Full Text of SB1972 96th General Assembly
SB1972 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1972
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. John M. Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 605/6-1 |
from Ch. 42, par. 6-1 |
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Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. Provides that the commissioners of a drainage district must advertise for bids whenever the cost of any work to be performed by the district or the cost of specified materials and equipment exceeds $20,000 (now, $5,000). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 11345 RLJ 21798 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Drainage Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 6-1 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 605/6-1) (from Ch. 42, par. 6-1)
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| Sec. 6-1.
Advertising for Bids on Construction Work and | 8 |
| Purchases. )
Whenever the cost of any work to be performed by | 9 |
| the district or the
cost of any machinery, equipment, materials | 10 |
| or supplies to be purchased
by the district will exceed $20,000 | 11 |
| $5,000 , the commissioners shall advertise
for sealed bids for | 12 |
| the performance of such work or the furnishing of
such | 13 |
| machinery, equipment, materials or supplies by publishing a | 14 |
| notice
in a newspaper published or having general circulation | 15 |
| in the county in
which the district was organized not less than | 16 |
| once each week for 3
successive weeks. The first such | 17 |
| publication shall be made not less than
17 days prior to the | 18 |
| date set for opening the bids. The notice shall
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| set out the time when and the place where the bids will be
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| opened, the nature of the work to be performed or the | 21 |
| machinery,
equipment, materials or supplies to be purchased and | 22 |
| the terms of
payment. The commissioners may reject any and all | 23 |
| bids, may waive any
informality in bids received and may |
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| continue the letting from time to
time. The commissioners may | 2 |
| accept any bid they deem most favorable, but
if the bid | 3 |
| accepted is not the lowest bid, they shall enter in their
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| minutes their reason for not accepting the lower bid or bids. | 5 |
| If any
person to whom a contract has been let after notice as | 6 |
| herein required
fails to perform his contract, the same may be | 7 |
| relet in such a manner as
the commissioners deem best, with or | 8 |
| without advertisement for bids.
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| The provisions of this Section, however, shall not apply to | 10 |
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contracting, letting or doing of any repair or maintenance | 11 |
| work the cost
of which will be payable from the annual | 12 |
| maintenance fund of the
district.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-886.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.
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