Public Act 095-0647
 		





HB0978 Enrolled
LRB095 10184 JAM 30398 b






    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 
changing Section 40-15 as follows:
 



    (30 ILCS 500/40-15)


    Sec. 40-15. Method of source selection. 

    (a) Request for information.  Except as provided in

subsections (b) and (c), all State
contracts for leases of real 
property or capital improvements
shall be awarded by a request 
for
information process in accordance with Section 40-20.

    (b) Other methods.  A request for information process need

not be used in procuring any
of the following leases:


        (1) Property of less than 10,000 square feet.


        (2) Rent of less than $100,000 per year.


        (3) Duration of less than one year that cannot be

    renewed.


        (4) Specialized space available at only one location.


        (5) Renewal or extension of a lease
in effect before 
    July 1, 2002;
provided that: (i) the chief procurement 
    officer determines in writing that the
renewal or extension 
    is in the best interest of the State; (ii) the chief

    procurement officer submits his or her written 
    determination and the renewal or
extension to the Board; 
    (iii) the Board does not object in writing to the
renewal 
    or extension within 30 days after its submission; and (iv) 
    the chief
procurement officer publishes the renewal or 
    extension in the appropriate
volume of the Procurement 
    Bulletin.

    (c) Leases with governmental units.  Leases with other

governmental units may be
negotiated without using the request 
for information process when
deemed by the chief procurement 
officer to be
in the best interest of the State.

(Source: P.A. 93-133, eff. 1-1-04; 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2007.






Effective Date:  10/11/2007