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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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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 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act 
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is amended  by changing Section 11.5 as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 2605/11.5)  (from Ch. 42, par. 331.5)



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    Sec. 11.5. In the event of an emergency affecting the 
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public health or
safety, so declared by action of the board of 
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trustees, which declaration
shall describe the nature of the 
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injurious effect upon the public health or
safety, contracts 
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may be let to the extent necessary to resolve such
emergency 
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without public advertisement. The declaration shall fix the 
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date
upon which such emergency shall terminate. The date may be 
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extended or
abridged by the board of trustees as in its 
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judgment the circumstances
require.

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    The executive director appointed in accordance with 
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Section 4 of
this Act shall authorize in writing and certify to 
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the director of procurement and materials management
those 
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officials or employees of the several departments of the 
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sanitary
district who may purchase in the open market without 
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filing a requisition
or estimate therefor, and without 
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advertisement, any supplies, materials,
equipment or services, 
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for immediate delivery to meet bona fide operating
emergencies 
 


 






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where the amount thereof is not in excess of $50,000 $25,000;

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provided,
that the director of procurement and materials 
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management shall be notified of such emergency. A full
written 
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account of any such emergency together with a requisition for 
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the
materials, supplies, equipment or services required 
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therefor shall be
submitted immediately by the requisitioning 
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agent to the executive director and such report and requisition 
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shall be submitted to the director of procurement and materials 
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management
 and shall be open to public inspection for a period 
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of at
least one year subsequent to the date of such emergency 
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purchase. The
exercise of authority in respect to purchases for 
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such bona fide operating
emergencies shall not be dependent 
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upon a declaration of emergency by the
board of trustees under 
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the first paragraph of this Section.

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(Source: P.A. 95-923, eff. 1-1-09.)

 

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