101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3036

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/55-20

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that each State agency that purchases food through a contract procured in accordance with the Code shall adopt a policy that permits the donation of leftover food purchased with State funds. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 55-20 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/55-20)
7    Sec. 55-20. Contracts for food donation; food donation
8policy.
9    (a) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1099th General Assembly, a public entity shall not enter into a
11contract to purchase food with a bidder or offeror if the
12bidder's or offeror's contract terms prohibit the public entity
13from donating food to food banks, including, but not limited
14to, homeless shelters, food pantries, and soup kitchens.
15    (b) Each State agency that purchases food through a
16contract procured in accordance with entering into or
17maintaining a contract for the purchase of food under this Code
18shall adopt a policy that permits the donation of leftover food
19purchased with procured by State funds. The policy shall
20address any daily food operations run by the agency, including
21one-time events, and shall contain a list of nearby soup
22kitchens, food pantries, and other non-profit organizations
23where leftover food can be donated. Each State agency shall

 

 

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1circulate its policy to all agency employees, and submit its
2food donation policy to the Department of Central Management
3Services on an annual basis beginning December 31, 2018.
4(Source: P.A. 99-552, eff. 7-15-16; 100-709, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.