100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5879

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael Halpin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 2105/16  from Ch. 42, par. 399

    Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that all contracts for work other than professional services, to be done by a conservancy district, the expense of which will exceed $10,000 (rather than $2,500), shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after notice by publication.


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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 River Conservancy Districts Act is amended
5by changing Section 16 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2105/16)  (from Ch. 42, par. 399)
7    Sec. 16. All contracts for work other than professional
8services, to be done by such conservancy district, the expense
9of which will exceed $10,000 $2500, shall be let to the lowest
10responsible bidder therefor upon not less than thirty days'
11public notice of the terms and conditions upon which the
12contract is to be let, having been given by publication in a
13newspaper of general circulation published in said district,
14and the said board shall have the power and authority to reject
15any and all bids, and readvertise.
16    And in all other respects such contract shall be entered
17into and the performance thereof controlled by the provisions
18of an Act entitled "An Act concerning local improvements,"
19approved June 14, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, and amendments
20thereto as nearly as may be; provided, that contracts may be
21let for making proper and suitable connections between the
22mains and outlets of the respective sewers in said district,
23with any conduits, main pipe or pipes that may be constructed

 

 

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1by such conservancy district.
2(Source: P.A. 82-356.)