Bill Text: IL HB2681 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act. Provides that a political subdivision may waive the public hearing, evaluation procedure, and selection procedure for the selection of architectural, engineering, or land surveying services in an emergency situation for a project that is expected to cost less than $50,000 (currently, $25,000). Provides that this amount shall be increased annually by a percentage equal to the annual unadjusted percentage increase, if any, as determined by the consumer price index-u.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2681 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2681-Introduced.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 Local Government Professional Services | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Selection Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 510/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 6408)
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7 | Sec. 8. Waiver of competition. A political subdivision may | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | waive the
requirements of Sections 4, 5, and 6 if it | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | determines, by resolution, that an
emergency situation exists | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and a firm must be selected in an expeditious
manner, or the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | cost of architectural, engineering, and land surveying
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12 | services for the project is expected to
be less than $50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | $25,000 . This amount shall be increased annually by a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | percentage equal to the annual unadjusted percentage increase, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | if any, as determined by the consumer price index-u.
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16 | For purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u" | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the United States Department of Labor that measures the average | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84=100. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 87-1034.)
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