99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6226

 

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/4-106 new

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that it is unlawful for the Department of Transportation, its employees and its agents to knowingly misrepresent any facts in relation to the submission of plans, maps, specifications, costs of construction, bids, or contracts for any Department project. Provides that a violation of the Section shall render any contract to which the falsification, distortion, or misrepresentation is related void as a matter of law and the Department shall rebid all affected projects.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
5Section 4-106 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/4-106 new)
7    Sec. 4-106. Misrepresentation.
8    (a) In relation to the submission of plans, maps,
9specifications, costs of construction, bids, or contracts for
10any Department project, it is unlawful for the Department, its
11employees and its agents to knowingly falsify, distort, or
12misrepresent any facts concerning, but not limited to, the
13following:
14        (1) the character, quality, cost, or quantity of
15    material already used or to be used;
16        (2) the quality or quantity of any work already
17    performed or to be performed; and
18        (3) any other related costs.
19    (b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this Section shall
20render any contract to which the falsification, distortion, or
21misrepresentations is related void as a matter of law, and the
22Department shall rebid all affected projects.