102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5564

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/45-77 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that when a State contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of low embodied carbon concrete may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, provided that the cost included in the bid using low embodied carbon concrete is not more than 10% greater than the cost in the bid not using low embodied carbon concrete.


LRB102 23998 RJF 33205 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5564LRB102 23998 RJF 33205 b

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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5adding Section 45-77 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/45-77 new)
7    Sec. 45-77. Low embodied carbon concrete. When a State
8contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an
9otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract
10through the use of low embodied carbon concrete may be given
11preference over other bidders unable to do so, provided that
12the cost included in the bid using low embodied carbon
13concrete is not more than 10% greater than the cost in the bid
14not using low embodied carbon concrete.