Bill Text: IL SB2879 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Changes the requirement for competitive bidding for fire protection district contracts to contracts over $30,000 (currently, over $20,000).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0634 [SB2879 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2879-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Changes the requirement for competitive bidding for fire protection district contracts to contracts over $30,000 (currently, over $20,000).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0634 [SB2879 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2879-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11k as follows:
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| 6 | (70 ILCS 705/11k) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11k. Competitive bidding; notice requirements. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The board of trustees shall have the power to acquire | ||||||
| 9 | by gift, legacy, or purchase any personal property necessary | ||||||
| 10 | for its corporate purposes provided that all contracts for | ||||||
| 11 | supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in | ||||||
| 12 | excess of $20,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible | ||||||
| 13 | bidder after advertising as required under subsection (b) of | ||||||
| 14 | this Section; except that, if the board of trustees seeks to | ||||||
| 15 | purchase equipment directly from a dealer or an original | ||||||
| 16 | manufacturer in excess of $50,000, then the contract for | ||||||
| 17 | purchase shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after | ||||||
| 18 | advertising as required under subsection (b) of this Section. | ||||||
| 19 | The board is not required to accept a bid that does not meet | ||||||
| 20 | the district's established specifications, terms of delivery, | ||||||
| 21 | quality, and serviceability requirements. Contracts which, by | ||||||
| 22 | their nature, are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, | ||||||
| 23 | are not subject to competitive bidding, including, but not | ||||||
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| 1 | limited to: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) contracts for the services of individuals | ||||||
| 3 | possessing a high degree of professional skill where the | ||||||
| 4 | ability or fitness of the individual plays an important | ||||||
| 5 | part; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) contracts for the printing of finance committee | ||||||
| 7 | reports and departmental reports; | ||||||
| 8 | (3) contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, | ||||||
| 9 | tax warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness; | ||||||
| 10 | (4) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or | ||||||
| 11 | provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made | ||||||
| 12 | with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that | ||||||
| 13 | equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or | ||||||
| 14 | servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or | ||||||
| 15 | authorized service agent, or which involve proprietary | ||||||
| 16 | parts or technology not otherwise available; | ||||||
| 17 | (5) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase, | ||||||
| 18 | delivery, movement, or installation of data processing | ||||||
| 19 | equipment, software, or services and telecommunications | ||||||
| 20 | and interconnect equipment, software, and services; | ||||||
| 21 | (6) contracts for duplicating machines and supplies; | ||||||
| 22 | (7) contracts for utility services such as water, | ||||||
| 23 | light, heat, telephone or telegraph; | ||||||
| 24 | (8) contracts for goods or services procured from | ||||||
| 25 | another governmental agency; | ||||||
| 26 | (9) purchases of equipment previously owned by some | ||||||
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| 1 | entity other than the district itself; and | ||||||
| 2 | (10) contracts for goods or services which are | ||||||
| 3 | economically procurable from only one source, such as for | ||||||
| 4 | the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets, | ||||||
| 5 | reports, and online subscriptions. | ||||||
| 6 | Contracts for emergency expenditures are also exempt from | ||||||
| 7 | competitive bidding when the emergency expenditure is approved | ||||||
| 8 | by a vote of 3/4 of the members of the board. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this | ||||||
| 10 | Section, all proposals to award contracts involving amounts in | ||||||
| 11 | excess of $20,000 shall be published at least 10 days, | ||||||
| 12 | excluding Sundays and legal holidays, in advance of the date | ||||||
| 13 | announced for the receiving of bids, in a secular English | ||||||
| 14 | language newspaper of general circulation throughout the | ||||||
| 15 | district. In addition, a fire protection district that has a | ||||||
| 16 | website that the full-time staff of the district maintains | ||||||
| 17 | shall post notice on its website of all proposals to award | ||||||
| 18 | contracts in excess of $20,000. Advertisements for bids shall | ||||||
| 19 | describe the character of the proposed contract or agreement | ||||||
| 20 | in sufficient detail to enable the bidders thereon to know | ||||||
| 21 | what their obligations will be, either in the advertisement | ||||||
| 22 | itself, or by reference to detailed plans and specifications | ||||||
| 23 | on file at the time of the publication of the first | ||||||
| 24 | announcement. Such advertisement shall also state the date, | ||||||
| 25 | time and place assigned for the opening of bids, and no bids | ||||||
| 26 | shall be received at any time subsequent to the time indicated | ||||||
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