Bill Text: IL HB0483 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. In a Section pertaining to the procurement of materials and supplies during an operating emergency, provides that certain sanitary district officials and employees may purchase without advertisement emergency related supplies and materials where the amount is not in excess of $50,000 (now, $25,000). Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0165 [HB0483 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0483-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 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 11.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (70 ILCS 2605/11.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.5)
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| 7 | Sec. 11.5. In the event of an emergency affecting the | ||||||
| 8 | public health or
safety, so declared by action of the board of | ||||||
| 9 | trustees, which declaration
shall describe the nature of the | ||||||
| 10 | injurious effect upon the public health or
safety, contracts | ||||||
| 11 | may be let to the extent necessary to resolve such
emergency | ||||||
| 12 | without public advertisement. The declaration shall fix the | ||||||
| 13 | date
upon which such emergency shall terminate. The date may be | ||||||
| 14 | extended or
abridged by the board of trustees as in its | ||||||
| 15 | judgment the circumstances
require.
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| 16 | The executive director appointed in accordance with | ||||||
| 17 | Section 4 of
this Act shall authorize in writing and certify to | ||||||
| 18 | the director of procurement and materials management
those | ||||||
| 19 | officials or employees of the several departments of the | ||||||
| 20 | sanitary
district who may purchase in the open market without | ||||||
| 21 | filing a requisition
or estimate therefor, and without | ||||||
| 22 | advertisement, any supplies, materials,
equipment or services, | ||||||
| 23 | for immediate delivery to meet bona fide operating
emergencies | ||||||
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| 1 | where the amount thereof is not in excess of $50,000 $25,000;
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| 2 | provided,
that the director of procurement and materials | ||||||
| 3 | management shall be notified of such emergency. A full
written | ||||||
| 4 | account of any such emergency together with a requisition for | ||||||
| 5 | the
materials, supplies, equipment or services required | ||||||
| 6 | therefor shall be
submitted immediately by the requisitioning | ||||||
| 7 | agent to the executive director and such report and requisition | ||||||
| 8 | shall be submitted to the director of procurement and materials | ||||||
| 9 | management
and shall be open to public inspection for a period | ||||||
| 10 | of at
least one year subsequent to the date of such emergency | ||||||
| 11 | purchase. The
exercise of authority in respect to purchases for | ||||||
| 12 | such bona fide operating
emergencies shall not be dependent | ||||||
| 13 | upon a declaration of emergency by the
board of trustees under | ||||||
| 14 | the first paragraph of this Section.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 95-923, eff. 1-1-09.)
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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