100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2424
 
Introduced , by Rep. Peter Breen
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
30 ILCS 525/2  from Ch. 85, par. 1602

     Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that if any contract or amendment to a contract is entered into or purchase or expenditure of funds is made at any time in violation of the Act or other laws, the contract or amendment may be declared void by the chief procurement officer or may be ratified and affirmed, provided the chief procurement officer determines that ratification is in the best interests of the governmental unit. Provides that if a contract is ratified and affirmed, it shall be without prejudice to the governmental unit's right to any appropriate damages.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Governmental Joint Purchasing Act is amended  
5by changing Section 2 as follows:
 



6    (30 ILCS 525/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1602)



7    Sec. 2. Joint purchasing authority. 
8    (a) Any governmental unit may purchase personal property, 
9supplies
and services jointly with one or more other 
10governmental units. All such joint
purchases shall be by 
11competitive solicitation as provided in Section 4 of this Act.

12The provisions of any other acts under which a governmental 
13unit operates which
refer to purchases and procedures in 
14connection therewith shall be superseded
by the provisions of 
15this Act when the governmental units are exercising the
joint 
16powers created by this Act.

17    (a-5) A chief procurement officer established in Section 
1810-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code may authorize the 
19purchase of personal property, supplies, and services jointly 
20with a governmental unit or entity of this or another state or 
21with a consortium of governmental entities of one or more other 
22states. Subject to provisions of the joint purchasing 
23solicitation, the appropriate chief procurement officer may 
 
 
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1designate the resulting contract as available to governmental 
2units in Illinois. 
3    (b) Any not-for-profit agency that qualifies under Section 
445-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code and that either (1) acts 
5pursuant to a board
established by or controlled by a unit of 
6local government or (2) receives
grant funds from the State or 
7from a unit of local government, shall be
eligible to 
8participate in contracts established by the State.
9    (c) If any contract or amendment to a contract is entered 
10into or purchase or expenditure of funds is made at any time in 
11violation of this Act or any other law, the contract or 
12amendment may be declared void by the chief procurement officer 
13or may be ratified and affirmed, provided the chief procurement 
14officer determines that ratification is in the best interests 
15of the governmental unit. If the contract or amendment is 
16ratified and affirmed, it shall be without prejudice to the 
17governmental unit's rights to any appropriate damages. 

18(Source: P.A. 96-584, eff. 1-1-10; 97-895, eff. 8-3-12.)