Bill Text: IL HB5756 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that the public member of a State agency's committee to select firms to provide architectural, engineering, and land surveying services shall be appointed every 2 years and serve a 2-year term. Provides that a public member may not serve consecutive terms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5756 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5756-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | changing Section 30 as follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 535/30) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-30) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 30. Evaluation procedure. A State agency shall | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | evaluate the
firms submitting letters of interest and other | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | prequalified firms,
taking into account qualifications; and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the State agency may consider, but
shall not be limited to | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | considering, ability of professional personnel,
past record | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | and experience, performance data on file, willingness to meet
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14 | time requirements, location, workload of the firm and any other
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15 | qualifications based factors as the State agency may determine | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | in writing
are applicable. The State agency may conduct | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | discussions with and require
public presentations by firms | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | deemed to be the most qualified regarding
their qualifications, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | approach to the project and ability to furnish the
required | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | services. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | A State agency shall establish a committee to select firms | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | to provide
architectural, engineering, and land surveying | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | services. A selection
committee may include at least one public |
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1 | member nominated by a statewide
association of the profession | ||||||
2 | affected. The public member may not be
employed or associated | ||||||
3 | with any firm holding a contract with the State
agency nor may | ||||||
4 | the public member's firm be considered for a
contract with
that | ||||||
5 | State agency while he or she is serving as a public member of | ||||||
6 | the
committee. The public member shall be appointed every 2 | ||||||
7 | years and serve a 2-year term. A public member may not serve | ||||||
8 | consecutive terms. | ||||||
9 | In addition, the Department of Transportation may appoint | ||||||
10 | public members to selection committees that represent the | ||||||
11 | geographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the population of | ||||||
12 | the State, including persons nominated by associations | ||||||
13 | representing minority and female-owned business associations. | ||||||
14 | Public members shall be licensed in or have received a degree | ||||||
15 | from an accredited college or university in one of the | ||||||
16 | professions affected and shall not be employed by, associated | ||||||
17 | with, or have an ownership interest in any firm holding or | ||||||
18 | seeking to hold a contract while serving as a public member of | ||||||
19 | the committee. | ||||||
20 | In no case shall a State agency, prior to selecting a firm | ||||||
21 | for
negotiation under Section 40, seek formal or informal | ||||||
22 | submission of verbal
or written estimates of costs or proposals | ||||||
23 | in terms of dollars, hours
required, percentage of construction | ||||||
24 | cost, or any other measure of
compensation. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-849, eff. 12-23-09.)
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