97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5361

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/10-15

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Procurement Policy Board (now, the Executive Ethics Commission) shall appoint procurement compliance monitors to oversee and review the procurement processes. Provides that, after a hearing, the Board (now, the Commission) shall determine whether a procurement compliance monitor shall be removed. Provides that the determination shall be made upon a three-fifths vote of the Board. Effective July 1, 2012.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 10-15 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/10-15)
7    Sec. 10-15. Procurement compliance monitors.
8    (a) The Procurement Policy Board Executive Ethics
9Commission shall appoint procurement compliance monitors to
10oversee and review the procurement processes. Each procurement
11compliance monitor shall serve a term of 5 years beginning on
12the date of the officer's appointment. The changes made by this
13amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly do not affect the
14terms of the procurement compliance monitors serving on the
15effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
16Assembly. Each procurement compliance monitor shall have an
17office located in the State agency that the monitor serves but
18shall report to the Procurement Policy Board appropriate chief
19procurement officer. The compliance monitor shall have direct
20communications with the executive officer of a State agency in
21exercising duties. A procurement compliance monitor may be
22removed only for cause after a hearing by the Procurement
23Policy Board Executive Ethics Commission. The appropriate

 

 

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1chief procurement officer or executive officer of the State
2agency housing the procurement compliance monitor may
3institute a complaint against the procurement compliance
4monitor with the Board Commission and the Board Commission
5shall hold a public hearing based on the complaint. The
6procurement compliance monitor, State purchasing officer,
7appropriate chief procurement officer, and executive officer
8of the State agency shall receive notice of the hearing and
9shall be permitted to present their respective arguments on the
10complaint. After the hearing, upon a three-fifths vote, the
11Board Commission shall determine whether the procurement
12compliance monitor shall be removed. The salary of a
13procurement compliance monitor shall be established by the
14Procurement Policy Board Executive Ethics Commission and may
15not be diminished during the officer's term.
16    (b) The procurement compliance monitor may: (i) review each
17contract or contract amendment prior to execution to ensure
18that applicable procurement and contracting standards were
19followed; (ii) attend any procurement meetings; (iii) access
20any records or files related to procurement; (iv) issue reports
21to the Procurement Policy Board and the chief procurement
22officer on procurement issues that present issues or that have
23not been corrected after consultation with appropriate State
24officials; (v) ensure the State agency is maintaining
25appropriate records; and (vi) ensure transparency of the
26procurement process.

 

 

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1    (c) If the procurement compliance monitor is aware of
2misconduct, waste, or inefficiency with respect to State
3procurement, the procurement compliance monitor shall advise
4the State agency of the issue. If the State agency does not
5correct the issue, the monitor shall report the problem to the
6Procurement Policy Board, the chief procurement officer, and
7Inspector General.
8(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793
9for the effective date of changes made by P.A. 96-795).)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
112012.