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1 | AN ACT concerning construction contracts.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Government Construction Contract Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Responsible bidders. A bidder on a construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | contract with a unit of local government or school district and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | all of that bidder's subcontractors must participate in active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | apprenticeship and training programs approved by and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | registered with the United States Department of Labor's Bureau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | of Apprenticeship and Training for each of the trades of work | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | contemplated under the awarded contract. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Section 80. This Act is exempt from any reimbursement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | requirements under the State Mandates Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Section 85. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | construction contracts in a manner inconsistent with this Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | by the State. |
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1 | Section 90. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 30-22 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (30 ILCS 500/30-22)
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4 | Sec. 30-22. Construction contracts; responsible bidder | ||||||
5 | requirements. To
be
considered a responsible bidder on a | ||||||
6 | construction contract for purposes of this
Code, a
bidder must | ||||||
7 | comply with all of the following requirements and must present
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8 | satisfactory
evidence of that compliance to the appropriate | ||||||
9 | construction agency:
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10 | (1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws | ||||||
11 | concerning the
bidder's entitlement to conduct business in | ||||||
12 | Illinois.
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13 | (2) The bidder must comply with all applicable | ||||||
14 | provisions of the
Prevailing Wage Act.
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15 | (3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal | ||||||
16 | Employment
Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the | ||||||
17 | United States Code (42 U.S.C.
2000e and following) and with | ||||||
18 | Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended
by Executive | ||||||
19 | Order No. 11375.
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20 | (4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer | ||||||
21 | Identification Number
or, if an individual, a valid Social | ||||||
22 | Security Number.
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23 | (5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of | ||||||
24 | insurance showing the
following coverages: general | ||||||
25 | liability, professional liability, product
liability,
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1 | workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous | ||||||
2 | occupation, and
automobile.
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3 | (6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must | ||||||
4 | participate
in active applicable apprenticeship and | ||||||
5 | training programs
approved by and registered with the | ||||||
6 | United States Department of Labor's Bureau
of | ||||||
7 | Apprenticeship and Training for each of the trades of work | ||||||
8 | contemplated under the awarded contract .
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9 | (7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the | ||||||
10 | Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish | ||||||
11 | additional requirements for responsible bidders. These | ||||||
12 | additional requirements, if established, shall be set | ||||||
13 | forth together with the other criteria contained in the | ||||||
14 | invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate | ||||||
15 | volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
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16 | The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally | ||||||
17 | funded
construction projects if such application would | ||||||
18 | jeopardize the receipt or use
of federal funds in support of | ||||||
19 | such a project.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
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21 | Section 96. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
22 | Section 8.33 as follows: | ||||||
23 | (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |
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1 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
2 | implementation of any mandate created by the Local Government | ||||||
3 | Construction Contract Act.
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