Rep. Greg Harris

Filed: 12/5/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6237

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6237 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-10 and 45-35 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/1-10)
7    Sec. 1-10. Application.
8    (a) This Code applies only to procurements for which
9contractors were first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This
10Code shall not be construed to affect or impair any contract,
11or any provision of a contract, entered into based on a
12solicitation prior to the implementation date of this Code as
13described in Article 99, including but not limited to any
14covenant entered into with respect to any revenue bonds or
15similar instruments. All procurements for which contracts are
16solicited between the effective date of Articles 50 and 99 and

 

 

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1July 1, 1998 shall be substantially in accordance with this
2Code and its intent.
3    (b) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of the
4funds with which the contracts are paid, including federal
5assistance moneys. This Code shall not apply to:
6        (1) Contracts between the State and its political
7    subdivisions or other governments, or between State
8    governmental bodies except as specifically provided in
9    this Code.
10        (2) Grants, except that all grants are subject to for
11    the filing requirements of Section 20-80. If a
12    not-for-profit agency receives grants that would be exempt
13    from this Code under this paragraph (2), then the
14    not-for-profit agency must also submit to the committee a
15    copy of the IRS Form 990, including the following sections
16    that require the reporting of any ownership interests,
17    operating agreements, partnerships, or other duties,
18    activities, or transactions that exist between the
19    not-for-profit agency, interested persons, and its related
20    for-profit owners, subsidiaries, partners, or affiliates:
21    (A) Part IV, Line 28, Schedule L; (B) Part IV, Line 34,
22    Schedule R; and (C) Part VI, Line 3, Schedule O. This
23    disclosure shall at a minimum include business
24    identification of the for-profit entity, a list of the
25    business transactions between the related for-profit
26    agency under the terms of the relationship, and whether

 

 

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1    more than 50% of the not-for-profit provider's current or
2    former officers, directors, trustees, family members, or
3    key employees are delivered from the relationship.
4        (3) Purchase of care. However, if a not-for-profit
5    agency provides services that would be exempt from this
6    Code under this paragraph (3), then the not-for-profit
7    agency must also submit to the committee a copy of the IRS
8    Form 990, including the following sections that require the
9    reporting of any ownership interests, operating
10    agreements, partnerships, or other duties, activities, or
11    transactions that exist between the not-for-profit agency,
12    interested persons, and its related for-profit owners,
13    subsidiaries, partners, or affiliates: (A) Part IV, Line
14    28, Schedule L; (B) Part IV, Line 34, Schedule R; and (C)
15    Part VI, Line 3, Schedule O. This disclosure shall at a
16    minimum include business identification of the for-profit
17    entity, a list of the business transactions between the
18    related for-profit agency under the terms of the
19    relationship, and whether more than 50% of the
20    not-for-profit provider's current or former officers,
21    directors, trustees, family members, or key employees are
22    delivered from the relationship.
23        (4) Hiring of an individual as employee and not as an
24    independent contractor, whether pursuant to an employment
25    code or policy or by contract directly with that
26    individual.

 

 

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1        (5) Collective bargaining contracts.
2        (6) Purchase of real estate, except that notice of this
3    type of contract with a value of more than $25,000 must be
4    published in the Procurement Bulletin within 7 days after
5    the deed is recorded in the county of jurisdiction. The
6    notice shall identify the real estate purchased, the names
7    of all parties to the contract, the value of the contract,
8    and the effective date of the contract.
9        (7) Contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated
10    litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations,
11    provided that the chief legal counsel to the Governor shall
12    give his or her prior approval when the procuring agency is
13    one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor, and
14    provided that the chief legal counsel of any other
15    procuring entity subject to this Code shall give his or her
16    prior approval when the procuring entity is not one subject
17    to the jurisdiction of the Governor.
18        (8) Contracts for services to Northern Illinois
19    University by a person, acting as an independent
20    contractor, who is qualified by education, experience, and
21    technical ability and is selected by negotiation for the
22    purpose of providing non-credit educational service
23    activities or products by means of specialized programs
24    offered by the university.
25        (9) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois
26    Conservation Foundation when only private funds are used.

 

 

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1        (10) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois Health
2    Information Exchange Authority involving private funds
3    from the Health Information Exchange Fund. "Private funds"
4    means gifts, donations, and private grants.
5        (11) Public-private agreements entered into according
6    to the procurement requirements of Section 20 of the
7    Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act and
8    design-build agreements entered into according to the
9    procurement requirements of Section 25 of the
10    Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act.
11    (c) This Code does not apply to the electric power
12procurement process provided for under Section 1-75 of the
13Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public
14Utilities Act.
15    (d) Except for Section 20-160 and Article 50 of this Code,
16and as expressly required by Section 9.1 of the Illinois
17Lottery Law, the provisions of this Code do not apply to the
18procurement process provided for under Section 9.1 of the
19Illinois Lottery Law.
20    (e) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
21Capital Development Board to retain a person or entity to
22assist the Capital Development Board with its duties related to
23the determination of costs of a clean coal SNG brownfield
24facility, as defined by Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power
25Agency Act, as required in subsection (h-3) of Section 9-220 of
26the Public Utilities Act, including calculating the range of

 

 

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1capital costs, the range of operating and maintenance costs, or
2the sequestration costs or monitoring the construction of clean
3coal SNG brownfield facility for the full duration of
4construction.
5    (f) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
6Illinois Power Agency to retain a mediator to mediate sourcing
7agreement disputes between gas utilities and the clean coal SNG
8brownfield facility, as defined in Section 1-10 of the Illinois
9Power Agency Act, as required under subsection (h-1) of Section
109-220 of the Public Utilities Act.
11    (g) This Code does not apply to the processes used by the
12Illinois Power Agency to retain a mediator to mediate contract
13disputes between gas utilities and the clean coal SNG facility
14and to retain an expert to assist in the review of contracts
15under subsection (h) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities
16Act. This Code does not apply to the process used by the
17Illinois Commerce Commission to retain an expert to assist in
18determining the actual incurred costs of the clean coal SNG
19facility and the reasonableness of those costs as required
20under subsection (h) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities
21Act.
22    (h) This Code does not apply to the process to procure or
23contracts entered into in accordance with Sections 11-5.2 and
2411-5.3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
25    (i) (h) Each chief procurement officer may access records
26necessary to review whether a contract, purchase, or other

 

 

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1expenditure is or is not subject to the provisions of this
2Code, unless such records would be subject to attorney-client
3privilege.
4(Source: P.A. 96-840, eff. 12-23-09; 96-1331, eff. 7-27-10;
597-96, eff. 7-13-11; 97-239, eff. 8-2-11; 97-502, eff. 8-23-11;
697-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-895, eff.
78-3-12; revised 8-23-12.)
 
8    (30 ILCS 500/45-35)
9    Sec. 45-35. Facilities for persons with severe
10disabilities.
11    (a) Qualification. Supplies and services may be procured
12without advertising or calling for bids from any qualified
13not-for-profit agency for persons with severe disabilities
14that:
15        (1) complies with Illinois laws governing private
16    not-for-profit organizations;
17        (2) is certified as a sheltered workshop by the Wage
18    and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor
19    or is an accredited vocational program that provides
20    transition services to youth between the ages of 14 1/2 and
21    22 in accordance with individualized education plans under
22    Section 14-8.03 of the School Code and that provides
23    residential services at a child care institution, as
24    defined under Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969,
25    or at a group home, as defined under Section 2.16 of the

 

 

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1    Child Care Act of 1969; and
2        (3) meets the applicable Illinois Department of Human
3    Services just standards.
4    (b) Participation. To participate, the not-for-profit
5agency must have indicated an interest in providing the
6supplies and services, must meet the specifications and needs
7of the using agency, and must set a fair market price. The
8not-for-profit agency must also submit to the committee a copy
9of the IRS Form 990, including the following sections that
10require the reporting of any ownership interests, operating
11agreements, partnerships, or other duties, activities, or
12transactions that exist between the not-for-profit agency,
13interested persons, and its related for-profit owners,
14subsidiaries, partners, or affiliates: (A) Part IV, Line 28,
15Schedule L; (B) Part IV, Line 34, Schedule R; and (C) Part VI,
16Line 3, Schedule O. This disclosure shall at a minimum include
17business identification of the for-profit entity, a list of the
18business transactions between the related for-profit agency
19under the terms of the relationship, and whether more than 50%
20of the not-for-profit provider's current or former officers,
21directors, trustees, family members, or key employees are
22delivered from the relationship.
23    (c) Committee. There is created within the Department of
24Central Management Services a committee to facilitate the
25purchase of products and services of persons so severely
26disabled by a physical, developmental, or mental disability or

 

 

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1a combination of any of those disabilities that they cannot
2engage in normal competitive employment. This committee is
3called the State Use Committee. The committee shall consist of
4the Director of the Department of Central Management Services
5or his or her designee, the Director of the Department of Human
6Services or his or her designee, one public member representing
7private business who is knowledgeable of the employment needs
8and concerns of persons with developmental disabilities, one
9public member representing private business who is
10knowledgeable of the needs and concerns of rehabilitation
11facilities, one public member who is knowledgeable of the
12employment needs and concerns of persons with developmental
13disabilities, one public member who is knowledgeable of the
14needs and concerns of rehabilitation facilities, and 2 public
15members from a statewide association that represents
16community-based rehabilitation facilities, all appointed by
17the Governor. The public members shall serve 2 year terms,
18commencing upon appointment and every 2 years thereafter. A
19public member may be reappointed, and vacancies shall be filled
20by appointment for the completion of the term. In the event
21there is a vacancy on the Committee, the Governor must make an
22appointment to fill that vacancy within 30 calendar days after
23the notice of vacancy. The members shall serve without
24compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses at a rate
25equal to that of State employees on a per diem basis by the
26Department of Central Management Services. All members shall be

 

 

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1entitled to vote on issues before the committee.
2    The committee shall have the following powers and duties:
3        (1) To request from any State agency information as to
4    product specification and service requirements in order to
5    carry out its purpose.
6        (2) To meet quarterly or more often as necessary to
7    carry out its purposes.
8        (3) To request a quarterly report from each
9    participating qualified not-for-profit agency for persons
10    with severe disabilities describing the volume of sales for
11    each product or service sold under this Section.
12        (4) To prepare a report for the Governor annually.
13        (5) To prepare a publication that lists all supplies
14    and services currently available from any qualified
15    not-for-profit agency for persons with severe
16    disabilities. This list and any revisions shall be
17    distributed to all purchasing agencies.
18        (6) To encourage diversity in supplies and services
19    provided by qualified not-for-profit agencies for persons
20    with severe disabilities and discourage unnecessary
21    duplication or competition among facilities.
22        (7) To develop guidelines to be followed by qualifying
23    agencies for participation under the provisions of this
24    Section. The guidelines shall be developed within 6 months
25    after the effective date of this Code and made available on
26    a nondiscriminatory basis to all qualifying agencies.

 

 

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1        (8) To review all bids submitted under the provisions
2    of this Section and reject any bid for any purchase that is
3    determined to be substantially more than the purchase would
4    have cost had it been competitively bid.
5        (9) To develop a 5-year plan for increasing the number
6    of products and services purchased from qualified
7    not-for-profit agencies for persons with severe
8    disabilities, including the feasibility of developing
9    mandatory set-aside contracts. This 5-year plan must be
10    developed no later than 180 calendar days after the
11    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
12    Assembly.
13    (c-5) Conditions for Use. Each chief procurement officer
14shall, in consultation with the State Use Committee, determine
15which articles, materials, services, food stuffs, and supplies
16that are produced, manufactured, or provided by persons with
17severe disabilities in qualified not-for-profit agencies shall
18be given preference by purchasing agencies procuring those
19items.
20    (d) Former committee. The committee created under
21subsection (c) shall replace the committee created under
22Section 7-2 of the Illinois Purchasing Act, which shall
23continue to operate until the appointments under subsection (c)
24are made.
25(Source: P.A. 96-634, eff. 8-24-09; 97-895, eff. 8-3-12.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".