(65 ILCS 5/8-10-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-10-6)
Sec. 8-10-6.
The responsible head of each major department, office,
institution, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of such
municipal government shall certify in writing to the purchasing agent
the names of such officers or employees who shall be exclusively
authorized to sign requests for purchase for such respective department,
office, institution, board, commission, agency or instrumentality, and
all requests for purchase shall be void unless executed by such
certified officers or employees and approved by the purchasing agent.
Except as to emergency contracts authorized by Section 8-10-5, no
undertaking involving amounts in excess of $10,000 shall be split into
parts, by the requisitioning agent or otherwise, so as to produce
amounts of $10,000 or less, for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of
this Division 10.
The term "responsible head" as used herein shall, in the case of the
corporate authorities of the municipality, be such member, members, or
committee thereof as shall be designated by appropriate resolution or
order adopted by such corporate authorities.
(Source: P.A. 81-1376.)
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