Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 3/13/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2786

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2786 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land 
5Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by 
6changing Section 45 as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 535/45)  (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-45)
8    Sec. 45. Small contracts.  
9    (a) The provisions of Sections 25, 30, and 35 do not apply 
10to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts 
11with an estimated basic professional services fee of less than 
12the maximum estimated basic professional services fee set 
13forth in this Section $25,000.
14    (b) As used in this Section: 
15    "Consumer price index-u" means the index published by the 
16Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of 
 
 
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1Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and 
2services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city 
3average, all items, 1982-84=100. 
4    "Maximum estimated basic professional services fee" means: 
5        (1) for contracts entered into before the effective 
6    date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, 
7    $25,000; 
8        (2) for contracts entered into on or after the 
9    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 
10    Assembly and before January 1, 2027, $40,000; and 
11        (3) for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 
12    2027, the maximum estimated basic professional services 
13    fee for the calendar year immediately preceding the 
14    calendar year in which the contract is entered into, 
15    increased by a percentage equal to the annual unadjusted 
16    percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index-u 
17    during the 12-month period ending in September of the 
18    immediately preceding calendar year and rounded to the 
19    nearest $10. 
20(Source: P.A. 92-861, eff. 1-3-03.)".