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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0436
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that certain contracts for construction work with an estimated cost of more than $20,000 (now, $2,500) shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after public notice. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0436 |
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LRB095 04768 HLH 24827 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 205-105 as follows:
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| (60 ILCS 1/205-105)
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| Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.
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| (a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated |
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| cost will exceed
$20,000
$2,500 shall be let to the lowest |
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| responsible bidder after publication of
notice for bids. Notice |
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| for bids shall be published once in a newspaper
published and |
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| having general circulation in the township, if there is one. If
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| there is no such newspaper, notice for bids shall be published |
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| in a newspaper
published and having general circulation in the |
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| county. Notice for bids shall
be published at least 10 days |
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| before the date set for receiving bids. Bids
shall be opened |
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| and publicly read, and an award shall be made to the lowest
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| responsible bidder within 15 days after the receipt of bids.
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| (b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or |
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| other
professional services, but it shall apply to the purchase |
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| of equipment unless
the township board, by a resolution adopted |
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| by a three-fourths vote, determines
that it is for the best |
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| interests of the township that advertising for bids for
the |