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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
55-1022.5 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1022.5 new)
7    Sec. 5-1022.5. Aspirational contract goals. A county board
8may establish aspirational goals for the awarding of contracts
9to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
10businesses owned by persons with disabilities. As used in this
11Section, "minority-owned business", "women-owned business",
12and "business owned by a person with a disability" have the
13meanings provided in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
14Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
 
15    Section 10. The Township Code is amended by adding Section
1685-47 as follows:
 
17    (60 ILCS 1/85-47 new)
18    Sec. 85-47. Aspirational contract goals. A township board
19may establish aspirational goals for the awarding of contracts
20to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
21businesses owned by persons with disabilities. As used in this

 

 

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1Section, "minority-owned business", "women-owned business",
2and "business owned by a person with a disability" have the
3meanings provided in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
4Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
 
5    Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6adding Section 8-1-7.5 as follows:
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/8-1-7.5 new)
8    Sec. 8-1-7.5. Aspirational contractual goals. The
9corporate authorities of a municipality may establish
10aspirational goals for the awarding of contracts to
11minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
12businesses owned by persons with disabilities. As used in this
13Section, "minority-owned business", "women-owned business",
14and "business owned by a person with a disability" have the
15meanings provided in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
16Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
 
17    Section 20. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is
18amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
19    (70 ILCS 805/8)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315)
20    Sec. 8. Powers and duties of corporate authority and
21officers; contracts; salaries.
22    (a) The board shall be the corporate authority of such

 

 

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1forest preserve district and shall have power to pass and
2enforce all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations for
3the management of the property and conduct of the business of
4such district. The president of such board shall have power to
5appoint such employees as may be necessary. In counties with
6population of less than 3,000,000, within 60 days after their
7selection the commissioners appointed under the provisions of
8Section 3a of this Act shall organize by selecting from their
9members a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and
10such other officers as are deemed necessary who shall hold
11office for the fiscal year in which elected and until their
12successors are selected and qualify. In the one district in
13existence on July 1, 1977, that is managed by an appointed
14board of commissioners, the incumbent president and the other
15officers appointed in the manner as originally prescribed in
16this Act shall hold such offices until the completion of their
17respective terms or in the case of the officers other than
18president until their successors are appointed by said
19president, but in all cases not to extend beyond January 1,
201980 and until their successors are selected and qualify.
21Thereafter, the officers shall be selected in the manner as
22prescribed in this Section except that their first term of
23office shall not expire until June 30, 1981 and until their
24successors are selected and qualify.
25    (a-5) An officer selected pursuant to subsection (a) may
26be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an

 

 

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1affirmative vote of four-fifths of the board of the forest
2preserve district. Upon adoption of a motion to remove an
3officer: (i) the office becomes vacant and the former
4officer's compensation shall be prorated to the date the
5motion was approved; (ii) if the officer removed is the
6president then the vice president immediately assumes the
7duties of the president without president compensation and, if
8the officer removed is the vice president, treasurer, or
9secretary, then the president shall select an interim
10appointee who shall serve until the next regularly scheduled
11forest preserve district board meeting; and (iii) a new
12officer shall be selected at the next regularly scheduled
13forest preserve district board meeting. An officer removed
14under this Section maintains his or her status as a member of
15the forest preserve district board.
16    (b) In any county, city, village, incorporated town or
17sanitary district where the corporate authorities act as the
18governing body of a forest preserve district, the person
19exercising the powers of the president of the board shall have
20power to appoint a secretary and an assistant secretary and
21treasurer and an assistant treasurer and such other officers
22and such employees as may be necessary. The assistant
23secretary and assistant treasurer shall perform the duties of
24the secretary and treasurer, respectively in case of death of
25such officers or when such officers are unable to perform the
26duties of their respective offices. All contracts for

 

 

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1supplies, material or work involving an expenditure in excess
2of $30,000, or a lower amount if required by board policy,
3shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after
4advertising at least once in one or more newspapers of general
5circulation within the district, excepting work requiring
6personal confidence or necessary supplies under the control of
7monopolies, where competitive bidding is impossible, or as
8otherwise provided in the Forest Preserve District and
9Conservation District Design-Build Authorization Act.
10Contracts for supplies, material or work involving an
11expenditure of $30,000, or a lower amount if required by board
12policy, or less may be let without advertising for bids, but
13whenever practicable, at least 3 competitive bids shall be
14obtained before letting such contract. All contracts for
15supplies, material or work shall be signed by the president of
16the board of commissioners or by any such other officer as the
17board in its discretion may designate.
18    (c) The president of any board of commissioners appointed
19under the provisions of Section 3a of this Act shall receive a
20salary not to exceed the sum of $2500 per annum and the salary
21of other members of the board so appointed shall not exceed
22$1500 per annum. Salaries of the commissioners, officers and
23employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
24    (d) Whenever a forest preserve district owns any personal
25property that, in the opinion of three-fifths of the members
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1to, or for the best interests of the forest preserve district,
2then three-fifths of the members of the board, at any regular
3meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose by an
4ordinance or resolution that includes a general description of
5the personal property, may authorize the conveyance or sale of
6that personal property in any manner that they may designate,
7with or without advertising the sale.
8    (e) A board may establish aspirational goals for the
9awarding of contracts to minority-owned businesses,
10women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
11disabilities. As used in this subsection, "minority-owned
12business", "women-owned business", and "business owned by a
13person with a disability" have the meanings provided in
14Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
15and Persons with Disabilities Act.
16(Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19; 102-460, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
17    Section 25. The Park District Code is amended by changing
18Section 8-1 as follows:
 
19    (70 ILCS 1205/8-1)  (from Ch. 105, par. 8-1)
20    Sec. 8-1. General corporate powers. Every park district
21shall, from the time of its organization, be a body corporate
22and politic by the name set forth in the petition for its
23organization, the specific name set forth in this Code, or the
24name it may adopt under Section 8-9 and shall have and exercise

 

 

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1the following powers:
2        (a) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at
3    pleasure; to sue and be sued; and to contract in
4    furtherance of any of its corporate purposes.
5        (b)(1) To acquire by gift, legacy, grant or purchase,
6    or by condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise
7    of the power of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain
8    Act, any and all real estate, or rights therein necessary
9    for building, laying out, extending, adorning and
10    maintaining any such parks, boulevards and driveways, or
11    for effecting any of the powers or purposes granted under
12    this Code as its board may deem proper, whether such lands
13    be located within or without such district; but no park
14    district, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
15    subsection, shall have any power of condemnation in the
16    manner provided for the exercise of the power of eminent
17    domain under the Eminent Domain Act or otherwise as to any
18    real estate, lands, riparian rights or estate, or other
19    property situated outside of such district, but shall only
20    have power to acquire the same by gift, legacy, grant or
21    purchase, and such district shall have the same control of
22    and power over lands so acquired without the district as
23    over parks, boulevards and driveways within such district.
24        (2) In addition to the powers granted in paragraph (1)
25    of subsection (b), a park district located in more than
26    one county, the majority of its territory located in a

 

 

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1    county over 450,000 in population and none of its
2    territory located in a county over 1,000,000 in
3    population, shall have condemnation power in the manner
4    provided for the exercise of the power of eminent domain
5    under the Eminent Domain Act or as otherwise granted by
6    law as to any and all real estate situated up to one mile
7    outside of such district which is not within the
8    boundaries of another park district.
9        (c) To acquire by gift, legacy or purchase any
10    personal property necessary for its corporate purposes
11    provided that all contracts for supplies, materials or
12    work involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000, or a
13    lower amount if required by board policy, shall be let to
14    the lowest responsible bidder after due advertisement. No
15    district shall be required to accept a bid that does not
16    meet the district's established specifications, terms of
17    delivery, quality, and serviceability requirements.
18    Contracts which, by their nature, are not adapted to award
19    by competitive bidding, such as contracts for the services
20    of individuals possessing a high degree of professional
21    skill where the ability or fitness of the individual plays
22    an important part, contracts for the printing of finance
23    committee reports and departmental reports, contracts for
24    the printing or engraving of bonds, tax warrants and other
25    evidences of indebtedness, contracts for utility services
26    such as water, light, heat, telephone or telegraph,

 

 

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1    contracts for fuel (such as diesel, gasoline, oil,
2    aviation, or propane), lubricants, or other petroleum
3    products, contracts for the use, purchase, delivery,
4    movement, or installation of data processing equipment,
5    software, or services and telecommunications and
6    interconnect equipment, software, or services, contracts
7    for duplicating machines and supplies, contracts for goods
8    or services procured from another governmental agency,
9    purchases of equipment previously owned by some entity
10    other than the district itself, and contracts for the
11    purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets and
12    reports are not subject to competitive bidding. Contracts
13    for emergency expenditures are also exempt from
14    competitive bidding when the emergency expenditure is
15    approved by 3/4 of the members of the board.
16        All competitive bids for contracts involving an
17    expenditure in excess of $30,000, or a lower amount if
18    required by board policy, must be sealed by the bidder and
19    must be opened by a member or employee of the park board at
20    a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must
21    be announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days
22    notice of the time and place of the bid opening.
23        For purposes of this subsection, "due advertisement"
24    includes, but is not limited to, at least one public
25    notice at least 10 days before the bid date in a newspaper
26    published in the district or, if no newspaper is published

 

 

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1    in the district, in a newspaper of general circulation in
2    the area of the district.
3        (d) To pass all necessary ordinances, rules and
4    regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
5    business of the board and district and to establish by
6    ordinance all needful rules and regulations for the
7    government and protection of parks, boulevards and
8    driveways and other property under its jurisdiction, and
9    to effect the objects for which such districts are formed.
10        (e) To prescribe such fines and penalties for the
11    violation of ordinances as it shall deem proper not
12    exceeding $1,000 for any one offense, which fines and
13    penalties may be recovered by an action in the name of such
14    district in the circuit court for the county in which such
15    violation occurred. The park district may also seek in the
16    action, in addition to or instead of fines and penalties,
17    an order that the offender be required to make restitution
18    for damage resulting from violations, and the court shall
19    grant such relief where appropriate. The procedure in such
20    actions shall be the same as that provided by law for like
21    actions for the violation of ordinances in cities
22    organized under the general laws of this State, and
23    offenders may be imprisoned for non-payment of fines and
24    costs in the same manner as in such cities. All fines when
25    collected shall be paid into the treasury of such
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1        (f) To manage and control all officers and property of
2    such districts and to provide for joint ownership with one
3    or more cities, villages or incorporated towns of real and
4    personal property used for park purposes by one or more
5    park districts. In case of joint ownership, the terms of
6    the agreement shall be fair, just and equitable to all
7    parties and shall be set forth in a written agreement
8    entered into by the corporate authorities of each
9    participating district, city, village or incorporated
10    town.
11        (g) To secure grants and loans, or either, from the
12    United States Government, or any agency or agencies
13    thereof, for financing the acquisition or purchase of any
14    and all real estate, or rights therein, or for effecting
15    any of the powers or purposes granted under this Code as
16    its Board may deem proper.
17        (h) To establish fees for the use of facilities and
18    recreational programs of the districts and to derive
19    revenue from non-resident fees from their operations. Fees
20    charged non-residents of such district need not be the
21    same as fees charged to residents of the district.
22    Charging fees or deriving revenue from the facilities and
23    recreational programs shall not affect the right to assert
24    or utilize any defense or immunity, common law or
25    statutory, available to the districts or their employees.
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1    but not to exceed 3 years, notwithstanding any provision
2    of this Code to the contrary, relating to: (1) the
3    employment of a park director, superintendent,
4    administrator, engineer, health officer, land planner,
5    finance director, attorney, police chief, or other officer
6    who requires technical training or knowledge; (2) the
7    employment of outside professional consultants such as
8    engineers, doctors, land planners, auditors, attorneys, or
9    other professional consultants who require technical
10    training or knowledge; (3) the provision of data
11    processing equipment and services; and (4) the purchase of
12    energy from a utility or an alternative retail electric
13    supplier. With respect to any contract made under this
14    subsection (i), the corporate authorities shall include in
15    the annual appropriation ordinance for each fiscal year an
16    appropriation of a sum of money sufficient to pay the
17    amount which, by the terms of the contract, is to become
18    due and payable during that fiscal year.
19        (j) To enter into licensing or management agreements
20    with not-for-profit corporations organized under the laws
21    of this State to operate park district facilities if the
22    corporation covenants to use the facilities to provide
23    public park or recreational programs for youth.
24        (k) To establish aspirational goals for the awarding
25    of contracts to minority-owned businesses, women-owned
26    businesses, and businesses owned by persons with

 

 

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1    disabilities. As used in this subsection, "minority-owned
2    business", "women-owned business", and "business owned by
3    a person with a disability" have the meanings provided in
4    Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
5    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
6(Source: P.A. 101-304, eff. 8-9-19; 102-999, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
7    Section 30. The Illinois Local Library Act is amended by
8adding Section 4-19 as follows:
 
9    (75 ILCS 5/4-19 new)
10    Sec. 4-19. Aspirational contractual goals. A board may
11establish aspirational goals for the awarding of contracts to
12minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
13businesses owned by persons with disabilities. As used in this
14Section, "minority-owned business", "women-owned business",
15and "business owned by a person with a disability" have the
16meanings provided in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
17Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
 
18    Section 35. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
19amended by adding Section 30-55.43 as follows:
 
20    (75 ILCS 16/30-55.43 new)
21    Sec. 30-55.43. Aspirational contractual goals. A board may
22establish aspirational goals for the awarding of contracts to

 

 

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1minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
2businesses owned by persons with disabilities. As used in this
3Section, the terms "minority-owned business", "women-owned
4business", and "business owned by a person with a disability"
5have the meanings provided in Section 2 of the Business
6Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
7Disabilities Act.
 
8    Section 40. The School Code is amended by changing
9Sections 10-20.21 and 34-21.3 as follows:
 
10    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.21)
11    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-8)
12    Sec. 10-20.21. Contracts.
13    (a) To award all contracts for purchase of supplies and
14materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of
15$25,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy to the
16lowest responsible bidder, considering conformity with
17specifications, terms of delivery, quality and serviceability,
18after due advertisement, except the following:
19        (i) contracts for the services of individuals
20    possessing a high degree of professional skill where the
21    ability or fitness of the individual plays an important
22    part;
23        (ii) contracts for the printing of finance committee
24    reports and departmental reports;

 

 

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1        (iii) contracts for the printing or engraving of
2    bonds, tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness;
3        (iv) contracts for the purchase of perishable foods
4    and perishable beverages;
5        (v) contracts for materials and work which have been
6    awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after due
7    advertisement, but due to unforeseen revisions, not the
8    fault of the contractor for materials and work, must be
9    revised causing expenditures not in excess of 10% of the
10    contract price;
11        (vi) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or
12    provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made
13    with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that
14    equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or
15    servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or
16    authorized service agent;
17        (vii) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase,
18    delivery, movement, or installation of data processing
19    equipment, software, or services and telecommunications
20    and interconnect equipment, software, and services;
21        (viii) contracts for duplicating machines and
22    supplies;
23        (ix) contracts for the purchase of fuel, including
24    diesel, gasoline, oil, aviation, natural gas, or propane,
25    lubricants, or other petroleum products;
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1    entity other than the district itself;
2        (xi) contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling,
3    renovation, or construction, or a single project involving
4    an expenditure not to exceed $50,000 and not involving a
5    change or increase in the size, type, or extent of an
6    existing facility;
7        (xii) contracts for goods or services procured from
8    another governmental agency;
9        (xiii) contracts for goods or services which are
10    economically procurable from only one source, such as for
11    the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets
12    and reports, and for utility services such as water,
13    light, heat, telephone or telegraph;
14        (xiv) where funds are expended in an emergency and
15    such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the
16    members of the board;
17        (xv) State master contracts authorized under Article
18    28A of this Code;
19        (xvi) contracts providing for the transportation of
20    pupils, which contracts must be advertised in the same
21    manner as competitive bids and awarded by first
22    considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide
23    safety and comfort for the pupils, stability of service,
24    and any other factors set forth in the request for
25    proposal regarding quality of service, and then price; and
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1    the operation of a school's food service, including a
2    school that participates in any of the United States
3    Department of Agriculture's child nutrition programs if a
4    good faith effort is made on behalf of the school district
5    to give preference to:
6            (1) contracts that procure food that promotes the
7        health and well-being of students, in compliance with
8        United States Department of Agriculture nutrition
9        standards for school meals. Contracts should also
10        promote the production of scratch made, minimally
11        processed foods;
12            (2) contracts that give a preference to State or
13        regional suppliers that source local food products;
14            (3) contracts that give a preference to food
15        suppliers that utilize producers that adopt hormone
16        and pest management practices recommended by the
17        United States Department of Agriculture;
18            (4) contracts that give a preference to food
19        suppliers that value animal welfare; and
20            (5) contracts that increase opportunities for
21        businesses owned and operated by minorities, women, or
22        persons with disabilities.
23    Food supplier data shall be submitted to the school
24    district at the time of the bid, to the best of the
25    bidder's ability, and updated annually thereafter during
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1    updated food supplier data. The data required under this
2    item (xvii) shall include the name and address of each
3    supplier, distributor, processor, and producer involved in
4    the provision of the products that the bidder is to
5    supply.
6However, at no time shall a cause of action lie against a
7school board for awarding a pupil transportation contract per
8the standards set forth in this subsection (a) unless the
9cause of action is based on fraudulent conduct.
10    All competitive bids for contracts involving an
11expenditure in excess of $25,000 or a lower amount as required
12by board policy must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened
13by a member or employee of the school board at a public bid
14opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced.
15Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice of the time
16and place of the bid opening. For purposes of this Section due
17advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one
18public notice at least 10 days before the bid date in a
19newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is
20published in the district, in a newspaper of general
21circulation in the area of the district. State master
22contracts and certified education purchasing contracts, as
23defined in Article 28A of this Code, are not subject to the
24requirements of this paragraph.
25    Under this Section, the acceptance of bids sealed by a
26bidder and the opening of these bids at a public bid opening

 

 

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1may be permitted by an electronic process for communicating,
2accepting, and opening competitive bids. An electronic bidding
3process must provide for, but is not limited to, the following
4safeguards:
5        (1) On the date and time certain of a bid opening, the
6    primary person conducting the competitive, sealed,
7    electronic bid process shall log onto a specified database
8    using a unique username and password previously assigned
9    to the bidder to allow access to the bidder's specific bid
10    project number.
11        (2) The specified electronic database must be on a
12    network that (i) is in a secure environment behind a
13    firewall; (ii) has specific encryption tools; (iii)
14    maintains specific intrusion detection systems; (iv) has
15    redundant systems architecture with data storage back-up,
16    whether by compact disc or tape; and (v) maintains a
17    disaster recovery plan.
18It is the legislative intent of Public Act 96-841 to maintain
19the integrity of the sealed bidding process provided for in
20this Section, to further limit any possibility of bid-rigging,
21to reduce administrative costs to school districts, and to
22effect efficiencies in communications with bidders.
23    (b) To require, as a condition of any contract for goods
24and services, that persons bidding for and awarded a contract
25and all affiliates of the person collect and remit Illinois
26Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the

 

 

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1State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of the
2Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or
3affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business
4within this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
5For purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any
6entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively
7controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or
8constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject
9to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this
10subsection (b), an entity controls another entity if it owns,
11directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting
12securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (b), the
13term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon
14the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the
15board of directors or similar governing body of the business
16or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive
17upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to
18vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.
19    To require that bids and contracts include a certification
20by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is
21not barred from bidding for or entering into a contract under
22this Section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges
23that the school board may declare the contract void if the
24certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is
25false.
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1to goods and services and that are intended to generate
2additional revenue and other remunerations for the school
3district in excess of $1,000, including without limitation
4vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class
5rings, and photographic services, to be approved by the school
6board. The school board shall file as an attachment to its
7annual budget a report, in a form as determined by the State
8Board of Education, indicating for the prior year the name of
9the vendor, the product or service provided, and the actual
10net revenue and non-monetary remuneration from each of the
11contracts or agreements. In addition, the report shall
12indicate for what purpose the revenue was used and how and to
13whom the non-monetary remuneration was distributed.
14    (b-10) To prohibit any contract to purchase food with a
15bidder or offeror if the bidder's or offeror's contract terms
16prohibit the school from donating food to food banks,
17including, but not limited to, homeless shelters, food
18pantries, and soup kitchens.
19    (c) If the State education purchasing entity creates a
20master contract as defined in Article 28A of this Code, then
21the State education purchasing entity shall notify school
22districts of the existence of the master contract.
23    (d) In purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, or
24services that are not subject to subsection (c) of this
25Section, before a school district solicits bids or awards a
26contract, the district may review and consider as a bid under

 

 

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1subsection (a) of this Section certified education purchasing
2contracts that are already available through the State
3education purchasing entity.
4(Source: P.A. 101-570, eff. 8-23-19; 101-632, eff. 6-5-20;
5102-1101, eff. 6-29-22.)
 
6    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-8)
7    Sec. 10-20.21. Contracts.
8    (a) To award all contracts for purchase of supplies and
9materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of
10$35,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy to the
11lowest responsible bidder, considering conformity with
12specifications, terms of delivery, quality and serviceability,
13after due advertisement, except the following:
14        (i) contracts for the services of individuals
15    possessing a high degree of professional skill where the
16    ability or fitness of the individual plays an important
17    part;
18        (ii) contracts for the printing of finance committee
19    reports and departmental reports;
20        (iii) contracts for the printing or engraving of
21    bonds, tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness;
22        (iv) contracts for the purchase of perishable foods
23    and perishable beverages;
24        (v) contracts for materials and work which have been
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1    advertisement, but due to unforeseen revisions, not the
2    fault of the contractor for materials and work, must be
3    revised causing expenditures not in excess of 10% of the
4    contract price;
5        (vi) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or
6    provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made
7    with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that
8    equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or
9    servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or
10    authorized service agent;
11        (vii) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase,
12    delivery, movement, or installation of data processing
13    equipment, software, or services and telecommunications
14    and interconnect equipment, software, and services;
15        (viii) contracts for duplicating machines and
16    supplies;
17        (ix) contracts for the purchase of fuel, including
18    diesel, gasoline, oil, aviation, natural gas, or propane,
19    lubricants, or other petroleum products;
20        (x) purchases of equipment previously owned by some
21    entity other than the district itself;
22        (xi) contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling,
23    renovation, or construction, or a single project involving
24    an expenditure not to exceed $50,000 and not involving a
25    change or increase in the size, type, or extent of an
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1        (xii) contracts for goods or services procured from
2    another governmental agency;
3        (xiii) contracts for goods or services which are
4    economically procurable from only one source, such as for
5    the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets
6    and reports, and for utility services such as water,
7    light, heat, telephone or telegraph;
8        (xiv) where funds are expended in an emergency and
9    such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the
10    members of the board;
11        (xv) State master contracts authorized under Article
12    28A of this Code;
13        (xvi) contracts providing for the transportation of
14    pupils, which contracts must be advertised in the same
15    manner as competitive bids and awarded by first
16    considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide
17    safety and comfort for the pupils, stability of service,
18    and any other factors set forth in the request for
19    proposal regarding quality of service, and then price; and
20        (xvii) contracts for goods, services, or management in
21    the operation of a school's food service, including a
22    school that participates in any of the United States
23    Department of Agriculture's child nutrition programs if a
24    good faith effort is made on behalf of the school district
25    to give preference to:
26            (1) contracts that procure food that promotes the

 

 

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1        health and well-being of students, in compliance with
2        United States Department of Agriculture nutrition
3        standards for school meals. Contracts should also
4        promote the production of scratch made, minimally
5        processed foods;
6            (2) contracts that give a preference to State or
7        regional suppliers that source local food products;
8            (3) contracts that give a preference to food
9        suppliers that utilize producers that adopt hormone
10        and pest management practices recommended by the
11        United States Department of Agriculture;
12            (4) contracts that give a preference to food
13        suppliers that value animal welfare; and
14            (5) contracts that increase opportunities for
15        businesses owned and operated by minorities, women, or
16        persons with disabilities.
17    Food supplier data shall be submitted to the school
18    district at the time of the bid, to the best of the
19    bidder's ability, and updated annually thereafter during
20    the term of the contract. The contractor shall submit the
21    updated food supplier data. The data required under this
22    item (xvii) shall include the name and address of each
23    supplier, distributor, processor, and producer involved in
24    the provision of the products that the bidder is to
25    supply.
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1school board for awarding a pupil transportation contract per
2the standards set forth in this subsection (a) unless the
3cause of action is based on fraudulent conduct.
4    All competitive bids for contracts involving an
5expenditure in excess of $35,000 or a lower amount as required
6by board policy must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened
7by a member or employee of the school board at a public bid
8opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced.
9Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice of the time
10and place of the bid opening. For purposes of this Section due
11advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one
12public notice at least 10 days before the bid date in a
13newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is
14published in the district, in a newspaper of general
15circulation in the area of the district. State master
16contracts and certified education purchasing contracts, as
17defined in Article 28A of this Code, are not subject to the
18requirements of this paragraph.
19    Under this Section, the acceptance of bids sealed by a
20bidder and the opening of these bids at a public bid opening
21may be permitted by an electronic process for communicating,
22accepting, and opening competitive bids. An electronic bidding
23process must provide for, but is not limited to, the following
24safeguards:
25        (1) On the date and time certain of a bid opening, the
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1    electronic bid process shall log onto a specified database
2    using a unique username and password previously assigned
3    to the bidder to allow access to the bidder's specific bid
4    project number.
5        (2) The specified electronic database must be on a
6    network that (i) is in a secure environment behind a
7    firewall; (ii) has specific encryption tools; (iii)
8    maintains specific intrusion detection systems; (iv) has
9    redundant systems architecture with data storage back-up,
10    whether by compact disc or tape; and (v) maintains a
11    disaster recovery plan.
12It is the legislative intent of Public Act 96-841 to maintain
13the integrity of the sealed bidding process provided for in
14this Section, to further limit any possibility of bid-rigging,
15to reduce administrative costs to school districts, and to
16effect efficiencies in communications with bidders.
17    (b) To require, as a condition of any contract for goods
18and services, that persons bidding for and awarded a contract
19and all affiliates of the person collect and remit Illinois
20Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the
21State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of the
22Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or
23affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business
24within this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
25For purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any
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1controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or
2constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject
3to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this
4subsection (b), an entity controls another entity if it owns,
5directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting
6securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (b), the
7term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon
8the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the
9board of directors or similar governing body of the business
10or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive
11upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to
12vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.
13    To require that bids and contracts include a certification
14by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is
15not barred from bidding for or entering into a contract under
16this Section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges
17that the school board may declare the contract void if the
18certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is
19false.
20    (b-5) To require all contracts and agreements that pertain
21to goods and services and that are intended to generate
22additional revenue and other remunerations for the school
23district in excess of $1,000, including without limitation
24vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class
25rings, and photographic services, to be approved by the school
26board. The school board shall file as an attachment to its

 

 

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1annual budget a report, in a form as determined by the State
2Board of Education, indicating for the prior year the name of
3the vendor, the product or service provided, and the actual
4net revenue and non-monetary remuneration from each of the
5contracts or agreements. In addition, the report shall
6indicate for what purpose the revenue was used and how and to
7whom the non-monetary remuneration was distributed.
8    (b-10) To prohibit any contract to purchase food with a
9bidder or offeror if the bidder's or offeror's contract terms
10prohibit the school from donating food to food banks,
11including, but not limited to, homeless shelters, food
12pantries, and soup kitchens.
13    (c) If the State education purchasing entity creates a
14master contract as defined in Article 28A of this Code, then
15the State education purchasing entity shall notify school
16districts of the existence of the master contract.
17    (d) In purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, or
18services that are not subject to subsection (c) of this
19Section, before a school district solicits bids or awards a
20contract, the district may review and consider as a bid under
21subsection (a) of this Section certified education purchasing
22contracts that are already available through the State
23education purchasing entity.
24    (e) To establish aspirational goals for the awarding of
25contracts to minority-owned businesses, women-owned
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1As used in this subsection, "minority-owned business",
2"women-owned business", and "business owned by a person with a
3disability" have the meanings provided in Section 2 of the
4Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
5Disabilities Act.
6(Source: P.A. 102-1101, eff. 6-29-22; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.3)
8    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-8)
9    Sec. 34-21.3. Contracts. The board shall by record vote
10let all contracts (other than those excepted by Section
1110-20.21 of The School Code) for supplies, materials, work,
12and contracts with private carriers for transportation of
13pupils, involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 or a
14lower amount as required by board policy by competitive
15bidding as provided in Section 10-20.21 of The School Code.
16    The board may delegate to the general superintendent of
17schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts in
18amounts of $25,000 or less.
19    For a period of one year from and after the expiration or
20other termination of his or her term of office as a member of
21the board: (i) the former board member shall not be eligible
22for employment nor be employed by the board, a local school
23council, an attendance center, or any other subdivision or
24agent of the board or the school district governed by the
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1officer shall let or delegate authority to let any contract
2for services, employment, or other work to the former board
3member or to any corporation, partnership, association, sole
4proprietorship, or other entity other than publicly traded
5companies from which the former board member receives an
6annual income, dividends, or other compensation in excess of
7$1,500. Any contract that is entered into by or under a
8delegation of authority from the board or the chief purchasing
9officer shall contain a provision stating that the contract is
10not legally binding on the board if entered into in violation
11of the provisions of this paragraph.
12    In addition, the State Board of Education, in consultation
13with the board, shall (i) review existing conflict of interest
14and disclosure laws or regulations that are applicable to the
15executive officers and governing boards of school districts
16organized under this Article and school districts generally,
17(ii) determine what additional disclosure and conflict of
18interest provisions would enhance the reputation and fiscal
19integrity of the board and the procedure under which contracts
20for goods and services are let, and (iii) develop appropriate
21reporting forms and procedures applicable to the executive
22officers, governing board, and other officials of the school
23district.
24(Source: P.A. 95-990, eff. 10-3-08.)
 
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1    Sec. 34-21.3. Contracts. The board shall by record vote
2let all contracts (other than those excepted by Section
310-20.21 of this Code) for supplies, materials, or work and
4contracts with private carriers for transportation of pupils
5involving an expenditure in excess of $35,000 or a lower
6amount as required by board policy by competitive bidding as
7provided in Section 10-20.21 of this Code.
8    The board may delegate to the general superintendent of
9schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts in
10amounts of $35,000 or less.
11    For a period of one year from and after the expiration or
12other termination of his or her term of office as a member of
13the board: (i) the former board member shall not be eligible
14for employment nor be employed by the board, a local school
15council, an attendance center, or any other subdivision or
16agent of the board or the school district governed by the
17board, and (ii) neither the board nor the chief purchasing
18officer shall let or delegate authority to let any contract
19for services, employment, or other work to the former board
20member or to any corporation, partnership, association, sole
21proprietorship, or other entity other than publicly traded
22companies from which the former board member receives an
23annual income, dividends, or other compensation in excess of
24$1,500. Any contract that is entered into by or under a
25delegation of authority from the board or the chief purchasing
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1not legally binding on the board if entered into in violation
2of the provisions of this paragraph.
3    In addition, the State Board of Education, in consultation
4with the board, shall (i) review existing conflict of interest
5and disclosure laws or regulations that are applicable to the
6executive officers and governing boards of school districts
7organized under this Article and school districts generally,
8(ii) determine what additional disclosure and conflict of
9interest provisions would enhance the reputation and fiscal
10integrity of the board and the procedure under which contracts
11for goods and services are let, and (iii) develop appropriate
12reporting forms and procedures applicable to the executive
13officers, governing board, and other officials of the school
14district.
15    The board may establish aspirational goals for the
16awarding of contracts to minority-owned businesses,
17women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
18disabilities. As used in this paragraph, "minority-owned
19business", "women-owned business", and "business owned by a
20person with a disability" have the meanings provided in
21Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
22and Persons with Disabilities Act.
23(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
24    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
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1that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
2represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
3not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
4made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
5Public Act.