Public Act 0314 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0479 Enrolled LRB095 08198 JAM 28367 b

Public Act 095-0314

AN ACT concerning finance.

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 25-80 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/25-80 new)

Sec. 25-80. Successor vendor. All service contracts shall include a clause requiring the bidder or offeror, in order to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror for the purposes of this Code, to certify to the purchasing agency (i) that it shall offer to assume the collective bargaining obligations of the prior employer, including any existing collective bargaining agreement with the bargaining representative of any existing collective bargaining unit or units performing substantially similar work to the services covered by the contract subject to its bid or offer, and (ii) that it shall offer employment to all employees currently employed in any existing bargaining unit performing substantially similar work that will be performed by the successor vendor.

This Section does not apply to heating and air conditioning service contracts, plumbing service contracts, and electrical service contracts.

Effective Date: 1/1/2008