Bill Text: IL HB3133 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, except for professional services, when the cost of construction, materials, supplies, new machinery or equipment exceeds $5,000 (rather than the previous threshold of $20,000), the contract for such construction, materials, supplies, machinery or equipment shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids at least once, and at least 10 days prior to the time set for the opening of such bids, in a newspaper published within the township or road district, or, if no newspaper is published within the township or road district then in one published within the county, or, if no newspaper is published within the county then in a newspaper having general circulation within the township or road district, but, in case of an emergency, such contract may be let without advertising for bids. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3133 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3133-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 6-201.7 as follows:
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| 6 | (605 ILCS 5/6-201.7) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-201.7)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-201.7. Construct, maintain and repair and be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | responsible for
the construction, maintenance and repair of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | roads within the district,
let contracts, employ labor and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | purchase material and machinery
therefor, subject to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | limitations provided in this Code.
Contracts,
labor, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | machinery, disposal, and incidental expenses related to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | special services
under Section 6-201.21 of this Code constitute | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | maintenance, for purposes of
this Section.
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| 15 | Except for professional services, when the cost of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | construction,
materials, supplies, new machinery or equipment | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | exceeds $5,000
$20,000, the
contract for such construction, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | materials, supplies, machinery or
equipment shall be let to
the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids at least | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | once,
and at least 10 days prior to the time set for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | opening of such bids, in a
newspaper
published within the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | township or road district, or, if no newspaper is
published | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | within the township or road district then in one published
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| 1 | within the county, or, if no newspaper is published within the | ||||||
| 2 | county
then in a newspaper having general circulation within | ||||||
| 3 | the township or
road district, but, in case of an emergency, | ||||||
| 4 | such contract may be let
without advertising for bids. For | ||||||
| 5 | purposes of this
Section "new machinery or equipment" shall be | ||||||
| 6 | defined as that which has
been previously untitled or that | ||||||
| 7 | which shows fewer than 200 hours on its
operating clock and | ||||||
| 8 | that is accompanied by a new equipment manufacturer's
warranty.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 93-109, eff. 7-8-03; 93-164, eff. 7-10-03; | ||||||
| 10 | 93-610, eff. 11-18-03; 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)
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| 11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 12 | becoming law.
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