94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0689


 
Introduced 02/01/05, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














30 ILCS 500/30-22









    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code.  With respect to the requirement that a construction contract bidder must participate in apprenticeship programs in order to be considered a responsible bidder, exempts bidders and subcontractors that employ a  workforce for which an apprenticeship program has not been developed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
















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    AN ACT concerning procurement.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 30-22 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 500/30-22)

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    Sec. 30-22. Construction contracts; responsible bidder 
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requirements.  To
be
considered a responsible bidder on a 
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construction contract for purposes of this
Code, a
bidder must 
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comply with all of the following requirements and must present

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satisfactory
evidence of that compliance to the appropriate 
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construction agency:

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        (1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws 
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    concerning the
bidder's entitlement to conduct business in 
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    Illinois.


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        (2) The bidder must comply with all applicable 
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    provisions of the
Prevailing Wage Act.

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        (3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal 
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    Employment
Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the 
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    United States Code (42 U.S.C.
2000e and following) and with 
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    Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended
by Executive 
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    Order No. 11375.


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        (4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer 
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    Identification Number
or, if an individual, a valid Social 
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    Security Number.

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        (5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of 
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    insurance showing the
following coverages: general 
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    liability, professional liability, product
liability,

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    workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous 
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    occupation, and
automobile.

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        (6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must 
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    participate
in applicable apprenticeship and training 
 


 






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    programs
approved by and registered with the United States 
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    Department of Labor's Bureau
of Apprenticeship and 
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    Training, except that the apprenticeship requirement does 
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    not apply to a bidder or any  subcontractor that employs a 
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    workforce for which the United States Department of Labor 
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    has not developed an apprenticeship program.


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    The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally 
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funded
construction projects if such application would 
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jeopardize the receipt or use
of federal funds in support of 
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such a project.


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(Source: P.A. 93-642, eff. 6-1-04.)