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Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Filed: 3/1/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5564
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5564 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 45-77 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 500/45-77 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 45-77. Low-embodied-carbon concrete. |
| 8 | | (a) When a State contract is to be awarded to the lowest |
| 9 | | responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will |
| 10 | | fulfill the contract through the use of low-embodied-carbon |
| 11 | | concrete may be given preference over other bidders unable to |
| 12 | | do so, provided that the cost included in the bid using |
| 13 | | low-embodied-carbon concrete is not more than 10% greater than |
| 14 | | the cost in the bid not using low-embodied-carbon concrete. |
| 15 | | (b) Contracts entered into under this Section may also |
| 16 | | include, at the discretion of the contracting State agency, a |
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| 1 | | price preference of up to 10% for environmentally preferable |
| 2 | | materials. If federal funds are to be used for a contract that |
| 3 | | is awarded under this Section, then the contracting State |
| 4 | | agency shall conduct the procurement and include in the |
| 5 | | contract any specifications needed to comply with federal |
| 6 | | procurement standards. This subsection (b) does not apply to |
| 7 | | any contract if the application of the provisions of this |
| 8 | | Section would create a conflict with a federal law or a federal |
| 9 | | regulation. |
| 10 | | (c) For purposes of this Section: |
| 11 | | "Low-embodied-carbon concrete" means concrete mixes and
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| 12 | | products that have been verified to result in a Global Warming |
| 13 | | Potential value that is equal to or less than the Global |
| 14 | | Warming Potential value of the presently approved green |
| 15 | | procurement specifications, and do not result in the elevation |
| 16 | | of hazardous pollutants that have been verified to be harmful |
| 17 | | to human health and ecosystems. |
| 18 | | The Global Warming Potential value shall be provided in a |
| 19 | | manner that is consistent with criteria in an Environmental |
| 20 | | Product Declaration. Such information shall be used to |
| 21 | | acknowledge those companies that have invested in emissions |
| 22 | | reduction technologies and practices and to encourage other |
| 23 | | companies to take action to reduce emissions to become more |
| 24 | | competitive in the bidding process.".
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