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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5058 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 30 ILCS 545/2 | from Ch. 127, par. 132.52 |
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Amends the Public Contract Fraud Act. Exempts from certain penalties under the Act projects constructed by the Department of Transportation where title to all the lands needed and where full legal possession has not been obtained as provided but a right of entry to occupy and to use the property has been voluntarily obtained in the name of the State of Illinois, through the Department, from the property owner. Provides that certain provisions concerning spending money without obtaining title to the land do not apply to any public work or improvement project by the Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and constructed using specified methods. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5058 | | LRB100 17203 HLH 32359 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Public Contract Fraud Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | | (30 ILCS 545/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.52)
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7 | | Sec. 2.
Spending money without obtaining title to land; |
8 | | approval of title
by Attorney General.
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9 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2 of the |
10 | | Superconducting Super
Collider Act ; and except or for projects |
11 | | constructed under the Bikeway Act ; and except for projects, as |
12 | | set forth in Section 1 of this Act, constructed by the |
13 | | Department of Transportation where title to all the lands |
14 | | needed and where full legal possession has not been obtained as |
15 | | provided in this Section but a right of entry to occupy and to |
16 | | use the property has been voluntarily obtained in the name of |
17 | | the State of Illinois, through the Department of |
18 | | Transportation, from the property owner: , any person or
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19 | | persons, commissioner or commissioners, or other officer or |
20 | | officers, entrusted
with the construction or repair of any |
21 | | public work or improvement, as set forth
in Section 1, who |
22 | | shall expend or cause to be
expended upon such public work or |
23 | | improvement, the whole or any part of the
moneys appropriated |