Bill Text: IL SB0106 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that in awarding contracts for Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Projects with a total value of more than $100,000, preference shall be given to an otherwise qualified bidder who provides proof that at least 2 current employees of the bidder are former coal mine employees and that all such declared former coal mine employees in the bid shall be used in the fulfillment of an awarded Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Project. Provides that when the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of former coal mine employees may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, if the bid is not more than 2% greater than the low bid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB0106 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0106-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0106 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/45-110 new
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that in awarding contracts for Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Projects with a total value of more than $100,000, preference shall be given to an otherwise qualified bidder who provides proof that at least 2 current employees of the bidder are former coal mine employees and that all such declared former coal mine employees in the bid shall be used in the fulfillment of an awarded Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Project. Provides that when the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of former coal mine employees may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, if the bid is not more than 2% greater than the low bid.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
adding Section 45-110 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/45-110 new)
Sec. 45-110. Former coal mining employees.
(a) In this Section:
"Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Project" means
construction or construction-related professional services
that are used for reclamation projects awarded by the
Department of Natural Resources under the Abandoned Mined
Lands and Water Reclamation Act.
"Former coal mine employee" means an individual who was
previously employed in any capacity by a coal mining company
in which the company engaged in the extraction of coal
deposits or was previously employed in any capacity by a
coal-fired power plant.
(b) In awarding contracts for Abandoned Mined Land
Reclamation Projects with a total value of more than $100,000,
preference shall be given to an otherwise qualified bidder who
provides proof that at least 2 current employees of the bidder
are former coal mine employees and that all such declared

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former coal mine employees in the bid shall be used in the
fulfillment of an awarded Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation
Project. If the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is to
award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, an
otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract
through the use of former coal mine employees may be given
preference over other bidders unable to do so, if the bid is
not more than 2% greater than the low bid.
(c) This Section does not apply to any contract for any
project for which federal funds are available for expenditure
when its provisions may be in conflict with federal law or
federal regulation.