Bill Text: IL HB0323 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the requirement that a State construction contract responsible bidder and his or her subcontractors participate in applicable apprenticeship and training programs is limited to those trades that the bid specifies will be used on the project and that have apprenticeship or training programs. Changes the name of the federal entity that approves and accepts registration of the apprenticeship and training programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0323 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0323-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0323 Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/30-22
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the requirement that a State construction contract responsible bidder and his or her subcontractors participate in applicable apprenticeship and training programs is limited to those trades that the bid specifies will be used on the project and that have apprenticeship or training programs. Changes the name of the federal entity that approves and accepts registration of the apprenticeship and training programs.
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A BILL FOR
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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 30-22 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/30-22)
Sec. 30-22. Construction contracts; responsible bidder
requirements. To be considered a responsible bidder on a
construction contract for purposes of this Code, a bidder must
comply with all of the following requirements and must present
satisfactory evidence of that compliance to the appropriate
construction agency:
(1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws
concerning the bidder's entitlement to conduct business in
Illinois.
(2) The bidder must comply with all applicable
provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act.
(3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal
Employment Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the
United States Code (42 U.S.C. 2000e and following) and with
Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive
Order No. 11375.
(4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer

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Identification Number or, if an individual, a valid Social
Security Number.
(5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of
insurance showing the following coverages: general
liability, professional liability, product liability,
workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous
occupation, and automobile.
(6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must
participate in applicable apprenticeship and training
programs, if any, that are (i) for those trades that the
bidder specifies in the bid will be used by the bidder or
the bidder's subcontractors in the performance of the
contract and (ii) approved by and registered with the
United States Department of Labor's Employment and
Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Bureau
of Apprenticeship and Training.
(7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the
Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish
additional requirements for responsible bidders. These
additional requirements, if established, shall be set
forth together with the other criteria contained in the
invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate
volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally
funded construction projects if such application would
jeopardize the receipt or use of federal funds in support of

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such a project.
(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)