Public Act 093-0826
 
HB4567 Enrolled LRB093 15782 BDD 41392 b

    AN ACT concerning environmental protection.
 
    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 and renumbering Section 50-12 as added by P.A. 93-575
as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 500/50-14)
    Sec. 50-14 50-12. Environmental Protection Act violations.
    (a) Unless otherwise provided, no person or business found
by a court or the Pollution Control Board to have committed a
willful or knowing violation of Section 42 of the Environmental
Protection Act shall do business with the State of Illinois or
any State agency from the date of the order containing the
finding of violation until 5 years after that date, unless the
person or business can show that no person involved in the
violation continues to have any involvement with the business.
    (b) A person or business otherwise barred from doing
business with the State of Illinois or any State agency under
subsection (a) may be allowed to do business with the State of
Illinois or any State agency if it is shown that there is no
practicable alternative to the State to contracting with that
person or business.
    (c) Every bid submitted to and contract executed by the
State shall contain a certification by the bidder or contractor
that the bidder or contractor is not barred from being awarded
a contract under this Section and that the contractor
acknowledges that the contracting State agency may declare the
contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this
subsection (c) is false.
(Source: P.A. 93-575, eff. 1-1-04; revised 9-24-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.