Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB2878

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that in awarding contracts for Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Projects with a total value of more than $100,000, preference shall be given to an otherwise qualified bidder who either (1) provides proof that at least 2 current employees of the bidder are former coal mine employees and that all such declared former coal mine employees in the bid shall be utilized in the fulfillment of an awarded Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Project or (2) commits to employing at least 2 former coal mine employees hired out of a union hall in the fulfillment of the Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Project (requiring the bidder to provide proof that at least 2 former coal mine employees have been hired out of a union hall within 60 days after the start of construction and to declare that the former coal mine employees, after being hired, shall be utilized in the fulfillment of an awarded Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Project). Provides that when the Department of Natural Resources is to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of former coal mine employees may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, if the bid is not more than 2% greater than the low bid.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Creates a bid preference for firms that employ former coal mine employees. Makes changes in provisions concerning single prime procurement methods; the Illinois business bid preference; the veteran bid preferences; small business set-aside reporting; the award of contracts to not-for-profit agencies for persons with significant disabilities; the duration of contracts; public education programming; the application of the Code to public institutions of higher education; and not-for-profit agencies for persons with significant disabilities. Adds provisions concerning software licensing contracts. Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Authorizes chief procurement officers to approve the award of a contract on a non-competitive basis to a not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities. Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes changes in provisions concerning facility leases. Creates the Reimagining Hotel Florence Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources on behalf of the State may, pursuant to a competitive request for proposals process governed by the Illinois Procurement Code and rules adopted under that Code and the Act, enter into a public-private agreement to develop, finance, construct, lease, manage, or operate the Hotel Florence on behalf of the State. Provides for home rule preemption. Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Adds provisions concerning contractor diversity reporting. Amends the State Fair Act. Exempts from the requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code procurement expenditures necessary to provide artistic or musical services, performances, events, or productions under the Act at the State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Amends the Transportation Sustainability Act. Specifies that the State's solicitations for the procurement of freight, small package delivery, and other cargo shipping and transportation services shall be subject to the Illinois Procurement Code or the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act (rather than only the Illinois Procurement Code). Amends the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. Replaces references to "transportation agency" with "responsible public entity". Defines "responsible public entity". Makes changes concerning public construction bonding requirements. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2024.

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