98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3121

Introduced , by Rep. Frank J. Mautino

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/40-15
30 ILCS 500/40-25

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a request for information need not be used in procuring the lease of a comprehensive physical center required for a local workforce investment area pursuant to federal law. Provides that the lease of a comprehensive physical center for a local workforce investment area is exempt from provisions concerning limits on the length of leases.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning finance.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Sections 40-15 and 40-25 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 500/40-15)
7 Sec. 40-15. Method of source selection.
8 (a) Request for information. Except as provided in
9subsections (b) and (c), all State contracts for leases of real
10property or capital improvements shall be awarded by a request
11for information process in accordance with Section 40-20.
12 (b) Other methods. A request for information process need
13not be used in procuring any of the following leases:
14 (1) Property of less than 10,000 square feet with rent
15 of less than $100,000 per year.
16 (2) (Blank).
17 (3) Duration of less than one year that cannot be
18 renewed.
19 (4) Specialized space available at only one location,
20 including but not limited to a comprehensive physical
21 center required for a local workforce investment area
22 pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998
23 and applicable regulations.

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1 (5) Renewal or extension of a lease; provided that: (i)
2 the chief procurement officer determines in writing that
3 the renewal or extension is in the best interest of the
4 State; (ii) the chief procurement officer submits his or
5 her written determination and the renewal or extension to
6 the Board; (iii) the Board does not object in writing to
7 the renewal or extension within 30 days after its
8 submission; and (iv) the chief procurement officer
9 publishes the renewal or extension in the appropriate
10 volume of the Procurement Bulletin.
11 (c) Leases with governmental units. Leases with other
12governmental units may be negotiated without using the request
13for information process when deemed by the chief procurement
14officer to be in the best interest of the State.
15(Source: P.A. 95-647, eff. 10-11-07; 96-920, eff. 7-1-10.)
16 (30 ILCS 500/40-25)
17 Sec. 40-25. Length of leases.
18 (a) Maximum term. Leases shall be for a term not to exceed
1910 years inclusive, beginning January, 1, 2010, of proposed
20contract renewals and shall include a termination option in
21favor of the State after 5 years.
22 (b) Renewal. Leases may include a renewal option. An option
23to renew may be exercised only when a State purchasing officer
24determines in writing that renewal is in the best interest of
25the State and notice of the exercise of the option is published

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1in the appropriate volume of the Procurement Bulletin at least
260 days prior to the exercise of the option.
3 (c) Subject to appropriation. All leases shall recite that
4they are subject to termination and cancellation in any year
5for which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation
6to make payments under the terms of the lease.
7 (d) Holdover. Beginning January 1, 2010, no lease may
8continue on a month-to-month or other holdover basis for a
9total of more than 6 months. Beginning July 1, 2010, the
10Comptroller shall withhold payment of leases beyond this
11holdover period.
12 (e) Subsections (a) and (d) do not apply to leases of space
13within a comprehensive physical center required for a local
14workforce investment area pursuant to the federal Workforce
15Investment Act of 1998 and applicable regulations.
16(Source: P.A. 96-15, eff. 6-22-09; 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see
17Section 5 of P.A. 96-793 for the effective date of changes made
18by P.A. 96-795).)