SB0479 Enrolled LRB095 08198 JAM 28367 b

1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5 adding Section 25-80 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 500/25-80 new)
7     Sec. 25-80. Successor vendor. All service contracts shall
8 include a clause requiring the bidder or offeror, in order to
9 be considered a responsible bidder or offeror for the purposes
10 of this Code, to certify to the purchasing agency (i) that it
11 shall offer to assume the collective bargaining obligations of
12 the prior employer, including any existing collective
13 bargaining agreement with the bargaining representative of any
14 existing collective bargaining unit or units performing
15 substantially similar work to the services covered by the
16 contract subject to its bid or offer, and (ii) that it shall
17 offer employment to all employees currently employed in any
18 existing bargaining unit performing substantially similar work
19 that will be performed by the successor vendor.
20     This Section does not apply to heating and air conditioning
21 service contracts, plumbing service contracts, and electrical
22 service contracts.