Rep. Paul Jacobs

Filed: 3/16/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1727

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1727 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-1022 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1022)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022)
7    Sec. 5-1022. Competitive bids.
8    (a) Any purchase by a county with fewer than 2,000,000
9inhabitants of services, materials, equipment or supplies in
10excess of $30,000, other than professional services, shall be
11contracted for in one of the following ways:
12        (1) by a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
13    after advertising for bids in a newspaper published within
14    the county or, if no newspaper is published within the
15    county, then a newspaper having general circulation within
16    the county; or

 

 

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1        (2) by a contract let without advertising for bids in
2    the case of an emergency if authorized by the county
3    board.
4        (3) by a contract let without advertising for bids in
5    the case of the expedited replacement of a disabled,
6    inoperable, or damaged patrol vehicle of the sheriff's
7    department if authorized by the county board.
8    (b) In determining the lowest responsible bidder, the
9county board shall take into consideration the qualities of
10the articles supplied; their conformity with the
11specifications; their suitability to the requirements of the
12county, availability of support services; uniqueness of the
13service, materials, equipment, or supplies as it applies to
14networked, integrated computer systems; compatibility to
15existing equipment; and the delivery terms. The county board
16also may take into consideration whether a bidder is a private
17enterprise or a State-controlled enterprise and,
18notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or a lower
19bid by a State-controlled enterprise, may let a contract to
20the lowest responsible bidder that is a private enterprise.
21    (c) This Section does not apply to contracts by a county
22with the federal government or to purchases of used equipment,
23purchases at auction or similar transactions which by their
24very nature are not suitable to competitive bids, pursuant to
25an ordinance adopted by the county board.
26    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a

 

 

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1county may let without advertising for bids in the case of
2purchases and contracts, when individual orders do not exceed
3$35,000, for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or
4installation of data processing equipment, software, or
5services and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment,
6software, and services.
7    (e) A county may require, as a condition of any contract
8for goods and services, that persons awarded a contract with
9the county and all affiliates of the person collect and remit
10Illinois Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property
11into the State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions
12of the Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or
13affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business
14within this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
15For purposes of this subsection (e), the term "affiliate"
16means any entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or
17constructively controls another entity, (2) is directly,
18indirectly, or constructively controlled by another entity, or
19(3) is subject to the control of a common entity. For purposes
20of this subsection (e), an entity controls another entity if
21it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting
22securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (e), the
23term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon
24the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the
25board of directors or similar governing body of the business
26or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive

 

 

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1upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to
2vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.
3    (f) Bids submitted to, and contracts executed by, the
4county may require a certification by the bidder or contractor
5that the bidder or contractor is not barred from bidding for or
6entering into a contract under this Section and that the
7bidder or contractor acknowledges that the county may declare
8the contract void if the certification completed pursuant to
9this subsection (f) is false.
10(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-170, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.".