Sen. Michael E. Hastings

Filed: 3/14/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1951

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1951 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 1-13 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/1-13)
7    Sec. 1-13. Applicability to public institutions of higher
8education.
9    (a) This Code shall apply to public institutions of higher
10education, regardless of the source of the funds with which
11contracts are paid, except as provided in this Section.
12    (b) Except as provided in this Section, this Code shall not
13apply to procurements made by or on behalf of public
14institutions of higher education for any of the following:
15        (1) Memberships in professional, academic, research,
16    or athletic organizations on behalf of a public institution

 

 

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1    of higher education, an employee of a public institution of
2    higher education, or a student at a public institution of
3    higher education.
4        (2) Procurement expenditures for events or activities
5    paid for exclusively by revenues generated by the event or
6    activity, gifts or donations for the event or activity,
7    private grants, or any combination thereof.
8        (3) Procurement expenditures for events or activities
9    for which the use of specific potential contractors is
10    mandated or identified by the sponsor of the event or
11    activity, provided that the sponsor is providing a majority
12    of the funding for the event or activity.
13        (4) Procurement expenditures necessary to provide
14    athletic, artistic or musical services, performances,
15    events, or productions by or for a public institution of
16    higher education.
17        (5) Procurement expenditures for periodicals, books,
18    subscriptions, database licenses, and other publications
19    procured for use by a university library or academic
20    department, except for expenditures related to procuring
21    textbooks for student use or materials for resale or
22    rental.
23        (6) Procurement expenditures for placement of students
24    in externships, practicums, field experiences, and for
25    medical residencies and rotations.
26        (7) Contracts for programming and broadcast license

 

 

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1    rights for university-operated radio and television
2    stations.
3        (8) Procurement expenditures necessary to perform
4    sponsored research and other sponsored activities under
5    grants and contracts funded by the sponsor or by sources
6    other than State appropriations.
7        (9) Contracts with a foreign entity for research or
8    educational activities, provided that the foreign entity
9    either does not maintain an office in the United States or
10    is the sole source of the service or product.
11Notice of each contract with an annual value of more than
12$20,000 entered into by a public institution of higher
13education that is related to the procurement of goods and
14services identified in items (1) through (9) of this subsection
15shall be published in the Procurement Bulletin within 14
16calendar days after contract execution. The Chief Procurement
17Officer shall prescribe the form and content of the notice.
18Each public institution of higher education shall provide the
19Chief Procurement Officer, on a monthly basis, in the form and
20content prescribed by the Chief Procurement Officer, a report
21of contracts that are related to the procurement of goods and
22services identified in this subsection. At a minimum, this
23report shall include the name of the contractor, a description
24of the supply or service provided, the total amount of the
25contract, the term of the contract, and the exception to the
26Code utilized. A copy of any or all of these contracts shall be

 

 

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1made available to the Chief Procurement Officer immediately
2upon request. The Chief Procurement Officer shall submit a
3report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than
4November 1 of each year that shall include, at a minimum, an
5annual summary of the monthly information reported to the Chief
6Procurement Officer.
7    (b-5) Except as provided in this subsection, the provisions
8of this Code shall not apply to contracts for medical supplies,
9and to contracts for medical services necessary for the
10delivery of care and treatment at medical, dental, or
11veterinary teaching facilities utilized by Southern Illinois
12University or the University of Illinois and at any
13university-operated health care center or dispensary that
14provides care, treatment, and medications for students,
15faculty and staff. Other supplies and services needed for these
16teaching facilities shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the
17Chief Procurement Officer for Public Institutions of Higher
18Education who may establish expedited procurement procedures
19and may waive or modify certification, contract, hearing,
20process and registration requirements required by the Code. All
21procurements made under this subsection shall be documented and
22may require publication in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
23    (c) Procurements made by or on behalf of public
24institutions of higher education for the fulfillment of a grant
25shall be made in accordance with the requirements of this Code
26to the extent practical.

 

 

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1    Upon the written request of a public institution of higher
2education, the Chief Procurement Officer may waive contract,
3registration, certification, and hearing requirements of this
4Code if, based on the item to be procured or the terms of a
5grant, compliance is impractical. The public institution of
6higher education shall provide the Chief Procurement Officer
7with specific reasons for the waiver, including the necessity
8of contracting with a particular potential contractor, and
9shall certify that an effort was made in good faith to comply
10with the provisions of this Code. The Chief Procurement Officer
11shall provide written justification for any waivers. By
12November 1 of each year, the Chief Procurement Officer shall
13file a report with the General Assembly identifying each
14contract approved with waivers and providing the justification
15given for any waivers for each of those contracts. Notice of
16each waiver made under this subsection shall be published in
17the Procurement Bulletin within 14 calendar days after contract
18execution. The Chief Procurement Officer shall prescribe the
19form and content of the notice.
20    (d) Notwithstanding this Section, a waiver of the
21registration requirements of Section 20-160 does not permit a
22business entity and any affiliated entities or affiliated
23persons to make campaign contributions if otherwise prohibited
24by Section 50-37. The total amount of contracts awarded in
25accordance with this Section shall be included in determining
26the aggregate amount of contracts or pending bids of a business

 

 

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1entity and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons.
2    (e) Notwithstanding subsection (e) of Section 50-10.5 of
3this Code, the Chief Procurement Officer, with the approval of
4the Executive Ethics Commission, may permit a public
5institution of higher education to accept a bid or enter into a
6contract with a business that assisted the public institution
7of higher education in determining whether there is a need for
8a contract or assisted in reviewing, drafting, or preparing
9documents related to a bid or contract, provided that the bid
10or contract is essential to research administered by the public
11institution of higher education and it is in the best interest
12of the public institution of higher education to accept the bid
13or contract. For purposes of this subsection, "business"
14includes all individuals with whom a business is affiliated,
15including, but not limited to, any officer, agent, employee,
16consultant, independent contractor, director, partner,
17manager, or shareholder of a business. The Executive Ethics
18Commission may promulgate rules and regulations for the
19implementation and administration of the provisions of this
20subsection (e).
21    (f) As used in this Section:
22    "Grant" means non-appropriated funding provided by a
23federal or private entity to support a project or program
24administered by a public institution of higher education and
25any non-appropriated funding provided to a sub-recipient of the
26grant.

 

 

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1    "Public institution of higher education" means Chicago
2State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
3University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
4University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois
5University, University of Illinois, Western Illinois
6University, and, for purposes of this Code only, the Illinois
7Mathematics and Science Academy.
8    (g) (Blank).
9    (h) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
10        (1) Public Act 98-1076, which took effect on January 1,
11    2015, changed the repeal date set for this Section from
12    December 31, 2014 to December 31, 2016.
13        (2) The Statute on Statutes sets forth general rules on
14    the repeal of statutes and the construction of multiple
15    amendments, but Section 1 of that Act also states that
16    these rules will not be observed when the result would be
17    "inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General
18    Assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute".
19        (3) This amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly
20    manifests the intention of the General Assembly to remove
21    the repeal of this Section.
22        (4) This Section was originally enacted to protect,
23    promote, and preserve the general welfare. Any
24    construction of this Section that results in the repeal of
25    this Section on December 31, 2014 would be inconsistent
26    with the manifest intent of the General Assembly and

 

 

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1    repugnant to the context of this Code.
2    It is hereby declared to have been the intent of the
3General Assembly that this Section not be subject to repeal on
4December 31, 2014.
5    This Section shall be deemed to have been in continuous
6effect since December 20, 2011 (the effective date of Public
7Act 97-643), and it shall continue to be in effect henceforward
8until it is otherwise lawfully repealed. All previously enacted
9amendments to this Section taking effect on or after December
1031, 2014, are hereby validated.
11    All actions taken in reliance on or pursuant to this
12Section by any public institution of higher education, person,
13or entity are hereby validated.
14    In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of this
15Section, it is set forth in full and re-enacted by this
16amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. This re-enactment
17is intended as a continuation of this Section. It is not
18intended to supersede any amendment to this Section that is
19enacted by the 100th General Assembly.
20    In this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the
21base text of the reenacted Section is set forth as amended by
22Public Act 98-1076. Striking and underscoring is used only to
23show changes being made to the base text.
24    This Section applies to all procurements made on or before
25the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
26Assembly.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)".