Full Text of HB1176 94th General Assembly
HB1176 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1176
Introduced 02/08/05, by Rep. Angelo Saviano SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 805/8 |
from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315 |
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Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that contracts for supplies, material, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 must be let to the lowest bidder, except contracts that involve skill, system integration, and other factors, such as contracts for or requiring: personal confidence; professional skill, fitness, or ability; utilities; services or supplies that require integration with existing systems, such as a computer system or a security system; magazines, books, and periodicals of an educational nature; telecommunication systems; supplies available from only one source; maintenance, repair, and replacement parts by authorized service agents; or an emergency that affects public health, safety, and welfare.
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 805/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315)
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| Sec. 8. Powers and duties of corporate authority and | 8 |
| officers; contracts; salaries.
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| (a) The board shall be the corporate authority of such | 10 |
| forest
preserve district and shall have power to pass and | 11 |
| enforce all necessary
ordinances, rules and regulations for the | 12 |
| management of the property and
conduct of the business of such | 13 |
| district. The president of such board
shall have power to | 14 |
| appoint such employees as may be necessary. In counties
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| population of less than 3,000,000, within 60 days after their | 16 |
| selection
the commissioners appointed under the provisions of | 17 |
| Section 3a of this Act
shall organize by selecting from their | 18 |
| members a president, secretary,
treasurer and such other | 19 |
| officers as are deemed necessary who shall hold
office for the | 20 |
| fiscal year in which elected and until their successors are
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| selected and qualify. In the one district in existence on July | 22 |
| 1, 1977, that
is managed by an appointed board of | 23 |
| commissioners, the incumbent president
and the other officers | 24 |
| appointed in the manner as originally prescribed in this
Act | 25 |
| shall hold such offices until the completion of their | 26 |
| respective terms or
in the case of the officers other than | 27 |
| president until their successors
are appointed by said | 28 |
| president, but in all cases not to extend beyond January
1, | 29 |
| 1980 and until their successors are selected and qualify. | 30 |
| Thereafter,
the officers shall be selected in the manner as | 31 |
| prescribed in this Section
except that their first term of | 32 |
| office shall not expire until June 30, 1981
and until their |
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| successors are selected and qualify.
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| (b) In any county, city, village, incorporated town or
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| sanitary district where the corporate authorities act as the
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| governing body of a forest preserve district, the person | 5 |
| exercising
the powers of the president of the board shall have | 6 |
| power to appoint a
secretary and an assistant secretary and | 7 |
| treasurer and an assistant
treasurer and such other officers | 8 |
| and such employees as may be necessary.
The assistant secretary | 9 |
| and assistant treasurer shall perform the duties
of the | 10 |
| secretary and treasurer, respectively in case of death of such | 11 |
| officers
or when such officers are unable to perform the duties | 12 |
| of their respective
offices. All contracts for supplies, | 13 |
| material or
work involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 | 14 |
| shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, after | 15 |
| advertising at least once in one or more
newspapers of general | 16 |
| circulation within the district, excepting (1) work
requiring | 17 |
| personal confidence ; (2) work of individuals possessing a high | 18 |
| degree of professional skill when the ability or fitness of the | 19 |
| individual plays an important part; (3) contracts for utility | 20 |
| service, such as gas or electric; (4) contracts for services or | 21 |
| supplies that require integration with existing systems or | 22 |
| existing computer hardware or software, such as security | 23 |
| systems and integrated computer systems and related services; | 24 |
| (5) contracts for the purchase of magazines, books, | 25 |
| periodicals, and similar articles of an educational or | 26 |
| instructional nature; (6) contracts that, by their nature, are | 27 |
| not adapted to award by competitive bidding, such as | 28 |
| telecommunications systems; (7) contracts for services or | 29 |
| supplies that are available only from a single source; (8) | 30 |
| contracts for maintenance or service of equipment that is | 31 |
| available only through an authorized service agent; (9) | 32 |
| contracts for the supply of repair parts for equipment, when | 33 |
| the parts are available only through the manufacturer or an | 34 |
| authorized service agent; and (10) contracts required to meet | 35 |
| an immediate emergency that affects the public health, safety, | 36 |
| or welfare, in which case the board of commissioners shall set |
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| forth the nature of the danger to the public health, safety, or | 2 |
| welfare
or necessary
supplies under the control of monopolies, | 3 |
| where competitive bidding is
impossible . Contracts for | 4 |
| supplies, material or work involving an
expenditure of $20,000 | 5 |
| or less may be let without advertising for bids,
but whenever | 6 |
| practicable, at least 3 competitive bids shall be obtained
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| before letting such contract. All contracts for supplies, | 8 |
| material or
work shall be signed by the president of the board | 9 |
| of commissioners or
by any such other officer as the board in | 10 |
| its discretion may designate.
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| (c) The president of any board of commissioners appointed | 12 |
| under the
provisions of Section 3a of this Act shall receive a | 13 |
| salary not to
exceed the sum of $2500 per annum and the salary | 14 |
| of other members of the
board so appointed shall not exceed | 15 |
| $1500 per annum. Salaries of the
commissioners, officers and | 16 |
| employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-897, eff. 1-1-05.)
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