of this Section:
4    "Low-embodied-carbon concrete" means concrete mixes and
 
5products that have been verified to result in a Global Warming 
6Potential value that is equal  to  or  less  than  the  Global 
7Warming Potential value of the presently approved green 
8procurement  specifications, and do not result in  the  elevation  
9of  hazardous  pollutants  that have been verified to be harmful 
10to human health and  ecosystems.
11    The Global Warming Potential value shall be provided in a 
12manner that is consistent with criteria in an Environmental 
13Product Declaration. Such information shall be used to 
14acknowledge those companies that have invested in emissions 
15reduction technologies and practices and to encourage other 
16companies to take action to reduce emissions to become more 
17competitive in the bidding process.