Bill Text: IL SB1972 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. Provides that the commissioners of a drainage district must advertise for bids whenever the cost of any work to be performed by the district or the cost of specified materials and equipment exceeds $20,000 (now, $5,000). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0536 [SB1972 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1972-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Illinois Drainage Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 6-1 as follows:
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| 6 | (70 ILCS 605/6-1) (from Ch. 42, par. 6-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-1.
Advertising for Bids on Construction Work and | ||||||
| 8 | Purchases.)
Whenever the cost of any work to be performed by | ||||||
| 9 | the district or the
cost of any machinery, equipment, materials | ||||||
| 10 | or supplies to be purchased
by the district will exceed $20,000 | ||||||
| 11 | $5,000, the commissioners shall advertise
for sealed bids for | ||||||
| 12 | the performance of such work or the furnishing of
such | ||||||
| 13 | machinery, equipment, materials or supplies by publishing a | ||||||
| 14 | notice
in a newspaper published or having general circulation | ||||||
| 15 | in the county in
which the district was organized not less than | ||||||
| 16 | once each week for 3
successive weeks. The first such | ||||||
| 17 | publication shall be made not less than
17 days prior to the | ||||||
| 18 | date set for opening the bids. The notice shall
particularly | ||||||
| 19 | set out the time when and the place where the bids will be
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| 20 | opened, the nature of the work to be performed or the | ||||||
| 21 | machinery,
equipment, materials or supplies to be purchased and | ||||||
| 22 | the terms of
payment. The commissioners may reject any and all | ||||||
| 23 | bids, may waive any
informality in bids received and may | ||||||
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| 1 | continue the letting from time to
time. The commissioners may | ||||||
| 2 | accept any bid they deem most favorable, but
if the bid | ||||||
| 3 | accepted is not the lowest bid, they shall enter in their
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| 4 | minutes their reason for not accepting the lower bid or bids. | ||||||
| 5 | If any
person to whom a contract has been let after notice as | ||||||
| 6 | herein required
fails to perform his contract, the same may be | ||||||
| 7 | relet in such a manner as
the commissioners deem best, with or | ||||||
| 8 | without advertisement for bids.
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| 9 | The provisions of this Section, however, shall not apply to | ||||||
| 10 | the
contracting, letting or doing of any repair or maintenance | ||||||
| 11 | work the cost
of which will be payable from the annual | ||||||
| 12 | maintenance fund of the
district.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 84-886.)
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| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 15 | becoming law.
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