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 1        AN ACT concerning Illinois businesses.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Grant  Funds Recovery Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 705/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2304)
 7        Sec. 4.  Grant Agreement Requirement.   Grant  funds  may
 8    not be used except pursuant to a written grant agreement, and
 9    any  disbursement of grant funds without a grant agreement is
10    void.  At a minimum, a grant agreement must:
11        (a)  describe the purpose of the grant and be  signed  by
12    the  grantor  agency making the grant and all grantees of the
13    grant;
14        (b)  specify how payments shall be made, what constitutes
15    permissible expenditure of the grant funds, and the financial
16    controls applicable to the grant;
17        (c)  specify the period of time for which  the  grant  is
18    valid and, subject to the limitation of Section 5, the period
19    of  time  during  which  grant  funds  may be expended by the
20    grantee; and
21        (d)  contain a provision that all funds remaining at  the
22    end of the grant agreement or at the expiration of the period
23    of   time  grant  funds  are  available  for  expenditure  or
24    obligation by the grantee shall  be  returned  to  the  State
25    within 45 days; and
26        (e)  contain  a provision that the grantee agrees to give
27    preference to contractors who have business locations in  the
28    State and are likely to create jobs for Illinois citizens.
29    (Source: P.A. 83-640.)

30        Section  10.  The  Local Government Professional Services
 
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 1    Selection Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

 2        (50 ILCS 510/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 6405)
 3        Sec. 5.  Selection Procedure.   A  political  subdivision
 4    shall, unless it has a satisfactory relationship for services
 5    with one or more firms, evaluate the firms submitting letters
 6    of  interest,  taking into account qualifications, ability of
 7    professional   personnel,   past   record   and   experience,
 8    performance data on file, willingness to meet time and budget
 9    requirements, location, workload of the firm and  such  other
10    factors as the political subdivision may determine in writing
11    are  applicable. When considering the location of a firm, the
12    political subdivision must  give  preference  to  firms  with
13    business locations in the State and that are likely to create
14    jobs  for  Illinois  citizens.  The political subdivision may
15    conduct discussions with and require public presentations  by
16    firms  deemed  to  be  the  most  qualified  regarding  their
17    qualifications,  approach  to  the  project  and  ability  to
18    furnish the required services.
19    (Source: P.A. 85-854.)