Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB3176

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3176

Introduced 2/2/2026, by Sen. Neil Anderson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/85-30

Amends the Township Code. Provides that any purchases by a township for services, materials, or supplies in excess of $60,000 (rather than $30,000), other than professional services, shall be contracted for through: (i) a contract let to the lowest responsive bidder after advertising for bids at least once in a newspaper having several circulation in the township or (ii) a contract let without advertising for bids in the case of an emergency if authorized by the township board.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section 85-30 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/85-30)

Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $60,000 $30,000 (other than professional services) shall be contracted for in one of the following ways:

(1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids at least once (i) in a newspaper published within the township, or (ii) if no newspaper is published within the township, then in one published within the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is published within the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation within the township.

(2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in the case of an emergency if authorized by the township board.

This Section does not apply to contracts by a township with the federal government.

(Source: P.A. 102-728, eff. 5-6-22.)