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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Steel Products Procurement Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 565/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 1803)
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7 | Sec. 3. For the purposes of this Act, the following words | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | have the
meanings ascribed to them in this Section unless the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | context clearly requires otherwise.
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10 | (a) "Public agency" means the State of Illinois, its | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | departments, agencies,
boards, commissions and institutions, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | and all units of local government,
including school districts.
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13 | (b) "United States" means the United States and any place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | subject to the
jurisdiction thereof.
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15 | (c) "Steel products" means final, usable building | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | materials manufactured of steel, including, but not limited to, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | structural steel, structural shapes, pipe, reinforcing bars, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | duct work, sheet metal, and building panels. "Steel products" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | also includes machinery and equipment containing steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | components, where such steel components make up 75% or more of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the final product by weight products rolled, formed, shaped, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | drawn,
extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | similarly processed, or
processed by a combination of two or |
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1 | more such operations, from steel made
in the United States by | ||||||
2 | the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace,
Bessemer or | ||||||
3 | other steel making process .
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4 | (d) "Manufactured" means rolled, formed, shaped, drawn,
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5 | extruded, forged, cast, or otherwise similarly processed, or
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6 | processed by a combination of two or more such operations, from | ||||||
7 | steel made by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace,
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8 | Bessemer or other steel making process. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
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10 | (30 ILCS 565/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1804)
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11 | Sec. 4. Each contract for the construction, | ||||||
12 | reconstruction, alteration,
repair, improvement or maintenance | ||||||
13 | of public works made by a public agency
shall contain a | ||||||
14 | provision that steel products used or supplied and left in | ||||||
15 | place in the performance
of that contract or any subcontract | ||||||
16 | thereto shall be manufactured or produced
in the United States.
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17 | The provisions of this Section shall not apply:
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18 | (1) Where the contract involves an expenditure of less than | ||||||
19 | $5,000 $500 .
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20 | (2) Where the executive head of the public agency certifies | ||||||
21 | in writing
that (a) the specified products are not manufactured | ||||||
22 | or produced in the
United States in sufficient quantities to | ||||||
23 | meet the agency's requirements
or cannot be manufactured or | ||||||
24 | produced in the United States within the necessary
time in | ||||||
25 | sufficient quantities to meet the agency's requirements, or (b)
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1 | obtaining the specified products, manufactured or produced in | ||||||
2 | the United
States would increase the cost of the contract by | ||||||
3 | more than 10%.
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4 | (3) When its application is not in the public interest.
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5 | (4) When the specified products are manufactured by 2 or | ||||||
6 | fewer producers in the United States, unless referring to | ||||||
7 | structural steel. | ||||||
8 | (5) To the aggregate cost of domestically available, but | ||||||
9 | foreign produced steel products of up to 0.5% of the total | ||||||
10 | contract value, to a maximum of $50,000 on any single contract. | ||||||
11 | (6) To finishing and assembly operations. | ||||||
12 | (7) To 10%, by weight of steel, of machinery and equipment | ||||||
13 | containing steel components as defined by subsection (c) of | ||||||
14 | Section 3 of this Act. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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