Bill Text: IL HB1978 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning felons.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1978 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1978-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1978 Introduced , by Rep. Frank J. Mautino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/50-10
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning felons.
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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 50-10 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/50-10)
Sec. 50-10. Felons.
(a) Unless otherwise provided, no person or business
convicted of a felony shall do business with the the State of
Illinois or any State agency, or enter into a subcontract, from
the date of conviction until 5 years after the date of
completion of the sentence for that felony, unless no person
held responsible by a prosecutorial office for the facts upon
which the conviction was based continues to have any
involvement with the business.
(b) Every bid submitted to and contract executed by the
State and every subcontract subject to Section 20-120 of this
Code shall contain a certification by the bidder or contractor
or subcontractor, respectively, that the bidder, contractor,
or subcontractor is not barred from being awarded a contract or
subcontract under this Section and acknowledges that the chief
procurement officer may declare the related contract void if
any of the certifications required by this Section are false.

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(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793
for the effective date of changes made by P.A. 96-795).)