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: | ||||||
| 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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