Full Text of HB4251 102nd General Assembly
HB4251 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB4251 Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Tony McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 60 ILCS 1/85-30 | | 60 ILCS 1/205-105 | |
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that any purchase by a township for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $30,000 (rather than $20,000) shall be contracted in specified ways. Provides that contracts for construction work whose estimated cost will exceed $30,000 (rather than $20,000) for township waterworks and sewerage systems shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder. Effective immediately.
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| | | HB4251 | | LRB102 21312 AWJ 30424 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 85-30 and 205-105 as follows:
| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/85-30)
| 7 | | Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township
| 8 | | for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of | 9 | | $30,000 $20,000 (other than
professional services) shall be | 10 | | contracted for in one of the following
ways:
| 11 | | (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder | 12 | | after advertising
for bids at least once (i) in a | 13 | | newspaper published within the township,
or (ii) if no | 14 | | newspaper is published within the township, then in one | 15 | | published
within the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is | 16 | | published within the county,
then in a newspaper having | 17 | | general circulation within the township.
| 18 | | (2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in | 19 | | the case of an
emergency if authorized by the township | 20 | | board.
| 21 | | This Section does not apply to contracts by a township | 22 | | with the federal
government.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)
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| 1 | | (60 ILCS 1/205-105)
| 2 | | Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.
| 3 | | (a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated | 4 | | cost will exceed
$30,000 $20,000 shall be let to the lowest | 5 | | responsible bidder after publication of
notice for bids. | 6 | | Notice for bids shall be published once in a newspaper
| 7 | | published and having general circulation in the township, if | 8 | | there is one. If
there is no such newspaper, notice for bids | 9 | | shall be published in a newspaper
published and having general | 10 | | circulation in the county. Notice for bids shall
be published | 11 | | at least 10 days before the date set for receiving bids. Bids
| 12 | | shall be opened and publicly read, and an award shall be made | 13 | | to the lowest
responsible bidder within 15 days after the | 14 | | receipt of bids.
| 15 | | (b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or | 16 | | other
professional services, but it shall apply to the | 17 | | purchase of equipment unless
the township board, by a | 18 | | resolution adopted by a three-fourths vote, determines
that it | 19 | | is for the best interests of the township that advertising for | 20 | | bids for
the equipment be dispensed with.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 95-300, eff. 8-20-07.)
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.
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