Full Text of SB1882 94th General Assembly
SB1882 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB1882
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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75 ILCS 5/5-5 |
from Ch. 81, par. 5-5 |
75 ILCS 16/40-45 |
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Amends the Illinois Local Library Act and the Public Library District Act of 1991. Provides that certain contracts in excess of $20,000 (now, $10,000) must be let by competitive bidding. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning libraries.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Local Library Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 5-5 as follows:
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| (75 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 81, par. 5-5)
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| Sec. 5-5. When the directors determine to commence the | 8 |
| construction of the
building or the remodeling, repairing or | 9 |
| improving of an existing library
building or the erection of an | 10 |
| addition thereto, the purchase of the
necessary equipment for | 11 |
| such library, or the acquisition of library
materials such as | 12 |
| books, periodicals, recordings and electronic data
storage and | 13 |
| retrieval facilities in connection with either the purchase or
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| construction of a new library building or the expansion of an | 15 |
| existing
library building, they may then revise the plan | 16 |
| therefor or adopt a new
plan and provide estimates of the costs | 17 |
| thereof, and shall, when the cost
is in excess of $20,000
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| $10,000 , advertise for
bids for the construction of the | 19 |
| building, or the remodeling, repairing or
improving of an | 20 |
| existing library building or the erection of an addition
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| thereto, or the purchase of the necessary equipment for such | 22 |
| library, or
the acquisition of library materials such as books, | 23 |
| periodicals, recordings
and electronic data storage and | 24 |
| retrieval facilities in connection with
either the purchase or | 25 |
| construction of a new library building or the
expansion of an | 26 |
| existing library building, and shall let the contract or
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| contracts for the same, when the cost is in excess of $20,000
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| $10,000 , to the
lowest responsible bidder or bidders and may
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| require from such bidders, such security for the performance of | 30 |
| the bids as
the board shall determine. The directors may let | 31 |
| the contract or contracts
to one or more bidders, as they shall | 32 |
| determine.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-405.)
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| Section 10. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is | 3 |
| amended by changing Section 40-45 as follows:
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| (75 ILCS 16/40-45)
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| Sec. 40-45. Bids for construction, improvements, or | 6 |
| equipment purchases.
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| (a) When the trustees determine to commence constructing | 8 |
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building, purchasing a site or a building, remodeling,
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| repairing, or improving an existing library building, erecting
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| an addition to an existing library building, or
purchasing the | 11 |
| necessary equipment for the
library, they may then revise the | 12 |
| plan or adopt a new plan and
provide estimates of the costs of | 13 |
| the revised or new plan.
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| (b) The board shall, when the cost is in
excess of $20,000
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| $10,000 , advertise for bids for constructing the building,
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| remodeling, repairing, or improving of an existing library | 17 |
| building, erecting
an addition to an existing library building, | 18 |
| or purchasing the necessary
equipment for the library and shall | 19 |
| let the contract or contracts for the
project, when the cost is | 20 |
| in excess of $20,000
$10,000 , to the lowest responsible
bidder | 21 |
| or bidders. The board shall require from the bidders security | 22 |
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the performance of the bids determined by the board | 23 |
| pursuant to law.
The trustees may let the contract or contracts | 24 |
| to one or more bidders as
they determine.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 27 |
| becoming law.
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