Bill Text: IL HB2424 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that if any contract or amendment to a contract is entered into or purchase or expenditure of funds is made at any time in violation of the Act or other laws, the contract or amendment may be declared void by the chief procurement officer or may be ratified and affirmed, provided the chief procurement officer determines that ratification is in the best interests of the governmental unit. Provides that if a contract is ratified and affirmed, it shall be without prejudice to the governmental unit's right to any appropriate damages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2424 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2424-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 Governmental Joint Purchasing Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 525/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1602)
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7 | Sec. 2. Joint purchasing authority. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Any governmental unit may purchase personal property, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | supplies
and services jointly with one or more other | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | governmental units. All such joint
purchases shall be by | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | competitive solicitation as provided in Section 4 of this Act.
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12 | The provisions of any other acts under which a governmental | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | unit operates which
refer to purchases and procedures in | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | connection therewith shall be superseded
by the provisions of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | this Act when the governmental units are exercising the
joint | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | powers created by this Act.
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17 | (a-5) A chief procurement officer established in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code may authorize the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | purchase of personal property, supplies, and services jointly | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | with a governmental unit or entity of this or another state or | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | with a consortium of governmental entities of one or more other | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | states. Subject to provisions of the joint purchasing | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | solicitation, the appropriate chief procurement officer may |
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1 | designate the resulting contract as available to governmental | ||||||
2 | units in Illinois. | ||||||
3 | (b) Any not-for-profit agency that qualifies under Section | ||||||
4 | 45-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code and that either (1) acts | ||||||
5 | pursuant to a board
established by or controlled by a unit of | ||||||
6 | local government or (2) receives
grant funds from the State or | ||||||
7 | from a unit of local government, shall be
eligible to | ||||||
8 | participate in contracts established by the State. | ||||||
9 | (c) If any contract or amendment to a contract is entered | ||||||
10 | into or purchase or expenditure of funds is made at any time in | ||||||
11 | violation of this Act or any other law, the contract or | ||||||
12 | amendment may be declared void by the chief procurement officer | ||||||
13 | or may be ratified and affirmed, provided the chief procurement | ||||||
14 | officer determines that ratification is in the best interests | ||||||
15 | of the governmental unit. If the contract or amendment is | ||||||
16 | ratified and affirmed, it shall be without prejudice to the | ||||||
17 | governmental unit's rights to any appropriate damages.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 96-584, eff. 1-1-10; 97-895, eff. 8-3-12.)
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