SB0051ham002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michael J. Madigan

Filed: 5/20/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 51

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 51, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 1, by replacing line 21 on page 49 through line 11 on page 50 with the following:

"Sec. 10-25. Executive Procurement Officer. There is hereby created, under the supervision of the Office of the Governor, an Executive Procurement Office, headed by an Executive Procurement Officer, who shall be appointed by the Governor. The Executive Procurement Officer shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To recommend policies and procedures to ensure consistency between the chief procurement officers and their staffs, provided that each chief procurement officer shall have final and exclusive authority over particular procurement decisions.

(2) To assist chief procurement officers in the development of and revision of policies that decisions on procurement related matters remain free from political or other inappropriate extrinsic influence.

(3) To provide guidance to all chief procurement officers and their staffs on how to ensure that all State procurement is conducted in a manner that is appropriately responsive to and sensitive to the needs of vendors and the business community in general through the development of technologically-sophisticated, efficient, and innovative methodologies for managing procurement processes.

(4) Respecting the authority of the chief procurement officers over procurement in their respective areas, to assist with the implementation of policies mandated through statute or executive order that promote diversity among State contractors, including, but not limited to, the implementation of the Business Enterprise and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program.

The Executive"; and

on page 51, in line 20, by inserting "business" after "10"; and

on page 52, in line 20, by inserting "business" after "10".