92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
DILLARD-PHILIP-ROSKAM-GEO-KARIS.

House Sponsors:
SMITH,MICHAEL-POE

Short description: 
SANITARY DISTS-CONTRACT BIDS                                               

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the  North  Shore  Sanitary  District  Act,  the  Sanitary      
   District Act of 1917, and the Sanitary District Act of 1936.  Provides      
   that  all  contracts  for purchases or sales by a sanitary district in      
   excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold (now $10,000)  shall      
   be  subject  to  a contract bidding process. Contracts for services in      
   excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold (now $10,000) may be      
   subject to the bidding process, at  the  discretion  of  the  sanitary      
   district board of trustees. On bids involving amounts in excess of the      
   mandatory competitive bid threshold, provides that a sanitary district      
   may  require the bidder to provide a deposit or surety of up to 10% of      
   the contract amount as a deposit of good faith. Subject to  a  minimum      
   of   $10,000  and  a  maximum  of  $100,000,  defines  the  "mandatory      
   competitive bid threshold" as a dollar amount of 0.1% of  the  greater      
   of  (1) the total general fixed assets of the sanitary district or (2)      
   the total insured property value of the district. Provides that in  an      
   emergency,  contracts  involving  an  expense  not  greater  than  the      
   emergency  contract  cap  (now  $75,000  under the North Shore Act and      
   $40,000 under the 1917 and 1936  Acts)  may  be  made  without  public      
   advertisement  or  competitive  bidding  to  the  extent  necessary to      
   resolve the emergency.  Subject to a minimum of $40,000 and a  maximum      
   of $400,000, defines "emergency contract cap" as a dollar amount equal      
   to  0.4%  of  the greater of (1) the total general fixed assets of the      
   sanitary district or (2) the  total  insured  property  value  of  the      
   district.  Provides  that  the requirements of the North Shore Act and      
   the 1936 Act do not apply to  contracts  for  the  construction  of  a      
   facility  or structure that will be designed, built, and tested before      
   being conveyed to the district.                                             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Deletes everything.  Amends the  North  Shore  Sanitary  District      
   Act,  the Sanitary District Act of 1917, and the Sanitary District Act      
   of 1936.  Provides that contracts in excess of $40,000 (now,  $10,000)      
   must   be  let  by  competitive  bidding.   Allows  certain  emergency      
   contracts that do not exceed the emergency  contract  cap  to  be  let      
   without   competitive  bidding.   Defines  "emergency  contract  cap".      
   Allows sanitary districts to require surety for contracts in excess of      
   $40,000.  Provides that contracts for work or public  improvements  to      
   be  paid  for  out of a special assessment or tax (now, all contracts)      
   are controlled by certain provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code.        
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Deletes everything.  Reinserts the  provisions  of  the  bill  as      
   introduced  but  makes  the  following changes: (1) defines "mandatory      
   competitive bid threshold" as an amount equal to  0.1%  of  the  total      
   general fixed assets of a given district (instead of 0.1% of the total      
   general  fixed  assets  of  the district or the total insured property      
   value of a given district, whichever is greater),  and  provides  that      
   the threshold dollar amount shall not be more than $40,000 (instead of      
   more than $100,000); (2) defines "emergency contract cap" as an amount      
   equal  to  0.4%  of the total general fixed assets of a given district      
   (instead of 0.4% of the total general fixed assets of the district  or      
   the  total  insured  property  value of a given district, whichever is      
   greater), and provides that the cap dollar amount shall  not  be  more      
   than  $100,000 (instead of more than $400,000); and (3) provides that,      
   within 30 days after  the  passage  of  the  resolution  or  ordinance      
   declaring  an  emergency  affecting  the  public health or safety, the      
   District shall submit to the Illinois Environmental Protection  Agency      
   the  full  written  account of any such emergency along with a copy of      
   the resolution or ordinance declaring  the  emergency,  in  accordance      
   with requirements as may be provided by rule.                               
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          70 ILCS 2605/11.3               from Ch. 42, par. 331.3              
          70 ILCS 2605/11.6               from Ch. 42, par. 331.6              
          70 ILCS 2605/11.7               from Ch. 42, par. 331.7              
          70 ILCS 2605/11.10              from Ch. 42, par. 331.10             
          70 ILCS 2605/11.13              from Ch. 42, par. 331.13             
        Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act.  Provides      
   that all purchase orders or contracts made by  or  on  behalf  of  the      
   Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation District of Chicago involving amounts      
   in excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold (now,  in  excess      
   of  $10,000)  shall  be  subject  to  a bidding process.  Subject to a      
   minimum of $10,000 and a maximum of  $40,000,  defines  the  mandatory      
   competitive  bid  threshold  as  a  dollar amount of 0.1% of the total      
   general fixed assets of the district as reported in  the  most  recent      
   required  audit report.  Provides that the bidding requirements of the      
   Act do not apply to contracts for the construction of  a  facility  or      
   structure  that  will  be  designed,  built,  and  tested before being      
   conveyed to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  District  of  Chicago.      
   Makes conforming changes.                                                   
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4.                                                
        In the North Shore Sanitary District Act, the  Sanitary  District      
   Act  of  1936,  and  the  Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act,      
   deletes amendatory provisions exempting from competitive bidding those      
   contracts that are for the construction of  facilities  or  structures      
   that  are  to  be designed, built, and tested before being conveyed to      
   the district involved.                                                      
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0195

   Last action date: AUG-01-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   4


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