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90_SB1747

      55 ILCS 5/5-32036         from Ch. 34, par. 5-32036
      65 ILCS 5/9-2-103         from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-103
          Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code.
      Provides that proposals  or  bids  for  the  construction  of
      improvements shall be accompanied by cash, a certified check,
      or  a  bid bond (now by cash or a certified check).  Provides
      that the bid bond shall be for an amount not less than 2%  of
      the aggregate of the proposal.
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 1        AN ACT concerning local government, amending named Acts.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 5-32036 as follows:
 6        (55 ILCS 5/5-32036) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-32036)
 7        Sec.  5-32036.   Notice  for  bids;  examination of bids.
 8    Notice shall be given by the  Committee  that  bids  will  be
 9    received  for the construction of such an improvement, either
10    as a whole or in such sections as the Committee shall specify
11    in its notice, in accordance  with  the  ordinance  therefor.
12    This  notice shall state the time of opening of the bids, and
13    shall  further  state  where  the  specifications   for   the
14    improvement are to be found, and whether the contracts are to
15    be  paid  in cash or in bonds, and if in bonds, then the rate
16    of interest the vouchers or  bonds  shall  draw.  The  notice
17    shall  be published at least twice, not more than 30 nor less
18    than 15 days in advance of the opening of the bids, in one or
19    more newspapers published in the county as designated by  the
20    Committee  in  an  order  entered  in  its  records, or if no
21    newspaper is published therein then in one or more newspapers
22    with a general circulation within the county.
23        Proposals or bids may be made either for the  work  as  a
24    whole  or  for  specified  sections thereof. All proposals or
25    bids shall be accompanied by cash, or by a check  payable  to
26    the  order of the Committee, certified by a responsible bank,
27    for an amount which  shall  not  be  less  than  10%  of  the
28    aggregate  of  the  proposal, or by a bid bond, for an amount
29    which shall not be less than  2%  of  the  aggregate  of  the
30    proposal.   These proposals or bids shall be delivered to the
31    Committee. That committee, in open session, at the  time  and
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 1    place  fixed  in  the  specified  notice,  shall  examine and
 2    publicly declare the proposal or bids. However,  no  proposal
 3    or  bids  shall  be  considered  unless accompanied by such a
 4    check or cash.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 6        Section 10.  The Illinois Municipal Code  is  amended  by
 7    changing Section 9-2-103 as follows:
 8        (65 ILCS 5/9-2-103) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-103)
 9        Sec.  9-2-103.  Except  as  otherwise provided in Section
10    9-2-113,  notice  shall  be  given  by  the  board  of  local
11    improvements that bids will be received for the  construction
12    of such an improvement, either as a whole or in such sections
13    as  the board shall specify in its notice, in accordance with
14    the ordinance therefor. This notice shall state the  time  of
15    opening  of  the  bids,  and  shall  further  state where the
16    specifications for the  improvement  are  to  be  found,  and
17    whether the contracts are to be paid in cash or in bonds, and
18    if  in bonds, then the rate of interest the vouchers or bonds
19    shall draw. The notice shall be published at least twice, not
20    more than 30 nor less than 15 days in advance of the  opening
21    of  the  bids,  in  one  or more newspapers designated by the
22    board of local  improvements  in  an  order  entered  in  its
23    records,  published  in the municipality, or, if no newspaper
24    is published therein, then in one or more newspapers  with  a
25    general    circulation    within    the    municipality.   In
26    municipalities with less than  500  population  in  which  no
27    newspaper  is  published,  publication may instead be made by
28    posting  a  notice  in  3   prominent   places   within   the
29    municipality.
30        Proposals  or  bids  may be made either for the work as a
31    whole or for specified sections  thereof.  All  proposals  or
32    bids  offered  shall  be  accompanied  by cash, or by a check
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 1    payable to the order of the president of the board  of  local
 2    improvements   in  his  official  capacity,  certified  by  a
 3    responsible bank, for an amount which shall not be less  than
 4    10%  of  the aggregate of the proposal, or by a bid bond, for
 5    an amount which shall be not less than 2% of the aggregate of
 6    the proposal.  These proposals or bids shall be delivered  to
 7    the board of local improvements. That board, in open session,
 8    at  the  time  and place fixed in the specified notice, shall
 9    examine and publicly declare the proposals or bids.  However,
10    no  proposals  or bids shall be considered unless accompanied
11    by such a check or cash.
12    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

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