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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
585-30 as follows:
 
6    (60 ILCS 1/85-30)
7    Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township for
8services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of
9$20,000 (other than professional services) shall be contracted
10for in one of the following ways:
11        (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
12    after advertising for bids at least once (i) in a newspaper
13    published within the township, or (ii) if no newspaper is
14    published within the township, then in one published within
15    the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is published within
16    the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation
17    within the township.
18        (2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in
19    the case of an emergency if authorized by the township
20    board.
21        (3) By a contract let without advertising for bids for
22    the purchase of equipment manufactured by a single source
23    if authorized by a majority vote of 4 of the 5 members of

 

 

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1    the township board then holding office and the adoption of
2    a resolution to that effect.
3    This Section does not apply to contracts by a township with
4the federal government.
5(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)