(55 ILCS 5/5-36009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-36009)
Sec. 5-36009.
Interests of officers and employees.
Neither the
county purchasing agent nor any member of the Board of Standardization
created by this Division shall be financially interested, either directly
or indirectly, in any contract for or purchase of any supplies, materials,
equipment or contractual services furnished to or used by any office,
department, institution or agency of the county government. The county
purchasing agent or any member of his staff, or any member of the Board of
Standardization who shall accept or receive directly or indirectly from any
person, firm or corporation to which any contract or purchase order may be
awarded, any rebate, gift, money, or anything of value whatsoever, be
guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not to exceed $10,000 and
shall forfeit his right to his office, trust or employment and shall be
removed therefrom.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-36010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-36010)
Sec. 5-36010.
Board of Standardization.
There shall be a Board of
Standardization for the County of
Cook composed of the County purchasing agent who shall be chairman, the
Superintendent of the County Hospital, or some person designated by him,
the superintendent of the Oak Forest Hospital, or some person designated by
him, the Superintendent of Highways, or some person designated by him, the
Sheriff, or some person designated by him, and the President of the County
Board, or some person designated by him. The members of the Board of
Standardization shall receive no compensation for their services as such
members. It shall be the duty of the Board of Standardization to classify
the requirements of the county government as to supplies, materials and
equipment; to adopt as standards the smallest number of the various
qualities, sizes and varieties of such supplies, materials and equipment
consistent with the efficient operation of the county government, and to
prepare, adopt and promulgate written specifications describing such
standards. In the preparation and revision of any such standard
specifications, the Board of Standardization shall seek the advice,
assistance and cooperation of the county Offices, departments, institutions
and agencies concerned to ascertain their requirements. All specifications
must be definite and certain, and, in so far as possible, permit of
competitive bids. After its adoption, each standard specification shall,
until revised or rescinded, apply alike in terms and effect to every future
purchase and contract for the purchase of every commodity.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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