Bill Text: IL HB2873 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that it is unlawful for the Department of Transportation, its employees and its agents to knowingly misrepresent any facts in relation to the submission of plans, maps, specifications, costs of construction, bids, or contracts for any Department project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2873 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2873-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2873 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 5/4-107 new
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that it is unlawful for the Department of Transportation, its employees and its agents to knowingly misrepresent any facts in relation to the submission of plans, maps, specifications, costs of construction, bids, or contracts for any Department project.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
Section 4-107 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/4-107 new)
Sec. 4-107. Misrepresentation. In order to assure high
quality and durable construction in conformity with approved
plans and specifications and a high degree of reliability of
statements and representations made by the Department, it is
unlawful for the Department, its employees and its agents, in
relation to the submission of plans, maps, specifications,
costs of construction, bids, or contracts for any Department
project, to knowingly falsify, distort, or misrepresent any
facts concerning: (1) the character, quality, cost, or quantity
of material already used or to be used; (2) the quality, cost,
or quantity of any work already performed or to be performed;
and (3) any other related costs.