Rep. William Davis
Filed: 3/18/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3283




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3283 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by 
5changing Section 33E-9 as follows:
 



6    (720 ILCS 5/33E-9)  (from Ch. 38, par. 33E-9)



7    Sec. 33E-9. Change orders. Any change order authorized 
8under this
Section shall be made in writing.  Any person 
9employed by and authorized
by any unit of State or local 
10government to approve a change order to any
public contract who 
11knowingly grants that approval without first obtaining
from the 
12unit of State or local government on whose behalf the contract 
13was
signed, or from a designee authorized by that unit of State 
14or local
government,  a determination in writing that (1) the 
15circumstances said to
necessitate the change in performance 
16were not reasonably foreseeable at
the time the contract was 
 
 
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1signed, or (2) the change is germane to the
original contract 
2as signed, or (3) the change order is in the best
interest of 
3the unit of State or local government and authorized by law,

4commits a Class 4 felony.  The written determination and the 
5written change
order resulting from that determination shall be 
6preserved in the
contract's file which shall be open to the 
7public for inspection. This
Section shall only apply to a 
8change order or series of change orders
which authorize or 
9necessitate an increase or decrease in either the cost
of a 
10public contract by a total of $20,000 $10,000 or more or the 
11time of
completion by a total of 30 days or more.

12(Source: P.A. 86-150; 87-618.)".