HB4251enr 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4251 Enrolled LRB102 21312 AWJ 30424 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Sections 85-30 and 205-105 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/85-30)

Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $30,000 $20,000 (other than professional services) shall be contracted for in one of the following ways:

(1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids at least once (i) in a newspaper published within the township, or (ii) if no newspaper is published within the township, then in one published within the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is published within the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation within the township.

(2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in the case of an emergency if authorized by the township board.

This Section does not apply to contracts by a township with the federal government.

(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)

(60 ILCS 1/205-105)

Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.

(a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated cost will exceed $30,000 $20,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after publication of notice for bids. Notice for bids shall be published once in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the township, if there is one. If there is no such newspaper, notice for bids shall be published in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the county. Notice for bids shall be published at least 10 days before the date set for receiving bids. Bids shall be opened and publicly read, and an award shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder within 15 days after the receipt of bids.

(b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or other professional services, but it shall apply to the purchase of equipment unless the township board, by a resolution adopted by a three-fourths vote, determines that it is for the best interests of the township that advertising for bids for the equipment be dispensed with.

(Source: P.A. 95-300, eff. 8-20-07.)

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