Public Act 095-0300
 
SB0436 Enrolled LRB095 04768 HLH 24827 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
205-105 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/205-105)
    Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.
    (a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated
cost will exceed $20,000 $2,500 shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder after publication of notice for bids. Notice
for bids shall be published once in a newspaper published and
having general circulation in the township, if there is one. If
there is no such newspaper, notice for bids shall be published
in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the
county. Notice for bids shall be published at least 10 days
before the date set for receiving bids. Bids shall be opened
and publicly read, and an award shall be made to the lowest
responsible bidder within 15 days after the receipt of bids.
    (b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or
other professional services, but it shall apply to the purchase
of equipment unless the township board, by a resolution adopted
by a three-fourths vote, determines that it is for the best
interests of the township that advertising for bids for the
equipment be dispensed with.
(Source: P.A. 87-708; 88-62.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.