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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 942

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  942  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning procurement."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by
 8    changing Section 40-15 as follows:

 9        (30 ILCS 500/40-15)
10        Sec. 40-15.  Method of source selection.
11        (a)  Request  for  information.   Except  as  provided in
12    subsections (b) and (c), all State contracts  for  leases  of
13    real  property  or capital improvements shall be awarded by a
14    request for information process in  accordance  with  Section
15    40-20.
16        (b)  Other  methods.   A  request for information process
17    need not be used in procuring any of the following leases:
18             (1)  Property of less than 10,000 square feet.
19             (2)  Rent of less than $100,000 per year.
20             (3)  Duration of less than one year that  cannot  be
21        renewed.
 
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 1             (4)  Specialized   space   available   at  only  one
 2        location.
 3             (5)  Renewal or  extension  of  a  lease  in  effect
 4        before  July  1,  1999 1998; provided that: (i) the chief
 5        procurement  officer  determines  in  writing  that   the
 6        renewal  or  extension  is  in  the  best interest of the
 7        State; (ii) the chief procurement officer submits his  or
 8        her written determination and the renewal or extension to
 9        the  Board; (iii) the Board does not object in writing to
10        the  renewal  or  extension  within  30  days  after  its
11        submission;  and  (iv)  the  chief  procurement   officer
12        publishes  the  renewal  or  extension in the appropriate
13        volume of the Procurement Bulletin.
14        (c)  Leases with governmental units.  Leases  with  other
15    governmental  units  may  be  negotiated  without  using  the
16    request  for  information  process  when  deemed by the chief
17    procurement officer to be in the best interest of the State.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)".