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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 32

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  32  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  North  Shore  Sanitary District Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 2305/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 287)
 7        Sec. 11.  Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,
 8    all contracts for purchases or sales by the municipality, the
 9    expense of which will exceed 40,000, $10,000, shall be let to
10    the  lowest responsible bidder therefor upon not less than 14
11    days' public notice of the terms and  conditions  upon  which
12    the  contract  is to be let, having been given by publication
13    in a  newspaper  of  general  circulation  published  in  the
14    district,  and  the  board  may  reject  any and all bids and
15    readvertise. In determining the  lowest  responsible  bidder,
16    the  board  shall  take  into consideration the qualities and
17    serviceability of the  articles  supplied,  their  conformity
18    with specifications, their suitability to the requirements of
19    the  district,  the  availability  of  support  services, the
20    uniqueness of the service, materials, equipment, or  supplies
21    as  it  applies  to  network integrated computer systems, the
22    compatibility  of  the  service,  materials,   equipment   or
 
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 1    supplies  with  existing  equipment,  and the delivery terms.
 2    Contracts for services in  excess  of  $40,000  $10,000  may,
 3    subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  be  let  by
 4    competitive  bidding  at the discretion of the district board
 5    of trustees.  All contracts for purchases or sales of $40,000
 6    $10,000 or less may  be  made  in  the  open  market  without
 7    publication  in  a  newspaper as above provided, but whenever
 8    practical shall be based on  at  least  3  competitive  bids.
 9    Cash,  a  cashier's  check,  a certified check, or a bid bond
10    with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees  as  a
11    deposit  of  good  faith,  in a reasonable amount, but not in
12    excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each
13    bidder by the district  on  all  bids  involving  amounts  in
14    excess  of $40,000 and, if so required, the advertisement for
15    bids shall so specify.
16        Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to  award
17    by   competitive   bidding,  including,  without  limitation,
18    contracts for the services of individuals,  groups  or  firms
19    possessing  a  high  degree  of  professional skill where the
20    ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an
21    important part, contracts for financial  management  services
22    undertaken   pursuant   to   "An   Act  relating  to  certain
23    investments of public funds  by  public  agencies",  approved
24    July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, contracts for the
25    purchase  or  sale  of  utilities,  contracts  for  materials
26    economically  procurable only from a single source of supply,
27    contracts for  the  use,  purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or
28    installation  of  data  processing  equipment,  software,  or
29    services  and  telecommunications and interconnect equipment,
30    software, or services, contracts for duplicating machines and
31    supplies, contracts  for  goods  or  services  procured  from
32    another   governmental   agency,   purchases   of   equipment
33    previously owned by an entity other than the district itself,
34    and  leases  of  real property where the sanitary district is
 
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 1    the lessee shall not be subject to  the  competitive  bidding
 2    requirements of this Section.
 3        The  competitive  bidding requirements of this Section do
 4    not apply to contracts for  construction  of  a  facility  or
 5    structure  for  the  district  when the facility or structure
 6    will be designed, built, and tested before being conveyed  to
 7    the district.
 8        In  the  case of an emergency affecting the public health
 9    or safety so  declared  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the
10    municipality  at  a  meeting  thereof  duly  convened,  which
11    declaration shall require the affirmative vote of four of the
12    five  Trustees elected, and shall set forth the nature of the
13    danger to the public health or safety, contracts totaling not
14    more than the emergency contract cap $75,000 may  be  let  to
15    the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public
16    advertisement  or  competitive  bidding. For purposes of this
17    Section, the "emergency contract  cap"  is  a  dollar  amount
18    equal  to  0.4%  of  the  total  general  fixed assets of the
19    district as  reported  in  the  most  recent  required  audit
20    report.  In  no  event, however, shall the emergency contract
21    cap dollar amount be less than $75,000 or more than $250,000.
22    The Resolution or Ordinance  in  which  such  declaration  is
23    embodied  shall  fix the date upon which such emergency shall
24    terminate which date may be extended or abridged by the Board
25    of Trustees as in their judgment the  circumstances  require.
26    A full written account of any such emergency, together with a
27    requisition  for  the materials, supplies, labor or equipment
28    required  therefor  shall  be  submitted   immediately   upon
29    completion  and  shall  be  open  to  public inspection for a
30    period of at least one year subsequent to the  date  of  such
31    emergency purchase.
32        To address operating emergencies not affecting the public
33    health  or  safety, the Board of Trustees shall authorize, in
34    writing, officials or employees of the sanitary  district  to
 
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 1    purchase  in  the  open  market and without advertisement any
 2    supplies, materials, equipment,  or  services  for  immediate
 3    delivery  to  meet the bona fide operating emergency, without
 4    filing a requisition or estimate therefor, in an  amount  not
 5    in  excess  of  $40,000;  provided that the Board of Trustees
 6    must be notified of the operating emergency.  A full, written
 7    account of each operating emergency and a requisition for the
 8    materials, supplies, equipment, and services required to meet
 9    the operating emergency must be immediately submitted by  the
10    officials  or  employees  authorized to make purchases to the
11    Board of Trustees.  The account must be available for  public
12    inspection  for  a period of at least one year after the date
13    of  the  operating  emergency  purchase.  The   exercise   of
14    authority with respect to purchases for a bona fide operating
15    emergency  is  not dependent on a declaration of an operating
16    emergency by the Board of Trustees.
17        No Trustee shall be interested, directly  or  indirectly,
18    in  any contract, work or business of the municipality, or in
19    the sale of any  article,  whenever  the  expense,  price  or
20    consideration  of the contract work, business or sale is paid
21    either from the treasury or by any assessment levied  by  any
22    Statute  or  Ordinance.   No  Trustee  shall  be  interested,
23    directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any property which
24    (1)  belongs to the municipality, or (2) is sold for taxes or
25    assessments of the municipality, or (3) is sold by virtue  of
26    legal process in the suit of the municipality.
27        A  contract  for any work or other public improvement, to
28    be paid for in whole or in  part  by  special  assessment  or
29    special  taxation, In all other respects such contracts shall
30    be entered into and the performance thereof controlled by the
31    provisions of Division  2  of  Article  9  of  the  "Illinois
32    Municipal  Code",  approved  May  29,  1961, as heretofore or
33    hereafter amended, as near as may be. However, contracts  may
34    be let for making proper and suitable connections between the
 
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 1    mains  and  outlets  of the respective sanitary sewers in the
 2    district with any conduit, conduits, main pipe or pipes  that
 3    may be constructed by such sanitary district.
 4    (Source: P.A. 91-921, eff. 1-1-01.)

 5        Section 10.  The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended
 6    by changing Section 11 as follows:

 7        (70 ILCS 2405/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 310)
 8        Sec.  11.  Except  as otherwise hereinafter provided, all
 9    contracts for purchases  or  sales  by  a  sanitary  district
10    organized  under  this  Act, the expense of which will exceed
11    $40,000 $10,000, shall  be  let  to  the  lowest  responsible
12    bidder  therefor upon not less than 14 days' public notice of
13    the terms and conditions upon which the  contract  is  to  be
14    let,  having  been  given  by  publication  in a newspaper of
15    general circulation published in the district, and the  board
16    may  reject any and all bids, and readvertise. In determining
17    the lowest responsible bidder,  the  board  shall  take  into
18    consideration   the   qualities  and  serviceability  of  the
19    articles  supplied,  their  conformity  with  specifications,
20    their suitability to the requirements of  the  district,  the
21    availability  of  support  services,  the  uniqueness  of the
22    service, materials, equipment, or supplies as it  applies  to
23    network integrated computer systems, the compatibility of the
24    service,  materials,  equipment  or  supplies  with  existing
25    equipment, and the delivery terms.  Contracts for services in
26    excess  of  $40,000 $10,000 may, subject to the provisions of
27    this Section, be let by competitive bidding at the discretion
28    of the district board of trustees. Cash, a cashier's check, a
29    certified check, or a bid bond with adequate surety  approved
30    by  the  board  of  trustees as a deposit of good faith, in a
31    reasonable amount, but not in excess of 10% of  the  contract
32    amount, may be required of each bidder by the district on all
 
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 1    bids  involving  amounts  in  excess  of  $40,000  and, if so
 2    required, the advertisement for bids shall so specify.
 3        All contracts for purchases or sales of  $40,000  $10,000
 4    or less may be made in the open market without publication in
 5    a  newspaper  as above provided, but whenever practical shall
 6    be based on at least 3 competitive bids.
 7        Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to  award
 8    by   competitive   bidding,  including,  without  limitation,
 9    contracts for the services of individuals,  groups  or  firms
10    possessing  a  high  degree  of  professional skill where the
11    ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an
12    important part, contracts for financial  management  services
13    undertaken   pursuant   to   "An   Act  relating  to  certain
14    investments of public funds  by  public  agencies",  approved
15    July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, contracts for the
16    purchase  or  sale  of  utilities,  contracts  for  materials
17    economically  procurable only from a single source of supply,
18    contracts for  the  use,  purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or
19    installation  of  data  processing  equipment,  software,  or
20    services  and  telecommunications and interconnect equipment,
21    software, or services, contracts for duplicating machines and
22    supplies, contracts  for  goods  or  services  procured  from
23    another   governmental   agency,   purchases   of   equipment
24    previously owned by an entity other than the district itself,
25    and  leases  of  real property where the sanitary district is
26    the lessee shall not be subject to  the  competitive  bidding
27    requirements of this Section.
28        The  competitive  bidding requirements of this Section do
29    not apply to contracts for  construction  of  a  facility  or
30    structure  for  the  sanitary  district  when the facility or
31    structure will be designed, built, and  tested  before  being
32    conveyed to the sanitary district.
33        The  competitive  bidding requirements of this Section do
34    not  apply  to  contracts,  including  contracts   for   both
 
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 1    materials  and services incidental thereto, for the repair or
 2    replacement of a sanitary district's treatment plant, sewers,
 3    equipment, or facilities damaged or destroyed as  the  result
 4    of  a  sudden  or  unexpected  occurrence, including, but not
 5    limited to, a flood, fire,  tornado,  earthquake,  storm,  or
 6    other  natural or man-made disaster, if the board of trustees
 7    determines in writing that the awarding  of  those  contracts
 8    without  competitive  bidding is reasonably necessary for the
 9    sanitary district to maintain compliance with a permit issued
10    under the National  Pollution  Discharge  Elimination  System
11    (NPDES) or any successor system or with any outstanding order
12    relating  to  that  compliance  issued  by  the United States
13    Environmental Protection Agency, the  Illinois  Environmental
14    Protection  Agency,  or the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
15    The authority to issue contracts without competitive  bidding
16    pursuant to this paragraph expires 6 months after the date of
17    the  writing  determining  that  the  awarding  of  contracts
18    without competitive bidding is reasonably necessary.
19        Where  the  board  of trustees declares, by a 2/3 vote of
20    all members of the board,  that  there  exists  an  emergency
21    affecting the public health or safety, contracts totaling not
22    more  than  the  emergency contract cap $40,000 may be let to
23    the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public
24    advertisement or competitive bidding.  For purposes  of  this
25    Section,  the  "emergency  contract  cap"  is a dollar amount
26    equal to 0.4% of  the  total  general  fixed  assets  of  the
27    district  as  reported  in  the  most  recent  required audit
28    report. In no event, however, shall  the  emergency  contract
29    cap dollar amount be less than $40,000 or more than $250,000.
30    The   ordinance   or   resolution   embodying  the  emergency
31    declaration shall contain the date upon which such  emergency
32    will  terminate.   The  board  of  trustees  may  extend  the
33    termination  date  if  in  its  judgment the circumstances so
34    require.  A full written account of the  emergency,  together
 
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 1    with  a  requisition  for  the  materials, supplies, labor or
 2    equipment required therefor shall  be  submitted  immediately
 3    upon  completion and shall be open to public inspection for a
 4    period of at least one year subsequent to the  date  of  such
 5    emergency purchase.
 6        A  contract  for any work or other public improvement, to
 7    be paid for in whole or in  part  by  special  assessment  or
 8    special  taxation,  In all other respects such contract shall
 9    be entered into and the  performance  thereof  controlled  by
10    Division  2  of  Article  9 of the "Illinois Municipal Code",
11    approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore and  hereafter  amended,
12    as near as may be. The contracts may be let for making proper
13    and suitable connections between the mains and outlets of the
14    respective sewers in the district with any conduit, conduits,
15    main  pipe  or pipes that may be constructed by such sanitary
16    district.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-542, eff.  5-27-94;  88-572,  eff.  8-11-94;
18    89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-558, eff. 7-26-96.)

19        Section 15.  The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended
20    by changing Section 14 as follows:

21        (70 ILCS 2805/14) (from Ch. 42, par. 425)
22        Sec.  14.   Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
23    all  contracts  for  purchases  or  sales  by  the   sanitary
24    district,  the  expense of which will exceed $40,000 $10,000,
25    shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder  therefor  upon
26    not  less  than  14  days'  public  notice  of  the terms and
27    conditions upon which the contract is to be let, having  been
28    given by publication in a daily or weekly newspaper published
29    in the district or, if there is no newspaper published in the
30    district,  in  a newspaper published in the county and having
31    general circulation in the district, and the board may reject
32    any and all bids, and readvertise. Contracts for services  in
 
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 1    excess  of  40,000  $10,000 may, subject to the provisions of
 2    this Section, be let by competitive bidding at the discretion
 3    of  the  district  board  of  trustees.   All  contracts  for
 4    purchases or sales of $40,000 $10,000 or less may be made  in
 5    the  open  market without publication in a newspaper as above
 6    provided, but whenever practical shall be based on at least 3
 7    competitive bids. Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check,
 8    or a bid bond with adequate surety approved by the  board  of
 9    trustees  as a deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount,
10    but not in excess of 10%  of  the  contract  amount,  may  be
11    required of each bidder by the district on all bids involving
12    amounts  in  excess  of  $40,000  and,  if  so  required, the
13    advertisement for bids shall so specify.
14        Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to  award
15    by   competitive   bidding,  including,  without  limitation,
16    contracts for the services of individuals,  groups  or  firms
17    possessing  a  high  degree  of  professional skill where the
18    ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an
19    important part, contracts for financial  management  services
20    undertaken  pursuant  to  the  Public  Funds  Investment Act,
21    contracts for the purchase or sale  of  utilities,  contracts
22    for  materials  economically  procurable  only  from a single
23    source of supply  and  leases  of  real  property  where  the
24    sanitary  district  is the lessee shall not be subject to the
25    competitive bidding requirements of this Section.
26        The competitive bidding requirements of this  Section  do
27    not  apply  to  contracts  for  construction of a facility or
28    structure for the district when  the  facility  or  structure
29    will  be designed, built, and tested before being conveyed to
30    the district.
31        Where the board of trustees declares, by a  2/3  vote  of
32    all  members  of  the  board,  that there exists an emergency
33    affecting the public health or safety, contracts totaling not
34    more than the emergency contract cap $40,000 may  be  let  to
 
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 1    the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public
 2    advertisement  or  competitive bidding.  For purposes of this
 3    Section, the "emergency contract  cap"  is  a  dollar  amount
 4    equal  to  0.4%  of  the  total  general  fixed assets of the
 5    district as  reported  in  the  most  recent  required  audit
 6    report.  In  no  event, however, shall the emergency contract
 7    cap dollar amount be less than $40,000 or more than $250,000.
 8    The  ordinance  or   resolution   embodying   the   emergency
 9    declaration  shall contain the date upon which such emergency
10    will  terminate.   The  board  of  trustees  may  extend  the
11    termination date if in  its  judgment  the  circumstances  so
12    require.   A  full written account of the emergency, together
13    with a requisition for  the  materials,  supplies,  labor  sr
14    equipment  required  therefor  shall be submitted immediately
15    upon completion and shall be open to public inspection for  a
16    period  of  at  least one year subsequent to the date of such
17    emergency purchase.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-547, eff. 8-14-99.)".

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