96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0323

 

Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Jim Sacia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/30-22

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the requirement that a State construction contract responsible bidder and his or her subcontractors participate in applicable apprenticeship and training programs is limited to those trades that the bid specifies will be used on the project and that have apprenticeship or training programs. Changes the name of the federal entity that approves and accepts registration of the apprenticeship and training programs.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5 changing Section 30-22 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 500/30-22)
7     Sec. 30-22. Construction contracts; responsible bidder
8 requirements. To be considered a responsible bidder on a
9 construction contract for purposes of this Code, a bidder must
10 comply with all of the following requirements and must present
11 satisfactory evidence of that compliance to the appropriate
12 construction agency:
13         (1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws
14     concerning the bidder's entitlement to conduct business in
15     Illinois.
16         (2) The bidder must comply with all applicable
17     provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act.
18         (3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal
19     Employment Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the
20     United States Code (42 U.S.C. 2000e and following) and with
21     Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive
22     Order No. 11375.
23         (4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer

 

 

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1     Identification Number or, if an individual, a valid Social
2     Security Number.
3         (5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of
4     insurance showing the following coverages: general
5     liability, professional liability, product liability,
6     workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous
7     occupation, and automobile.
8         (6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must
9     participate in applicable apprenticeship and training
10     programs, if any, that are (i) for those trades that the
11     bidder specifies in the bid will be used by the bidder or
12     the bidder's subcontractors in the performance of the
13     contract and (ii) approved by and registered with the
14     United States Department of Labor's Employment and
15     Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Bureau
16     of Apprenticeship and Training.
17         (7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the
18     Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish
19     additional requirements for responsible bidders. These
20     additional requirements, if established, shall be set
21     forth together with the other criteria contained in the
22     invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate
23     volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
24     The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally
25 funded construction projects if such application would
26 jeopardize the receipt or use of federal funds in support of

 

 

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1 such a project.
2 (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)