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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Township Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 85-30 and 205-105 as follows:
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| 6 | (60 ILCS 1/85-30)
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| 7 | Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township
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| 8 | for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of | ||||||
| 9 | $30,000 $20,000 (other than
professional services) shall be | ||||||
| 10 | contracted for in one of the following
ways:
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| 11 | (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder | ||||||
| 12 | after advertising
for bids at least once (i) in a | ||||||
| 13 | newspaper published within the township,
or (ii) if no | ||||||
| 14 | newspaper is published within the township, then in one | ||||||
| 15 | published
within the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is | ||||||
| 16 | published within the county,
then in a newspaper having | ||||||
| 17 | general circulation within the township.
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| 18 | (2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in | ||||||
| 19 | the case of an
emergency if authorized by the township | ||||||
| 20 | board.
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| 21 | This Section does not apply to contracts by a township | ||||||
| 22 | with the federal
government.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)
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| 1 | (60 ILCS 1/205-105)
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| 2 | Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.
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| 3 | (a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated | ||||||
| 4 | cost will exceed
$30,000 $20,000 shall be let to the lowest | ||||||
| 5 | responsible bidder after publication of
notice for bids. | ||||||
| 6 | Notice for bids shall be published once in a newspaper
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| 7 | published and having general circulation in the township, if | ||||||
| 8 | there is one. If
there is no such newspaper, notice for bids | ||||||
| 9 | shall be published in a newspaper
published and having general | ||||||
| 10 | circulation in the county. Notice for bids shall
be published | ||||||
| 11 | at least 10 days before the date set for receiving bids. Bids
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| 12 | shall be opened and publicly read, and an award shall be made | ||||||
| 13 | to the lowest
responsible bidder within 15 days after the | ||||||
| 14 | receipt of bids.
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| 15 | (b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or | ||||||
| 16 | other
professional services, but it shall apply to the | ||||||
| 17 | purchase of equipment unless
the township board, by a | ||||||
| 18 | resolution adopted by a three-fourths vote, determines
that it | ||||||
| 19 | is for the best interests of the township that advertising for | ||||||
| 20 | bids for
the equipment be dispensed with.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 95-300, eff. 8-20-07.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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