Bill Text: IL SB0350 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State policy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0350 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0350-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 350
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 350 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 10-15 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 500/10-15)
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7 | Sec. 10-15. Procurement compliance monitors. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Procurement Policy Board Executive Ethics | ||||||
9 | Commission shall appoint procurement compliance monitors to | ||||||
10 | oversee and review the procurement processes. Each procurement | ||||||
11 | compliance monitor shall serve a term of 5 years beginning on | ||||||
12 | the date of the officer's appointment. The changes made by this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly do not affect the | ||||||
14 | terms of the procurement compliance monitors serving on the | ||||||
15 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
16 | Assembly. Each procurement compliance monitor shall have an |
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1 | office located in the State agency that the monitor serves but | ||||||
2 | shall report to the Procurement Policy Board appropriate chief | ||||||
3 | procurement officer . The compliance monitor shall have direct | ||||||
4 | communications with the executive officer of a State agency in | ||||||
5 | exercising duties. A procurement compliance monitor may be | ||||||
6 | removed only for cause after a hearing by the Procurement | ||||||
7 | Policy Board Executive Ethics Commission . The appropriate | ||||||
8 | chief procurement officer or executive officer of the State | ||||||
9 | agency housing the procurement compliance monitor may | ||||||
10 | institute a complaint against the procurement compliance | ||||||
11 | monitor with the Board Commission and the Board Commission | ||||||
12 | shall hold a public hearing based on the complaint. The | ||||||
13 | procurement compliance monitor, State purchasing officer, | ||||||
14 | appropriate chief procurement officer, and executive officer | ||||||
15 | of the State agency shall receive notice of the hearing and | ||||||
16 | shall be permitted to present their respective arguments on the | ||||||
17 | complaint. After the hearing, upon a three-fifths vote, the | ||||||
18 | Board Commission shall determine whether the procurement | ||||||
19 | compliance monitor shall be removed. The salary of a | ||||||
20 | procurement compliance monitor shall be established by the | ||||||
21 | Procurement Policy Board Executive Ethics Commission and may | ||||||
22 | not be diminished during the officer's term. | ||||||
23 | (b) The procurement compliance monitor may: (i) review each | ||||||
24 | contract or contract amendment prior to execution to ensure | ||||||
25 | that applicable procurement and contracting standards were | ||||||
26 | followed; (ii) attend any procurement meetings; (iii) access |
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1 | any records or files related to procurement; (iv) issue reports | ||||||
2 | to the Procurement Policy Board and the chief procurement | ||||||
3 | officer on procurement issues that present issues or that have | ||||||
4 | not been corrected after consultation with appropriate State | ||||||
5 | officials; (v) ensure the State agency is maintaining | ||||||
6 | appropriate records; and (vi) ensure transparency of the | ||||||
7 | procurement process. | ||||||
8 | (c) If the procurement compliance monitor is aware of | ||||||
9 | misconduct, waste, or inefficiency with respect to State | ||||||
10 | procurement, the procurement compliance monitor shall advise | ||||||
11 | the State agency of the issue. If the State agency does not | ||||||
12 | correct the issue, the monitor shall report the problem to the | ||||||
13 | Procurement Policy Board, the chief procurement officer , and | ||||||
14 | Inspector General.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793 | ||||||
16 | for the effective date of changes made by P.A. 96-795) .)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
18 | 2012.".
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