104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3176
 
Introduced 2/2/2026, by Sen. Neil Anderson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/85-30
    Amends the Township Code. Provides that any purchases by a township for services, materials, or supplies in excess of $60,000 (rather than $30,000), other than professional services, shall be contracted for through: (i) a contract let to the lowest responsive bidder after advertising for bids at least once in a newspaper having several circulation in the township or (ii) a contract let without advertising for bids in the case of an emergency if authorized by the township board.


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A BILL FOR
 
SB3176LRB104 19051 WRO 32496 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing 
5Section 85-30 as follows:
 
6    (60 ILCS 1/85-30)
7    Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township 
8for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of 
9$60,000 $30,000 (other than professional services) shall be 
10contracted for in one of the following ways:
11        (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder 
12    after advertising for bids at least once (i) in a 
13    newspaper published within the township, or (ii) if no 
14    newspaper is published within the township, then in one 
15    published within the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is 
16    published within the county, then in a newspaper having 
17    general circulation within the township.
18        (2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in 
19    the case of an emergency if authorized by the township 
20    board.
21    This Section does not apply to contracts by a township 
22with the federal government.
23(Source: P.A. 102-728, eff. 5-6-22.)