100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0547

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/4-5-11  from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-11
65 ILCS 5/8-9-1  from Ch. 24, par. 8-9-1

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Increases the base amount from $20,000 to $30,000 for public improvement or maintenance of public property at which a municipality must enter into a contract by public bid or four-fifths council approval. If the contract is approved by council, increases the base amount of expenses that must be taken by public bid from $20,000 to $30,000. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 4-5-11 and 8-9-1 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/4-5-11)  (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-11)
7    Sec. 4-5-11. Except as otherwise provided, all contracts,
8of whatever character, pertaining to public improvement, or to
9the maintenance of the public property of a municipality
10involving an outlay of $10,000 or more, shall be based upon
11specifications to be approved by the council. Any work or other
12public improvement which is not to be paid for in whole or in
13part by special assessment or special taxation, when the
14expense thereof will exceed $30,000 $20,000, shall be
15constructed as follows:
16        (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
17    after advertising for bids, in the manner prescribed by
18    ordinance, except that any such contract may be entered
19    into by the proper officers without advertising for bids,
20    if authorized by a vote of 4 of the 5 council members
21    elected; or
22        (2) In the following manner, if authorized by a vote of
23    4 of the 5 council members elected: the commissioner of

 

 

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1    public works or other proper officers to be designated by
2    ordinance, shall superintend and cause to be carried out
3    the construction of the work or other public improvement
4    and shall employ exclusively for the performance of all
5    manual labor thereon, laborers and artisans whom the city
6    or village shall pay by the day or hour, but all material
7    of the value of $30,000 $20,000 and upward used in the
8    construction of the work or other public improvement, shall
9    be purchased by contract let to the lowest responsible
10    bidder in the manner to be prescribed by ordinance.
11    Nothing contained in this Section shall apply to any
12contract by a municipality with the United States of America or
13any agency thereof.
14(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)
 
15    (65 ILCS 5/8-9-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 8-9-1)
16    Sec. 8-9-1. In municipalities of less than 500,000 except
17as otherwise provided in Articles 4 and 5 any work or other
18public improvement which is not to be paid for in whole or in
19part by special assessment or special taxation, when the
20expense thereof will exceed $30,000 $20,000, shall be
21constructed either (1) by a contract let to the lowest
22responsible bidder after advertising for bids, in the manner
23prescribed by ordinance, except that any such contract may be
24entered into by the proper officers without advertising for
25bids, if authorized by a vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen

 

 

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1or trustees then holding office; or (2) in the following
2manner, if authorized by a vote of two-thirds of all the
3aldermen or trustees then holding office, to-wit: the
4commissioner of public works or other proper officers to be
5designated by ordinance, shall superintend and cause to be
6carried out the construction of the work or other public
7improvement and shall employ exclusively for the performance of
8all manual labor thereon, laborers and artisans whom the
9municipality shall pay by the day or hour; and all material of
10the value of $30,000 $20,000 and upward used in the
11construction of the work or other public improvement, shall be
12purchased by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder in
13the manner to be prescribed by ordinance. However, nothing
14contained in this section shall apply to any contract by a
15city, village or incorporated town with the federal government
16or any agency thereof.
17    In every city which has adopted Division 1 of Article 10,
18every such laborer or artisan shall be certified by the civil
19service commission to the commissioner of public works or other
20proper officers, in accordance with the requirement of that
21division.
22    In municipalities of 500,000 or more population the letting
23of contracts for work or other public improvements of the
24character described in this section shall be governed by the
25provisions of Division 10 of this Article 8.
26(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.