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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Procurement of Domestic Products Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 25, and 30 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 517/5)
7     Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8     "Manufactured in the United States" means, in the case of
9 assembled articles, materials, or supplies, that design, final
10 assembly, processing, packaging, testing, or other process
11 that adds value, quality, or reliability occurs in the United
12 States.
13     "Procured products" means assembled articles, materials,
14 or supplies purchased by a State agency.
15     "Purchasing agency" means a State agency.
16     "State agency" means each agency, department authority,
17 board, commission of the executive branch of State government,
18 including each university, whether created by statute or by
19 executive order of the Governor.
20     "United States" means the United States and any place
21 subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
23     (30 ILCS 517/10)
24     Sec. 10. United States products. Each purchasing agency
25 making purchases of procured products manufactured articles,
26 materials, and supplies shall promote the purchase of and give
27 preference to manufactured articles, materials, and supplies
28 that have been manufactured in the United States. Procured
29 products Manufactured articles, materials, and supplies
30 manufactured in the United States shall be specified and
31 purchased unless the purchasing agency determines that any of

 

 

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1 the following applies:
2         (1) The procured products manufactured articles,
3     materials, and supplies are not manufactured in the United
4     States in reasonably available quantities.
5         (2) The price of the procured products manufactured
6     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured in the
7     United States exceeds by an unreasonable amount the price
8     of available and comparable procured products manufactured
9     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured outside the
10     United States.
11         (3) The quality of the procured products manufactured
12     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured in the
13     United States is substantially less than the quality of the
14     comparably priced, available, and comparable procured
15     products manufactured articles, materials, and supplies
16     manufactured outside the United States.
17         (4) The purchase of the procured products manufactured
18     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured outside in
19     the United States better serves is not in the public
20     interest by helping to protect or save life, property, or
21     the environment.
22         (5) The purchase of the procured products manufactured
23     articles, materials, or supplies is made in conjunction
24     with contracts or offerings of telecommunications, fire
25     suppression, security systems, communications services, or
26     Internet services, or information services.
27         (6) The purchase is of pharmaceutical products, drugs,
28     biologics, vaccines, medical devices used to provide
29     medical and health care or treat disease or used in medical
30     or research diagnostic tests, and medical nutritionals
31     regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the
32     federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
33     In determining the price of procured products manufactured
34 articles, materials, and supplies for purposes of this Section,
35 consideration shall be given to the life-cycle cost, including
36 maintenance and repair of those procured products manufactured

 

 

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1 articles, materials, and supplies.
2 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
3     (30 ILCS 517/15)
4     Sec. 15. Contracts; prequalification.
5     (a) Each contract awarded by a purchasing agency on or
6 after the effective date of this Act through the use of the
7 preference required under Section 10 shall contain the
8 contractor's certification that procured products manufactured
9 articles, materials, and supplies provided pursuant to the
10 contract or a subcontract shall be manufactured in the United
11 States.
12     (b) Chief procurement officers, as provided in Section
13 20-45 of the Illinois Procurement Code, and the Capital
14 Development Board, as provided in Section 30-20 of the Illinois
15 Procurement Code, must promulgate rules for prequalification
16 of suppliers and contractors under this Section.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
18     (30 ILCS 517/25)
19     Sec. 25. Penalties. If a contractor is awarded a contract
20 through the use of a preference under this Act and knowingly
21 supplies procured products manufactured articles, materials,
22 or supplies under that contract that are not manufactured in
23 the United States, then (i) the contractor is barred from
24 obtaining any State contract for a period of 5 years after the
25 violation is discovered by the purchasing agency, (ii) the
26 purchasing agency may void the contract, and (iii) the
27 purchasing agency may recover damages in a civil action in an
28 amount 3 times the value of the preference.
29 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
30     (30 ILCS 517/30)
31     Sec. 30. Capital Development Board; exemption. The Capital
32 Development Board (CDB) is exempt from the requirements of this
33 Act with respect to a specific project if (i) CDB determines

 

 

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1 that the project is too complex for the 5 major construction
2 building trades to identify the numerous individual procured
3 products articles, materials, and supplies required for the
4 project or (ii) CDB determines that procured products the
5 articles, materials, and supplies required for the project are
6 too numerous or complex to be able to efficiently assess the
7 sites where manufactured.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)