HB2681 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2681

Introduced , by Rep. Carol Sente

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 510/8

from Ch. 85, par. 6408

Amends the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act. Provides that a political subdivision may waive the public hearing, evaluation procedure, and selection procedure for the selection of architectural, engineering, or land surveying services in an emergency situation for a project that is expected to cost less than $50,000 (currently, $25,000). Provides that this amount shall be increased annually by a percentage equal to the annual unadjusted percentage increase, if any, as determined by the consumer price index-u.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Local Government Professional Services Selection Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

(50 ILCS 510/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 6408)

Sec. 8. Waiver of competition. A political subdivision may waive the requirements of Sections 4, 5, and 6 if it determines, by resolution, that an emergency situation exists and a firm must be selected in an expeditious manner, or the cost of architectural, engineering, and land surveying services for the project is expected to be less than $50,000 $25,000. This amount shall be increased annually by a percentage equal to the annual unadjusted percentage increase, if any, as determined by the consumer price index-u.

For purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84=100.

(Source: P.A. 87-1034.)