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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0568
Introduced 2/5/2007, by Rep. Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits awarding a State contract to an entity that has or uses a foreign call service center. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0568 |
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LRB095 04607 JAM 24664 b |
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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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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| adding Section 20-160 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 500/20-160 new) |
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| Sec. 20-160. Foreign call service center. No State contract |
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| shall be awarded on or after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly to an entity that |
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| has or uses a foreign call service center. For the purpose of |
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| this Section, a "foreign call service center" is any facility |
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| located outside the territorial limits of the United States |
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| that receives or is intended to receive questions or messages, |
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| transmitted by any means, from the entity's current or |
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| potential customers or clients located within the territorial |
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| limits of the United States.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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