97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3267

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/10-10

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, within 24 months (now, 18 months) after appointment, a State purchasing officer must be a Certified Professional Public Buyer or a Certified Public Purchasing Officer. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 10-10 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/10-10)
7    Sec. 10-10. Independent State purchasing officers.
8    (a) The chief procurement officer shall appoint a State
9purchasing officer for each agency that the chief procurement
10officer is responsible for under Section 1-15.15. A State
11purchasing officer shall be located in the State agency that
12the officer serves but shall report to his or her respective
13chief procurement officer. The State purchasing officer shall
14have direct communication with agency staff assigned to assist
15with any procurement process. At the direction of his or her
16respective chief procurement officer, a State purchasing
17officer shall enter into contracts for a purchasing agency. All
18actions of a State purchasing officer are subject to review by
19a chief procurement officer in accordance with procedures and
20policies established by the chief procurement officer.
21    (b) In addition to any other requirement or qualification
22required by State law, within 24 18 months after appointment, a
23State purchasing officer must be a Certified Professional

 

 

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1Public Buyer or a Certified Public Purchasing Officer, pursuant
2to certification by the Universal Public Purchasing
3Certification Council. A State purchasing officer shall serve a
4term of 5 years beginning on the date of the officer's
5appointment. A State purchasing officer shall have an office
6located in the State agency that the officer serves but shall
7report to the chief procurement officer. A State purchasing
8officer may be removed by a chief procurement officer for cause
9after a hearing by the Executive Ethics Commission. The chief
10procurement officer or executive officer of the State agency
11housing the State purchasing officer may institute a complaint
12against the State purchasing officer by filing such a complaint
13with the Commission and the Commission shall have a public
14hearing based on the complaint. The State purchasing officer,
15chief procurement officer, and executive officer of the State
16agency shall receive notice of the hearing and shall be
17permitted to present their respective arguments on the
18complaint. After the hearing, the Commission shall make a
19non-binding recommendation on whether the State purchasing
20officer shall be removed. The salary of a State purchasing
21officer shall be established by the chief procurement officer
22and may not be diminished during the officer's term. In the
23absence of an appointed State purchasing officer, the
24applicable chief procurement officer shall exercise the
25procurement authority created by this Code and may appoint a
26temporary acting State purchasing officer.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793
2for the effective date of changes made by P.A. 96-795).)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.