HB3829 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3829

Introduced 2/25/2005, by Rep. Cynthia Soto

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.21

from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.21

Amends the School Code. For competitive bids for service contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000, provides that the bidder must disclose, before the public bid opening, in an affidavit that becomes part of the bid, (1) any charges filed against the bidder within the past 10 years pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or the Illinois Human Rights Act, (2) any charges filed against the bidder within the past 10 years related to bid-rigging or bid manipulation, (3) any legal claims pending against the bidder, (4) all workplace injuries reported by employees within the past year, (5) all employee turnover, (6) any units of government that have barred the bidder or its affiliates from future bidding, (7) any contributions given to the political campaigns of school board members or any political action committee created with the purpose of affecting policies related to a particular school district or its students, (8) any gifts given to a prohibited recipient under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and (9) any gifts or contributions given to non-profit organizations established with the purpose of affecting a particular school district or its students. Provides that if the affidavit contains false or incomplete information, the school district does not have to consider the bid. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 10-20.21 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.21) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.21)

Sec. 10-20.21. Contracts.

(a) To award all contracts for purchase of supplies, materials or work or contracts with private carriers for transportation of pupils involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000 to the lowest responsible bidder, considering conformity with specifications, terms of delivery, quality and serviceability, after due advertisement, except the following: (i) contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness of the individual plays an important part; (ii) contracts for the printing of finance committee reports and departmental reports; (iii) contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness; (iv) contracts for the purchase of perishable foods and perishable beverages; (v) contracts for materials and work which have been awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after due advertisement, but due to unforeseen revisions, not the fault of the contractor for materials and work, must be revised causing expenditures not in excess of 10% of the contract price; (vi) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or authorized service agent; (vii) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or installation of data processing equipment, software, or services and telecommunications and interconnect equipment, software, and services; (viii) contracts for duplicating machines and supplies; (ix) contracts for the purchase of natural gas when the cost is less than that offered by a public utility; (x) purchases of equipment previously owned by some entity other than the district itself; (xi) contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction, or a single project involving an expenditure not to exceed $20,000 and not involving a change or increase in the size, type, or extent of an existing facility; (xii) contracts for goods or services procured from another governmental agency; (xiii) contracts for goods or services which are economically procurable from only one source, such as for the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports, and for utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone or telegraph; (xiv) where funds are expended in an emergency and such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board; and (xv) State master contracts authorized under Article 28A of this Code.

All competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000 must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened by a member or employee of the school board at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice of the time and place of the bid opening. For purposes of this Section due advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one public notice at least 10 days before the bid date in a newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is published in the district, in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the district. For competitive bids for service contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000, the bidder must disclose, before the public bid opening, in an affidavit that becomes part of the bid, (1) any charges filed against the bidder within the past 10 years pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or the Illinois Human Rights Act, the disposition of those charges, and the current work status of the employees who filed the charges; (2) any charges filed against the bidder within the past 10 years related to bid-rigging or bid manipulation under the Criminal Code of 1961; (3) any legal claims pending against the bidder; (4) all workplace injuries reported by employees within the past year and the current work status of the employees who reported being injured; (5) all employee turnover; (6) any units of government that have barred the bidder or its affiliates from future bidding; (7) any contributions given to the political campaigns of school board members or any political action committee created for the purpose of affecting policies related to a particular school district or its students; (8) any gifts given to a prohibited recipient under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, the amount of the gift, and the name of the recipient; and (9) any gifts or contributions given to non-profit organizations established for the purpose of affecting a particular school district or its students, such as a non-profit foundation or a booster club. If the affidavit contains false or incomplete information, the school district does not have to consider the bid. If the school district chooses not to consider the bid, the school district shall document this fact and make it available for public inspection. State master contracts and certified education purchasing contracts, as defined in Article 28A of this Code, are not subject to the requirements of this paragraph.

(b) To require, as a condition of any contract for goods and services, that persons bidding for and awarded a contract and all affiliates of the person collect and remit Illinois Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business within this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. For purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this subsection (b), an entity controls another entity if it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (b), the term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the board of directors or similar governing body of the business or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.

To require that bids and contracts include a certification by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is not barred from bidding for or entering into a contract under this Section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges that the school board may declare the contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is false.

(c) If the State education purchasing entity creates a master contract as defined in Article 28A of this Code, then the State education purchasing entity shall notify school districts of the existence of the master contract.

(d) In purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, or services that are not subject to subsection (c) of this Section, before a school district solicits bids or awards a contract, the district may review and consider as a bid under subsection (a) of this Section certified education purchasing contracts that are already available through the State education purchasing entity.

(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03; 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.