98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4750

 

Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/1-10

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding application of the Code.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 1-10 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/1-10)
7    Sec. 1-10. Application.
8    (a) This Code applies only to to procurements for which
9contractors were first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This
10Code shall not be construed to affect or impair any contract,
11or any provision of a contract, entered into based on a
12solicitation prior to the implementation date of this Code as
13described in Article 99, including but not limited to any
14covenant entered into with respect to any revenue bonds or
15similar instruments. All procurements for which contracts are
16solicited between the effective date of Articles 50 and 99 and
17July 1, 1998 shall be substantially in accordance with this
18Code and its intent.
19    (b) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of the
20funds with which the contracts are paid, including federal
21assistance moneys. This Code shall not apply to:
22        (1) Contracts between the State and its political
23    subdivisions or other governments, or between State

 

 

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1    governmental bodies except as specifically provided in
2    this Code.
3        (2) Grants, except for the filing requirements of
4    Section 20-80.
5        (3) Purchase of care.
6        (4) Hiring of an individual as employee and not as an
7    independent contractor, whether pursuant to an employment
8    code or policy or by contract directly with that
9    individual.
10        (5) Collective bargaining contracts.
11        (6) Purchase of real estate, except that notice of this
12    type of contract with a value of more than $25,000 must be
13    published in the Procurement Bulletin within 7 days after
14    the deed is recorded in the county of jurisdiction. The
15    notice shall identify the real estate purchased, the names
16    of all parties to the contract, the value of the contract,
17    and the effective date of the contract.
18        (7) Contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated
19    litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations,
20    provided that the chief legal counsel to the Governor shall
21    give his or her prior approval when the procuring agency is
22    one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor, and
23    provided that the chief legal counsel of any other
24    procuring entity subject to this Code shall give his or her
25    prior approval when the procuring entity is not one subject
26    to the jurisdiction of the Governor.

 

 

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1        (8) Contracts for services to Northern Illinois
2    University by a person, acting as an independent
3    contractor, who is qualified by education, experience, and
4    technical ability and is selected by negotiation for the
5    purpose of providing non-credit educational service
6    activities or products by means of specialized programs
7    offered by the university.
8        (9) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois
9    Conservation Foundation when only private funds are used.
10        (10) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois Health
11    Information Exchange Authority involving private funds
12    from the Health Information Exchange Fund. "Private funds"
13    means gifts, donations, and private grants.
14        (11) Public-private agreements entered into according
15    to the procurement requirements of Section 20 of the
16    Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act and
17    design-build agreements entered into according to the
18    procurement requirements of Section 25 of the
19    Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act.
20        (12) Contracts for legal, financial, and other
21    professional and artistic services entered into on or
22    before December 31, 2018 by the Illinois Finance Authority
23    in which the State of Illinois is not obligated. Such
24    contracts shall be awarded through a competitive process
25    authorized by the Board of the Illinois Finance Authority
26    and are subject to Sections 5-30, 20-160, 50-13, 50-20,

 

 

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1    50-35, and 50-37 of this Code, as well as the final
2    approval by the Board of the Illinois Finance Authority of
3    the terms of the contract.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts
5entered into under item (12) of this subsection (b) shall be
6published in the Procurement Bulletin within 14 days after
7contract execution. The chief procurement officer shall
8prescribe the form and content of the notice. The Illinois
9Finance Authority shall provide the chief procurement officer,
10on a monthly basis, in the form and content prescribed by the
11chief procurement officer, a report of contracts that are
12related to the procurement of goods and services identified in
13item (12) of this subsection (b). At a minimum, this report
14shall include the name of the contractor, a description of the
15supply or service provided, the total amount of the contract,
16the term of the contract, and the exception to the Code
17utilized. A copy of each of these contracts shall be made
18available to the chief procurement officer immediately upon
19request. The chief procurement officer shall submit a report to
20the Governor and General Assembly no later than November 1 of
21each year that shall include, at a minimum, an annual summary
22of the monthly information reported to the chief procurement
23officer.
24    (c) This Code does not apply to the electric power
25procurement process provided for under Section 1-75 of the
26Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public

 

 

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1Utilities Act.
2    (d) Except for Section 20-160 and Article 50 of this Code,
3and as expressly required by Section 9.1 of the Illinois
4Lottery Law, the provisions of this Code do not apply to the
5procurement process provided for under Section 9.1 of the
6Illinois Lottery Law.
7    (e) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
8Capital Development Board to retain a person or entity to
9assist the Capital Development Board with its duties related to
10the determination of costs of a clean coal SNG brownfield
11facility, as defined by Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power
12Agency Act, as required in subsection (h-3) of Section 9-220 of
13the Public Utilities Act, including calculating the range of
14capital costs, the range of operating and maintenance costs, or
15the sequestration costs or monitoring the construction of clean
16coal SNG brownfield facility for the full duration of
17construction.
18    (f) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
19Illinois Power Agency to retain a mediator to mediate sourcing
20agreement disputes between gas utilities and the clean coal SNG
21brownfield facility, as defined in Section 1-10 of the Illinois
22Power Agency Act, as required under subsection (h-1) of Section
239-220 of the Public Utilities Act.
24    (g) This Code does not apply to the processes used by the
25Illinois Power Agency to retain a mediator to mediate contract
26disputes between gas utilities and the clean coal SNG facility

 

 

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1and to retain an expert to assist in the review of contracts
2under subsection (h) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities
3Act. This Code does not apply to the process used by the
4Illinois Commerce Commission to retain an expert to assist in
5determining the actual incurred costs of the clean coal SNG
6facility and the reasonableness of those costs as required
7under subsection (h) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities
8Act.
9    (h) This Code does not apply to the process to procure or
10contracts entered into in accordance with Sections 11-5.2 and
1111-5.3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
12    (i) Each chief procurement officer may access records
13necessary to review whether a contract, purchase, or other
14expenditure is or is not subject to the provisions of this
15Code, unless such records would be subject to attorney-client
16privilege.
17    (j) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
18Capital Development Board to retain an artist or work or works
19of art as required in Section 14 of the Capital Development
20Board Act.
21(Source: P.A. 97-96, eff. 7-13-11; 97-239, eff. 8-2-11; 97-502,
22eff. 8-23-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;
2397-895, eff. 8-3-12; 98-90, eff. 7-15-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13;
2498-572, eff. 1-1-14; revised 9-9-13.)