Bill Text: IL HB2859 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, when a contract entered into by any State agency (currently, the Department of Transportation only) provides for mobilization payments and the contractor is using the services of a subcontractor, the subcontract shall include terms requiring mobilization payments be made to the subcontractor. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2859 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2859-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2859 Introduced , by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/30-50
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, when a contract entered into by any State agency (currently, the Department of Transportation only) provides for mobilization payments and the contractor is using the services of a subcontractor, the subcontract shall include terms requiring mobilization payments be made to the subcontractor. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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 30-50 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/30-50)
Sec. 30-50. Mobilization payments.
(a) As used in this Section, "mobilization payment" means
an advance payment for the preparatory work and operations
necessary for the movement of personnel, equipment, supplies,
and incidentals to a project site and for all other work or
operations that must be performed or costs incurred when
beginning work on a project.
(b) When a contract under this Code entered into by any
State agency the Department of Transportation provides for
mobilization payments and the contractor is using the services
of a subcontractor, the subcontract shall include terms
requiring mobilization payments be made to the subcontractor.
Mobilization payments to a subcontractor shall be made on a
tiered system based on the initial value of the subcontract:
Subcontract value Mobilization percentage
Less than $10,000 25%
$10,000-$19,999 20%

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$20,000-$39,999 18%
$40,000-$59,999 16%
$60,000-$79,999 14%
$80,000-$99,999 12%
$100,000-$249,999 10%
$250,000-$499,999 9%
$500,000-$750,000 8%
Over $750,000 7%
(c) (Blank). This Section only applies to contracts entered
into by the Department of Transportation.
(Source: P.A. 100-333, eff. 1-1-18.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.