SB1893 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1893

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Mike Simmons

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 205/30 new

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a municipality must compile and maintain a list of each contract it enters into for $5,000,000 or more for public infrastructure projects. Provides that the list shall be available for public inspection or copying and on the municipality's website. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:

(50 ILCS 205/30 new)

Sec. 30. Contracts of $5,000,000 or more.

(a) A municipality must compile and maintain a list of each contract it enters into for $5,000,000 or more for public infrastructure projects. The list shall be available for public inspection or copying and on the municipality's website.

(b) A home rule municipality may not compile or maintain a list of contracts it enters into for $5,000,000 or more in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.