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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 940
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 940 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning public works contracts."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8 Public Works Contract Change Order Act.
9 Section 5. Change orders; bidding. If a change order
10 for any public works contract (i) is entered into by a unit
11 of local government or school district and (ii) authorizes or
12 necessitates any increase in the contract price that is 25%
13 or more of the original contract price, then portion of the
14 contract that is covered by the change order must be
15 resubmitted for bidding in the same manner for which the
16 original contract was bid. Bidding for the portion of the
17 contract covered by the change order is subject to any
18 requirements to employ females and minorities on the public
19 works project that existed at the bidding for the original
20 contract, together with any later requirements imposed by
21 law.
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1 Section 10. Home rule. A home rule unit may not
2 regulate its public works contracts in manner that is
3 inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a limitation of
4 home rule powers under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article
5 VII of the Illinois Constitution.
6 Section 15. Mandates. This Act is exempt from the
7 reimbursement requirements of the State Mandates Act.
8 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
9 Section 8.27 as follows:
10 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
11 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
12 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
13 for the implementation of any mandate created by the Public
14 Works Contract Change Order Act.".