Public Act 102-0082
 
SB0189 EnrolledLRB102 02803 RJF 12811 b


  
    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by 
changing Section 55-20 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 500/55-20)
    Sec. 55-20. Contracts for food donation; food donation 
policy. 
    (a) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
99th General Assembly, a public entity shall not enter into a 
contract to purchase food with a bidder or offeror if the 
bidder's or offeror's contract terms prohibit the public 
entity from donating food to food banks, including, but not 
limited to, homeless shelters, food pantries, and soup 
kitchens.

    (b)   Each State agency that purchases food through a 
contract procured in accordance with entering into or 
maintaining a contract for the purchase of food under this 
Code shall adopt a policy that permits the donation of 
leftover food purchased with procured by State funds. The 
policy shall address any daily food operations run by the 
agency, including one-time events, and shall contain a list of 
nearby soup kitchens, food pantries, and other non-profit 
organizations where leftover food can be donated. Each State 
agency shall circulate its policy to all agency employees, and 
submit its food donation policy to the Department of Central 
Management Services on an annual basis beginning December 31, 
2018. 
(Source: P.A. 99-552, eff. 7-15-16; 100-709, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.