HB4567 Engrossed

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    AN ACT concerning environmental protection.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by 
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changing and renumbering Section 50-12 as added by P.A. 93-575 
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as follows:
 



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    (30 ILCS 500/50-14)



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    Sec. 50-14
50-12.  Environmental Protection Act violations. 

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    (a) Unless otherwise provided, no person or business found 
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by a court or
the Pollution Control Board to have committed a 
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willful or knowing violation of
Section 42 of the Environmental 
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Protection Act shall do business with the State
of Illinois or 
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any State agency from the date of the order containing the

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finding of violation until 5 years after that date, unless the 
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person or
business can show that no person involved in the 
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violation continues to have
any involvement with the business.

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    (b) A person or business otherwise barred from doing 
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business with the
State of Illinois or any State agency under 
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subsection (a) may be allowed to do
business with the State of 
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Illinois or any State agency if it is shown that
there is no 
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practicable alternative to the State to contracting with that

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person or business.

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    (c) Every bid submitted to and contract executed by the 
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State shall contain
a certification by the bidder or contractor 
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that the bidder or contractor is
not barred from being awarded 
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a contract under this Section and that the
contractor 
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acknowledges that the contracting State agency may declare the

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contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this 
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subsection (c) is
false.

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(Source: P.A. 93-575, eff. 1-1-04; revised 9-24-03.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.