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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 40-15 as follows:
 



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    (30 ILCS 500/40-15)


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    Sec. 40-15. Method of source selection. 

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    (a) Request for information.  Except as provided in

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subsections (b) and (c), all State
contracts for leases of real 
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property or capital improvements
shall be awarded by a request 
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for
information process in accordance with Section 40-20.

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    (b) Other methods.  A request for information process need

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not be used in procuring any
of the following leases:


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        (1) Property of less than 10,000 square feet with rent 
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    of less than $100,000 per year.


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        (2) (Blank) Rent of less than $100,000 per year.


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        (3) Duration of less than one year that cannot be

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    renewed.


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        (4) Specialized space available at only one location.


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        (5) Renewal or extension of a lease;
provided that: (i) 
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    the chief procurement officer determines in writing that 
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    the
renewal or extension is in the best interest of the 
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    State; (ii) the chief
procurement officer submits his or 
 


 






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    her written determination and the renewal or
extension to 
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    the Board; (iii) the Board does not object in writing to 
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    the
renewal or extension within 30 days after its 
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    submission; and (iv) the chief
procurement officer 
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    publishes the renewal or extension in the appropriate

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    volume of the Procurement Bulletin.

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    (c) Leases with governmental units.  Leases with other

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governmental units may be
negotiated without using the request 
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for information process when
deemed by the chief procurement 
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officer to be
in the best interest of the State.

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(Source: P.A. 95-647, eff. 10-11-07.)

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