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HB3543 Engrossed                     LRB093 10550 MKM 10804 b

 1        AN ACT concerning special districts.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Metropolitan  Transit Authority Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 32 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 3605/32) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 332)
 7        Sec. 32.  The Board shall  adopt  regulations  to  insure
 8    that  the  construction  or  acquisition  by the Authority of
 9    services or public transportation facilities (other than real
10    estate) involving a cost of more than $25,000 $10,000 and the
11    disposition of all property of the Authority shall  be  after
12    public  notice  and  with public bidding. The regulations may
13    provide for exceptions to the requirements for  the  issuance
14    and  sale  of  bonds  or  notes  of  the  Authority,  to  the
15    acquisition  of professional or utility services and to other
16    matters for which  public  bidding  is  disadvantageous.  The
17    regulations  may  also  provide  for  the  use of competitive
18    negotiations or the prequalification of  responsible  bidders
19    consistent   with   applicable   federal   regulations.   The
20    requirements set forth therein shall not apply to purchase of
21    service agreements or other  contracts,  purchases  or  sales
22    entered  into by the Authority with any transportation agency
23    or unit of local government.
24    (Source: P.A. 86-1277.)