Full Text of HB4555 94th General Assembly
HB4555 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4555
Introduced 1/11/2006, by Rep. Angelo Saviano SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 805/8 |
from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315 |
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Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. In a Section requiring that contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 for supplies, materials, or work shall be awarded to the lowest bidder after advertising, provides additional exceptions for contracts involving professional skill, utility services, services or supplies requiring integration with existing systems, certain educational or instructional materials, contracts that are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, certain service or repair contracts, and certain emergency contracts. Deletes an exception for necessary supplies under the control of a monopoly. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 805/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315)
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| Sec. 8. Powers and duties of corporate authority and | 8 |
| officers; contracts; salaries.
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| (a) The board shall be the corporate authority of such | 10 |
| forest
preserve district and shall have power to pass and | 11 |
| enforce all necessary
ordinances, rules and regulations for the | 12 |
| management of the property and
conduct of the business of such | 13 |
| district. The president of such board
shall have power to | 14 |
| appoint such employees as may be necessary. In counties
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| population of less than 3,000,000, within 60 days after their | 16 |
| selection
the commissioners appointed under the provisions of | 17 |
| Section 3a of this Act
shall organize by selecting from their | 18 |
| members a president, secretary,
treasurer and such other | 19 |
| officers as are deemed necessary who shall hold
office for the | 20 |
| fiscal year in which elected and until their successors are
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| selected and qualify. In the one district in existence on July | 22 |
| 1, 1977, that
is managed by an appointed board of | 23 |
| commissioners, the incumbent president
and the other officers | 24 |
| appointed in the manner as originally prescribed in this
Act | 25 |
| shall hold such offices until the completion of their | 26 |
| respective terms or
in the case of the officers other than | 27 |
| president until their successors
are appointed by said | 28 |
| president, but in all cases not to extend beyond January
1, | 29 |
| 1980 and until their successors are selected and qualify. | 30 |
| Thereafter,
the officers shall be selected in the manner as | 31 |
| prescribed in this Section
except that their first term of | 32 |
| office shall not expire until June 30, 1981
and until their |
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| successors are selected and qualify.
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| (b) In any county, city, village, incorporated town or
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| sanitary district where the corporate authorities act as the
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| governing body of a forest preserve district, the person | 5 |
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the powers of the president of the board shall have | 6 |
| power to appoint a
secretary and an assistant secretary and | 7 |
| treasurer and an assistant
treasurer and such other officers | 8 |
| and such employees as may be necessary.
The assistant secretary | 9 |
| and assistant treasurer shall perform the duties
of the | 10 |
| secretary and treasurer, respectively in case of death of such | 11 |
| officers
or when such officers are unable to perform the duties | 12 |
| of their respective
offices. All contracts for supplies, | 13 |
| material or
work involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 | 14 |
| shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, after | 15 |
| advertising at least once in one or more
newspapers of general | 16 |
| circulation within the district, excepting :
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| (1) work
requiring personal confidence ; | 18 |
| (2) work of individuals possessing a high degree of | 19 |
| professional skill where the ability or fitness of the | 20 |
| individual plays an important part; | 21 |
| (3) contracts for utility service, such as gas and | 22 |
| electric; | 23 |
| (4) contracts for services or supplies that require | 24 |
| integration with existing systems or existing computer | 25 |
| hardware or software, such as security systems and | 26 |
| integrated computer systems and services related thereto; | 27 |
| (5) contracts for the purchase of magazines, books, | 28 |
| periodicals, and similar articles of an educational or | 29 |
| instructional nature; | 30 |
| (6) contracts that by their nature are not adapted to | 31 |
| award by competitive bidding, such as telecommunication | 32 |
| systems and contracts for services or supplies that are | 33 |
| available only from a single source; | 34 |
| (7) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of or | 35 |
| provision of repair parts for equipment if the contract is | 36 |
| made with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of |
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| that equipment, and the maintenance, service, or provision | 2 |
| of parts can best be performed by the manufacturer or | 3 |
| authorized service agent; and | 4 |
| (8) contracts required to meet an immediate emergency | 5 |
| affecting the public health, safety, or welfare, in which | 6 |
| case the board of commissioners shall set forth the nature | 7 |
| of the danger to the public health, safety, or welfare
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| necessary
supplies under the control of monopolies, where | 9 |
| competitive bidding is
impossible . | 10 |
| Contracts for supplies, material or work involving an
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| expenditure of $20,000 or less may be let without advertising | 12 |
| for bids,
but whenever practicable, at least 3 competitive bids | 13 |
| shall be obtained
before letting such contract. All contracts | 14 |
| for supplies, material or
work shall be signed by the president | 15 |
| of the board of commissioners or
by any such other officer as | 16 |
| the board in its discretion may designate.
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| (c) The president of any board of commissioners appointed | 18 |
| under the
provisions of Section 3a of this Act shall receive a | 19 |
| salary not to
exceed the sum of $2500 per annum and the salary | 20 |
| of other members of the
board so appointed shall not exceed | 21 |
| $1500 per annum. Salaries of the
commissioners, officers and | 22 |
| employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-897, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 |
| becoming law.
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