HB4097 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4097

Introduced 5/17/2023, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 500/55-30 new

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that if a value-added reseller is used for the purchase of any information technology hardware under this Code, the value-added reseller must include in the bid an attestation from the manufacturer of the goods for that bid stating that the manufacturer has provided the same pricing and discounts to all value-added resellers. Provides that the specifications for the bid must clearly include this requirement. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by adding Section 55-30 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/55-30 new)

Sec. 55-30. Value-added reseller.

(a) If a value-added reseller is used for the purchase of any information technology hardware under this Code, the value-added reseller must include in the bid an attestation from the manufacturer of the goods for that bid stating that the manufacturer has provided the same pricing and discounts to all value-added resellers. The specifications for the bid must clearly include this requirement.

(b) As used in this Section:

"Information technology hardware" means laptops, desktops, tablets, monitors, docking stations, telephones, headsets, cable cords, computers, servers and wires.

"Value-added reseller" means a company that resells software, hardware, and other products and services that provide value beyond the original order fulfillment.

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