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 1        AN ACT concerning public building commissions.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Public Building Commission Act is amended
 5    by changing Sections 3 and 20 as follows:

 6        (50 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 1033)
 7        Sec.  3.  The following terms, wherever used, or referred
 8    to in this Act, mean unless the context  clearly  requires  a
 9    different meaning:
10        (a)  "Commission"  means  a  Public  Building  Commission
11    created pursuant to this Act.
12        (b)  "Commissioner"    or    "Commissioners"    means   a
13    Commissioner  or   Commissioners   of   a   Public   Building
14    Commission.
15        (c)  "County seat" means a city, village or town which is
16    the county seat of a county.
17        (d)  "Municipality"    means   any   city,   village   or
18    incorporated town of the State of Illinois.
19        (e)  "Municipal corporation"  includes  a  county,  city,
20    village,  town,  (including  a  county  seat), park district,
21    school district in a county of 3,000,000 or more  population,
22    board  of  education  of a school district, community college
23    district, in  a  county  of  3,000,000  or  more  population,
24    sanitary  district,  airport  authority  contiguous  with the
25    County Seat as of July 1, 1969 and any other  municipal  body
26    or  governmental  agency  of the State but does not include a
27    school district or board of education of  a  school  district
28    that  conducted an unsuccessful referendum within the 5 years
29    immediately preceding action by the Commission in a county of
30    less than 3,000,000 population, a board  of  education  of  a
31    school   district   in   a  county  of  less  than  3,000,000
 
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 1    population, or a community college district in  a  county  of
 2    less than 3,000,000 population.
 3        (f)  "Governing  body"  includes  a  city council, county
 4    board, or any other body or board, by whatever name it may be
 5    known, charged with the governing of a municipal corporation.
 6        (g)  "Presiding officer" includes the mayor or  president
 7    of a city, village or town, the presiding officer of a county
 8    board,  or  the  presiding  officer  of  any  other  board or
 9    commission, as the case may be.
10        (h)  "Oath" means oath or affirmation.
11        (i)  "Building" means an improvement to real estate to be
12    made available for use by a  municipal  corporation  for  the
13    furnishing of governmental services to its citizens, together
14    with  any  land  or  interest  in land necessary or useful in
15    connection with the improvement.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-304.)

17        (50 ILCS 20/20) (from Ch. 85, par. 1050)
18        Sec. 20.  All contracts to be let for  the  construction,
19    alteration,  improvement,  repair, enlargement, demolition or
20    removal  of  any  buildings  or  other  facilities,  or   for
21    materials  or  supplies  to  be  furnished,  where the amount
22    thereof is in excess of $25,000 $5,000, shall be let  to  the
23    lowest  responsible  bidder,  or bidders, on open competitive
24    bidding after public advertisement published at least once in
25    each week for three consecutive weeks prior to the opening of
26    bids, in a daily newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the
27    county  where the commission is located. Nothing contained in
28    this Section shall be construed  to  prohibit  the  Board  of
29    Commissioners   from  placing  additional  advertisements  in
30    recognized trade  journals.  Advertisements  for  bids  shall
31    describe the character of the proposed contract in sufficient
32    detail  to  enable  the  bidders  thereon  to know what their
33    obligation will be, either in the advertisement itself, or by
 
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 1    reference to detailed plans and specifications on file in the
 2    office of the Public Building Commission at the time  of  the
 3    publication  of  the  first  announcement. Such advertisement
 4    shall also state the date, time, and place assigned  for  the
 5    opening  of  bids  and  no bids shall be received at any time
 6    subsequent to the time indicated in said  advertisement.  The
 7    Board  of  Commissioners may reject any and all bids received
 8    and readvertise for bids. All bids shall be  open  to  public
 9    inspection  in  the  office of the Public Building Commission
10    for a period of at least forty-eight (48) hours before  award
11    is made. The successful bidder for such work shall enter into
12    contracts   furnished   and   prescribed   by  the  Board  of
13    Commissioners and in addition to  any  other  bonds  required
14    under  this  Act the successful bidder shall execute and give
15    bond, payable to and to be approved by the Commission, with a
16    corporate surety authorized to do business under the laws  of
17    the  State  of Illinois, in an amount to be determined by the
18    Board of Commissioners, conditioned upon the payment  of  all
19    labor  furnished and materials supplied in the prosecution of
20    the contracted  work.  If  the  bidder  whose  bid  has  been
21    accepted  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  accept the contract
22    within five (5) days after written notice that the  same  has
23    been  awarded  to  him, or if he accepts but does not execute
24    the contract and give the proper security, the Commission may
25    accept the next lowest bidder, or readvertise  and  relet  in
26    manner above provided. In case any work shall be abandoned by
27    any  contractor  the Commission may, if the best interests of
28    the Commission be thereby served,  adopt  on  behalf  of  the
29    Commission  all subcontracts made by such contractor for such
30    work and all such sub-contractors  shall  be  bound  by  such
31    adoption  if  made;  and  the Commission shall, in the manner
32    provided herein, readvertise and relet the work specified  in
33    the  original  contract exclusive of so much thereof as shall
34    be accepted. Every contract when made and  entered  into,  as
 
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 1    herein provided for, shall be executed in duplicate, one copy
 2    of  which  shall  be held by the Commission, and filed in its
 3    records, and  one  copy  of  which  shall  be  given  to  the
 4    contractor.
 5    (Source: P.A. 84-249.)