95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0436

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/205-105

    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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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
5 205-105 as follows:
 
6     (60 ILCS 1/205-105)
7     Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.
8     (a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated
9 cost will exceed $20,000 $2,500 shall be let to the lowest
10 responsible bidder after publication of notice for bids. Notice
11 for bids shall be published once in a newspaper published and
12 having general circulation in the township, if there is one. If
13 there is no such newspaper, notice for bids shall be published
14 in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the
15 county. Notice for bids shall be published at least 10 days
16 before the date set for receiving bids. Bids shall be opened
17 and publicly read, and an award shall be made to the lowest
18 responsible bidder within 15 days after the receipt of bids.
19     (b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or
20 other professional services, but it shall apply to the purchase
21 of equipment unless the township board, by a resolution adopted
22 by a three-fourths vote, determines that it is for the best
23 interests of the township that advertising for bids for the

 

 

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1 equipment be dispensed with.
2 (Source: P.A. 87-708; 88-62.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.