Bill Text: IL HB4647 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a volunteer firefighter in good standing with a municipal fire department or fire protection district may, during his or her term of service as a volunteer firefighter, purchase 4 vehicle tires every 3 years under a contract established by the State. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4647 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4647-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4647 Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 525/2 from Ch. 85, par. 1602
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a volunteer firefighter in good standing with a municipal fire department or fire protection district may, during his or her term of service as a volunteer firefighter, purchase 4 vehicle tires every 3 years under a contract established by the State. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Governmental Joint Purchasing Act is amended
by changing Section 2 as follows:
(30 ILCS 525/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1602)
Sec. 2. Joint purchasing authority.
(a) Any governmental unit may purchase personal property,
supplies and services jointly with one or more other
governmental units. All such joint purchases shall be by
competitive solicitation as provided in Section 4 of this Act.
The provisions of any other acts under which a governmental
unit operates which refer to purchases and procedures in
connection therewith shall be superseded by the provisions of
this Act when the governmental units are exercising the joint
powers created by this Act.
(a-5) A chief procurement officer established in Section
10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code may authorize the
purchase of personal property, supplies, and services jointly
with a governmental entity of this or another state or with a
consortium of governmental entities of one or more other
states. Subject to provisions of the joint purchasing
solicitation, the appropriate chief procurement officer may

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designate the resulting contract as available to governmental
units in Illinois.
(b) Any not-for-profit agency that qualifies under Section
45-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code and that either (1) acts
pursuant to a board established by or controlled by a unit of
local government or (2) receives grant funds from the State or
from a unit of local government, shall be eligible to
participate in contracts established by the State.
(c) A volunteer firefighter in good standing with a
municipal fire department or fire protection district may,
during his or her term of service as a volunteer firefighter,
purchase 4 vehicle tires every 3 years under a contract
established by the State. The purchase of tires by a volunteer
firefighter under this subsection must be approved by the chief
officer, or any other designated officer, of the fire
department or fire protection district. As used in this
subsection (c), the term "vehicle" means passenger
automobiles, light duty trucks, heavy duty trucks, and other
self-propelled motorized equipment in excess of 25 horsepower
and attachments.
(Source: P.A. 96-584, eff. 1-1-10; 97-895, eff. 8-3-12.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.