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1 AN ACT concerning public contracts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Public Works Contract Change Order Act.
6 Section 5. Change orders; bidding. If a change order
7 for any public works contract (i) is entered into by the
8 State or by a unit of local government or a school district
9 that receives State funds for construction under the Illinois
10 Procurement Code or the State Finance Act and (ii) authorizes
11 or necessitates any increase in the contract price that is
12 25% or more of the original contract price, the portion of
13 the contract that is covered by the change order must be
14 resubmitted for bidding in the same manner for which the
15 original contract was bid. Bidding for the portion of the
16 contract covered by the change order is subject to any
17 requirements to employ females and minorities on the public
18 works project that existed at the bidding for the original
19 contract, together with any later requirements imposed by
20 law. The provisions of this Act do not apply to change orders
21 that are the result of an emergency as determined under
22 Section 16 of the Capital Development Board Act.
23 Section 10. Mandates. This Act is exempt from the
24 reimbursement requirements of the State Mandates Act.
25 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
26 Section 8.27 as follows:
27 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
28 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
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1 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
2 for the implementation of any mandate created by the Public
3 Works Contract Change Order Act.