103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1893

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Mike Simmons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 205/30 new

    Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a municipality must compile and maintain a list of each contract it enters into for $5,000,000 or more for public infrastructure projects. Provides that the list shall be available for public inspection or copying and on the municipality's website. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.


LRB103 30668 AWJ 57129 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1893LRB103 30668 AWJ 57129 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by adding
5Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 205/30 new)
7    Sec. 30. Contracts of $5,000,000 or more.
8    (a) A municipality must compile and maintain a list of
9each contract it enters into for $5,000,000 or more for public
10infrastructure projects. The list shall be available for
11public inspection or copying and on the municipality's
12website.
13    (b) A home rule municipality may not compile or maintain a
14list of contracts it enters into for $5,000,000 or more in a
15manner that is inconsistent with this Section. This Section is
16a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII
17of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by
18home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the
19State.