96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0323


 
Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Jim Sacia
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














30 ILCS 500/30-22









    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code.  Provides that the requirement that a State construction contract responsible bidder and his or her subcontractors participate in applicable apprenticeship and training programs is limited to those trades that the bid  specifies will be used on the project and that have apprenticeship or training programs.  Changes the name of the federal entity that approves and accepts registration of the apprenticeship and training programs.
















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    AN ACT concerning finance.

 
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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, if any, that are (i) for those trades that the 
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    bidder specifies in the bid will be used by the bidder or 
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    the bidder's subcontractors in the performance of the 
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    contract and (ii)


approved by and registered with the 
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    United States Department of Labor's Employment and 
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    Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Bureau

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    of Apprenticeship and Training.


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        (7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the 
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    Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish 
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    additional requirements for responsible bidders.  These  
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    additional requirements, if established, shall be set 
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    forth together with the other criteria contained in the 
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    invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate 
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    volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

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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. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)