SB1897 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1897

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Andy Manar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 500/45-85 new

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that when a State contract for data processing, hosting, or related services is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract by employing exclusively Illinois residents may be given a preference over other bidders unable or unwilling to do so, so long as the total contract price in the bid of the bidder who will employ exclusively Illinois residents is no more than 15% greater than the total contract price in the bid of the lowest responsible bidder who is unable or unwilling to do so.

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AN ACT concerning finance.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by adding Section 45-85 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/45-85 new)

Sec. 45-85. Electronic data processing preference. When a State contract for data processing, hosting, or related services is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract by employing exclusively Illinois residents may be given a preference over other bidders unable or unwilling to do so, provided that the total contract price in the bid of the bidder who will employ exclusively Illinois residents is no more than 15% greater than the total contract price in the bid of the lowest responsible bidder who is unable or unwilling to do so.

For the purposes of this Section, "contract for data processing, hosting, or related services" means a contract for application hosting, ASP provider services, automated data processing services, computer data storage services, computer input preparation services, data capture imaging services, data entry services, data processing computer services, data processing services (except payroll services and financial transaction processing services), disk and diskette conversion services, electronic data processing services, microfiche recording and imaging services, microfilm recording and imaging services, or optical scanning services.