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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 5-1022 as follows:
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| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1022) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-1022. Competitive bids.
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| 8 | (a) Any purchase by a county with fewer than 2,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | inhabitants of
services, materials, equipment or supplies in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | excess of $50,000 $30,000, other than
professional services, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | shall be contracted for in one of the following ways:
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| 12 | (1) by a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | after advertising
for bids in a newspaper published within | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the county or, if no newspaper
is published within the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | county, then a newspaper having general circulation
within | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | the county; or
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| 17 | (2) by a contract let without advertising for bids in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the case of an
emergency if authorized by the county | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | board.
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| 20 | (b) In determining the lowest responsible bidder, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | county board shall
take into consideration the qualities of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | the articles supplied; their
conformity with the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | specifications; their suitability to the
requirements
of the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | county,
availability of support services; uniqueness of the | ||||||
| 2 | service, materials,
equipment, or supplies as it applies to | ||||||
| 3 | networked, integrated computer systems;
compatibility to | ||||||
| 4 | existing equipment;
and the delivery terms. The county board | ||||||
| 5 | also may
take into consideration whether a bidder is a private | ||||||
| 6 | enterprise or a
State-controlled enterprise and, | ||||||
| 7 | notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section or a lower | ||||||
| 8 | bid by a State-controlled enterprise, may let a
contract to | ||||||
| 9 | the lowest responsible bidder that is a private enterprise.
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| 10 | (c) This Section does not apply to contracts by a county | ||||||
| 11 | with the federal
government or to purchases of used equipment, | ||||||
| 12 | purchases at auction
or similar transactions which by their | ||||||
| 13 | very nature are not suitable to
competitive bids, pursuant to | ||||||
| 14 | an ordinance adopted by the county board.
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| 15 | (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a | ||||||
| 16 | county may let
without advertising for bids in the case of | ||||||
| 17 | purchases and contracts, when
individual orders do not exceed | ||||||
| 18 | $35,000, for the use, purchase, delivery,
movement, or | ||||||
| 19 | installation of data processing equipment, software, or | ||||||
| 20 | services
and
telecommunications and inter-connect equipment, | ||||||
| 21 | software, and services.
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| 22 | (e) A county may require, as a condition of any contract | ||||||
| 23 | for goods and
services,
that persons awarded a contract with | ||||||
| 24 | the county and all affiliates of the
person
collect and
remit | ||||||
| 25 | Illinois Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property | ||||||
| 26 | into the
State
of Illinois
in accordance with the provisions | ||||||
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| 1 | of the Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of
whether the
person or | ||||||
| 2 | affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business | ||||||
| 3 | within this
State" as
defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. | ||||||
| 4 | For purposes of this subsection (e),
the term
"affiliate" | ||||||
| 5 | means any entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or | ||||||
| 6 | constructively
controls another
entity, (2) is directly, | ||||||
| 7 | indirectly, or constructively controlled by another
entity, or | ||||||
| 8 | (3) is
subject to the control of a common entity. For purposes | ||||||
| 9 | of this subsection (e),
an entity
controls another entity if | ||||||
| 10 | it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of
the voting
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| 11 | securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (e), the | ||||||
| 12 | term "voting
security" means a
security that (1) confers upon | ||||||
| 13 | the holder the right to vote for the election of
members of
the | ||||||
| 14 | board of directors or similar governing body of the business | ||||||
| 15 | or (2) is
convertible into,
or entitles the holder to receive | ||||||
| 16 | upon its exercise, a security that confers
such a right to
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| 17 | vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.
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| 18 | (f) Bids submitted to, and contracts executed by, the | ||||||
| 19 | county may require
a
certification by the bidder or contractor | ||||||
| 20 | that the bidder or contractor is not
barred from
bidding for or | ||||||
| 21 | entering into a contract under this Section and that the | ||||||
| 22 | bidder
or contractor
acknowledges that the county may declare | ||||||
| 23 | the contract void if the certification
completed
pursuant to | ||||||
| 24 | this subsection (f) is false.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-170, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| 26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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