Full Text of SB2638 95th General Assembly
SB2638 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2638
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/19b-1.4 |
from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.4 |
105 ILCS 5/19b-3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 19b-3 |
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Amends the School Energy Conservation Article of the School Code. Provides that requests for proposals must be announced in each volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin (instead of just announced in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin). Provides that contracts let or awarded must be published in each volume of the next available subsequent Illinois Procurement Bulletin (instead of just published in the next available subsequent Illinois Procurement Bulletin). Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 19b-1.4 and 19b-3 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/19b-1.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.4)
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| Sec. 19b-1.4. Request for proposals. "Request for | 8 |
| proposals" means a
competitive selection achieved by
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| negotiated procurement. The request for proposals shall be | 10 |
| announced in each volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin | 11 |
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through at least one public notice, at least 14 days before | 12 |
| the request
date in a newspaper published in the district or | 13 |
| vocational center area, or
if no newspaper is
published in the | 14 |
| district or vocational center area, in a newspaper of
general
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| circulation in the
area of the district or vocational center, | 16 |
| from a school district or area
vocational center that will | 17 |
| administer the
program, requesting innovative solutions and | 18 |
| proposals for energy
conservation measures. Proposals | 19 |
| submitted shall be sealed. The request
for proposals shall | 20 |
| include all of the following:
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| (1) The name and address of the school district or area | 22 |
| vocation
center.
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| (2) The name, address, title, and phone number of a |
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| contact person.
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| (3) Notice indicating that the school district or area | 3 |
| vocational
center is requesting qualified
providers to | 4 |
| propose energy conservation measures through a guaranteed
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| energy savings contract.
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| (4) The date, time, and place where proposals must be | 7 |
| received.
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| (5) The evaluation criteria for assessing the | 9 |
| proposals.
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| (6) Any other stipulations and clarifications the | 11 |
| school district or
area vocational center may require.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-612, eff. 9-11-07.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/19b-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-3)
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| Sec. 19b-3. Award of guaranteed energy savings contract. | 15 |
| Sealed
proposals must be opened by a member or employee of the | 16 |
| school board or
governing board of the area vocational center, | 17 |
| whichever is applicable, at a
public opening at which the | 18 |
| contents of the proposals must be announced.
Each person or | 19 |
| entity submitting a sealed proposal must receive at least 13
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| days notice of the time and place of the opening. The school
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| district or area vocational center shall select the qualified | 22 |
| provider that
best meets the needs of
the district or area | 23 |
| vocational center. The school district or area
vocational | 24 |
| center shall provide public notice of the
meeting at which it | 25 |
| proposes to award a guaranteed energy savings contract
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| names of the parties to the proposed contract and of the | 2 |
| purpose of
the contract. The public notice shall be made at | 3 |
| least 10 days prior to
the meeting. After evaluating the | 4 |
| proposals under Section 19b-2, a school
district or area | 5 |
| vocational center may enter into a guaranteed energy
savings | 6 |
| contract with a
qualified provider if it finds that the amount | 7 |
| it would spend on the energy
conservation measures recommended | 8 |
| in the proposal would not exceed the
amount to be saved in | 9 |
| either energy or operational costs, or both, within a
20-year | 10 |
| period from the date of installation, if the
recommendations in
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| the proposal are followed. Contracts let or awarded must be | 12 |
| published in each volume of the next available subsequent | 13 |
| Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-612, eff. 9-11-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
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