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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 
5changing Section 55-20 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/55-20)
7    Sec. 55-20. Contracts for food donation; food donation 
8policy. 
9    (a) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
1099th General Assembly, a public entity shall not enter into a 
11contract to purchase food with a bidder or offeror if the 
12bidder's or offeror's contract terms prohibit the public 
13entity from donating food to food banks, including, but not 
14limited to, homeless shelters, food pantries, and soup 
15kitchens.

16    (b)   Each State agency that purchases food through a 
17contract procured in accordance with entering into or 
18maintaining a contract for the purchase of food under this 
19Code shall adopt a policy that permits the donation of 
20leftover food purchased with procured by State funds. The 
21policy shall address any daily food operations run by the 
22agency, including one-time events, and shall contain a list of 
23nearby soup kitchens, food pantries, and other non-profit 
 
 
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1organizations where leftover food can be donated. Each State 
2agency shall circulate its policy to all agency employees, and 
3submit its food donation policy to the Department of Central 
4Management Services on an annual basis beginning December 31, 
52018. 
6(Source: P.A. 99-552, eff. 7-15-16; 100-709, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
8becoming law.