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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1598 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning resident bidders.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1598 | | LRB097 08528 PJG 48655 b |
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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 45-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 500/45-10)
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| 7 | | Sec. 45-10. Resident bidders.
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| 8 | | (a) Amount of preference. When a contract is to be awarded
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| 9 | | to the
the lowest responsible
bidder, a resident bidder shall |
| 10 | | be allowed a preference as against
a non-resident bidder from |
| 11 | | any
state that gives or requires a preference to bidders from |
| 12 | | that
state. The preference shall be equal
to the preference |
| 13 | | given or required by the state of the
non-resident bidder. |
| 14 | | Further, if only non-resident bidders are
bidding, the |
| 15 | | purchasing agency is within its right to specify that
Illinois
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| 16 | | labor and manufacturing locations be used as a part of the
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| 17 | | manufacturing process, if applicable.
This specification may |
| 18 | | be negotiated as part of the solicitation
process. |
| 19 | | (b) Residency. A resident bidder is a person authorized to
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| 20 | | transact business in this State
and having a bona fide |
| 21 | | establishment for transacting business
within this State where |
| 22 | | it was
actually transacting business on the date when any bid |
| 23 | | for a
public contract is first advertised
or announced. A |