Bill Text: IL HB1659 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides for competitive bidding for all contracts for work, other than professional services, to be done by a conservancy district when the expense of the contract will exceed $10,000 (rather than $2,500). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0241 [HB1659 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB1659-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 101-0241
HB1659 Enrolled LRB101 07085 AWJ 52122 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 River Conservancy Districts Act is amended
by changing Section 16 as follows:
(70 ILCS 2105/16) (from Ch. 42, par. 399)
Sec. 16. All contracts for work other than professional
services, to be done by such conservancy district, the expense
of which will exceed $10,000 $2500, shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder therefor upon not less than thirty days'
public notice of the terms and conditions upon which the
contract is to be let, having been given by publication in a
newspaper of general circulation published in said district,
and the said board shall have the power and authority to reject
any and all bids, and readvertise.
And in all other respects such contract shall be entered
into and the performance thereof controlled by the provisions
of an Act entitled "An Act concerning local improvements,"
approved June 14, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, and amendments
thereto as nearly as may be; provided, that contracts may be
let for making proper and suitable connections between the
mains and outlets of the respective sewers in said district,
with any conduits, main pipe or pipes that may be constructed

by such conservancy district.
(Source: P.A. 82-356.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.