Sen. James F. Clayborne Jr.

Filed: 4/11/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1723

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1723, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Procurement of Domestic Products Act is
6 amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 25, and 30 as follows:
 
7     (30 ILCS 517/5)
8     Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9     "Manufactured in the United States" means, in the case of
10 assembled articles, materials, or supplies, that design, final
11 assembly, processing, packaging, testing, or other process
12 that adds value, quality, or reliability occurs in the United
13 States.
14     "Procured products" means assembled articles, materials,
15 or supplies purchased by a State agency.
16     "Purchasing agency" means a State agency.
17     "State agency" means each agency, department authority,
18 board, commission of the executive branch of State government,
19 including each university, whether created by statute or by
20 executive order of the Governor.
21     "United States" means the United States and any place
22 subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 

 

 

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1     (30 ILCS 517/10)
2     Sec. 10. United States products. Each purchasing agency
3 making purchases of procured products manufactured articles,
4 materials, and supplies shall promote the purchase of and give
5 preference to manufactured articles, materials, and supplies
6 that have been manufactured in the United States. Procured
7 products Manufactured articles, materials, and supplies
8 manufactured in the United States shall be specified and
9 purchased unless the purchasing agency determines that any of
10 the following applies:
11         (1) The procured products manufactured articles,
12     materials, and supplies are not manufactured in the United
13     States in reasonably available quantities.
14         (2) The price of the procured products manufactured
15     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured in the
16     United States exceeds by an unreasonable amount the price
17     of available and comparable procured products manufactured
18     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured outside the
19     United States.
20         (3) The quality of the procured products manufactured
21     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured in the
22     United States is substantially less than the quality of the
23     comparably priced, available, and comparable procured
24     products manufactured articles, materials, and supplies
25     manufactured outside the United States.
26         (4) The purchase of the procured products manufactured
27     articles, materials, and supplies manufactured outside in
28     the United States better serves is not in the public
29     interest by helping to protect or save life, property, or
30     the environment.
31         (5) The purchase of the procured products manufactured
32     articles, materials, or supplies is made in conjunction
33     with contracts or offerings of telecommunications, fire
34     suppression, security systems, communications services, or

 

 

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1     Internet services, or information services.
2         (6) The purchase is of pharmaceutical products, drugs,
3     biologics, vaccines, medical devices used to provide
4     medical and health care or treat disease or used in medical
5     or research diagnostic tests, and medical nutritionals
6     regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the
7     federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
8     In determining the price of procured products manufactured
9 articles, materials, and supplies for purposes of this Section,
10 consideration shall be given to the life-cycle cost, including
11 maintenance and repair of those procured products manufactured
12 articles, materials, and supplies.
13 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
14     (30 ILCS 517/15)
15     Sec. 15. Contracts; prequalification.
16     (a) Each contract awarded by a purchasing agency on or
17 after the effective date of this Act through the use of the
18 preference required under Section 10 shall contain the
19 contractor's certification that procured products manufactured
20 articles, materials, and supplies provided pursuant to the
21 contract or a subcontract shall be manufactured in the United
22 States.
23     (b) Chief procurement officers, as provided in Section
24 20-45 of the Illinois Procurement Code, and the Capital
25 Development Board, as provided in Section 30-20 of the Illinois
26 Procurement Code, must promulgate rules for prequalification
27 of suppliers and contractors under this Section.
28 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
29     (30 ILCS 517/25)
30     Sec. 25. Penalties. If a contractor is awarded a contract
31 through the use of a preference under this Act and knowingly
32 supplies procured products manufactured articles, materials,

 

 

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1 or supplies under that contract that are not manufactured in
2 the United States, then (i) the contractor is barred from
3 obtaining any State contract for a period of 5 years after the
4 violation is discovered by the purchasing agency, (ii) the
5 purchasing agency may void the contract, and (iii) the
6 purchasing agency may recover damages in a civil action in an
7 amount 3 times the value of the preference.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
9     (30 ILCS 517/30)
10     Sec. 30. Capital Development Board; exemption. The Capital
11 Development Board (CDB) is exempt from the requirements of this
12 Act with respect to a specific project if (i) CDB determines
13 that the project is too complex for the 5 major construction
14 building trades to identify the numerous individual procured
15 products articles, materials, and supplies required for the
16 project or (ii) CDB determines that procured products the
17 articles, materials, and supplies required for the project are
18 too numerous or complex to be able to efficiently assess the
19 sites where manufactured.
20 (Source: P.A. 93-954, eff. 1-1-05.)".