HB2650 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2650

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Michael Halpin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 5/6-701.10 new

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a municipality maintains a list of entities deemed by the municipality to be nonresponsible bidders and the municipality has its bidding process conducted by the Department of Transportation, the Department may not award all or part of any contract for work to be performed within that municipality to an entity deemed by that municipality to be a nonresponsible bidder. Excludes Department projects on State routes that pass through such a municipality. Effective June 1, 2021.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding Section 6-701.10 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/6-701.10 new)

Sec. 6-701.10. Municipal contract prohibition for nonresponsible bidders. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a municipality maintains a list of entities deemed by the municipality to be nonresponsible bidders and the municipality has its bidding process conducted by the Department, the Department may not award all or part of any contract for work to be performed within that municipality to an entity deemed by that municipality to be a nonresponsible bidder. This Section does not apply to Department projects on State routes that pass through such a municipality.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, 2021.