Bill Text: IL HB3029 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to contracts for participation in domestic and international trade shows and exhibitions selected by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3029 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3029-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3029 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/1-10
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to contracts for participation in domestic and international trade shows and exhibitions selected by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Effective immediately.
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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 1-10 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/1-10)
Sec. 1-10. Application.
(a) This Code applies only to procurements for which
bidders, offerors, potential contractors, or contractors were
first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This Code shall not
be construed to affect or impair any contract, or any provision
of a contract, entered into based on a solicitation prior to
the implementation date of this Code as described in Article
99, including but not limited to any covenant entered into with
respect to any revenue bonds or similar instruments. All
procurements for which contracts are solicited between the
effective date of Articles 50 and 99 and July 1, 1998 shall be
substantially in accordance with this Code and its intent.
(b) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of the
funds with which the contracts are paid, including federal
assistance moneys. This Code shall not apply to:
(1) Contracts between the State and its political
subdivisions or other governments, or between State

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governmental bodies except as specifically provided in
this Code.
(2) Grants, except for the filing requirements of
Section 20-80.
(3) Purchase of care.
(4) Hiring of an individual as employee and not as an
independent contractor, whether pursuant to an employment
code or policy or by contract directly with that
individual.
(5) Collective bargaining contracts.
(6) Purchase of real estate, except that notice of this
type of contract with a value of more than $25,000 must be
published in the Procurement Bulletin within 10 calendar
days after the deed is recorded in the county of
jurisdiction. The notice shall identify the real estate
purchased, the names of all parties to the contract, the
value of the contract, and the effective date of the
contract.
(7) Contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated
litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations,
provided that the chief legal counsel to the Governor shall
give his or her prior approval when the procuring agency is
one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor, and
provided that the chief legal counsel of any other
procuring entity subject to this Code shall give his or her
prior approval when the procuring entity is not one subject

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to the jurisdiction of the Governor.
(8) Contracts for services to Northern Illinois
University by a person, acting as an independent
contractor, who is qualified by education, experience, and
technical ability and is selected by negotiation for the
purpose of providing non-credit educational service
activities or products by means of specialized programs
offered by the university.
(9) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois
Conservation Foundation when only private funds are used.
(10) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois Health
Information Exchange Authority involving private funds
from the Health Information Exchange Fund. "Private funds"
means gifts, donations, and private grants.
(11) Public-private agreements entered into according
to the procurement requirements of Section 20 of the
Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act and
design-build agreements entered into according to the
procurement requirements of Section 25 of the
Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act.
(12) Contracts for legal, financial, and other
professional and artistic services entered into on or
before December 31, 2018 by the Illinois Finance Authority
in which the State of Illinois is not obligated. Such
contracts shall be awarded through a competitive process
authorized by the Board of the Illinois Finance Authority

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and are subject to Sections 5-30, 20-160, 50-13, 50-20,
50-35, and 50-37 of this Code, as well as the final
approval by the Board of the Illinois Finance Authority of
the terms of the contract.
(13) The provisions of this paragraph (13), other than
this sentence, are inoperative on and after January 1, 2019
or 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 99th General Assembly, whichever is later. Contracts
for services, commodities, and equipment to support the
delivery of timely forensic science services in
consultation with and subject to the approval of the Chief
Procurement Officer as provided in subsection (d) of
Section 5-4-3a of the Unified Code of Corrections, except
for the requirements of Sections 20-60, 20-65, 20-70, and
20-160 and Article 50 of this Code; however, the Chief
Procurement Officer may, in writing with justification,
waive any certification required under Article 50 of this
Code. For any contracts for services which are currently
provided by members of a collective bargaining agreement,
the applicable terms of the collective bargaining
agreement concerning subcontracting shall be followed.
(14) Contracts for participation in domestic and
international trade shows and exhibitions selected by the
Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts
entered into under item (12) of this subsection (b) shall be

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published in the Procurement Bulletin within 14 calendar days
after contract execution. The chief procurement officer shall
prescribe the form and content of the notice. The Illinois
Finance Authority shall provide the chief procurement officer,
on a monthly basis, in the form and content prescribed by the
chief procurement officer, a report of contracts that are
related to the procurement of goods and services identified in
item (12) of this subsection (b). At a minimum, this report
shall include the name of the contractor, a description of the
supply or service provided, the total amount of the contract,
the term of the contract, and the exception to the Code
utilized. A copy of each of these contracts shall be made
available to the chief procurement officer immediately upon
request. The chief procurement officer shall submit a report to
the Governor and General Assembly no later than November 1 of
each year that shall include, at a minimum, an annual summary
of the monthly information reported to the chief procurement
officer.
(c) This Code does not apply to the electric power
procurement process provided for under Section 1-75 of the
Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public
Utilities Act.
(d) Except for Section 20-160 and Article 50 of this Code,
and as expressly required by Section 9.1 of the Illinois
Lottery Law, the provisions of this Code do not apply to the
procurement process provided for under Section 9.1 of the

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Illinois Lottery Law.
(e) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
Capital Development Board to retain a person or entity to
assist the Capital Development Board with its duties related to
the determination of costs of a clean coal SNG brownfield
facility, as defined by Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power
Agency Act, as required in subsection (h-3) of Section 9-220 of
the Public Utilities Act, including calculating the range of
capital costs, the range of operating and maintenance costs, or
the sequestration costs or monitoring the construction of clean
coal SNG brownfield facility for the full duration of
construction.
(f) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
Illinois Power Agency to retain a mediator to mediate sourcing
agreement disputes between gas utilities and the clean coal SNG
brownfield facility, as defined in Section 1-10 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act, as required under subsection (h-1) of Section
9-220 of the Public Utilities Act.
(g) This Code does not apply to the processes used by the
Illinois Power Agency to retain a mediator to mediate contract
disputes between gas utilities and the clean coal SNG facility
and to retain an expert to assist in the review of contracts
under subsection (h) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities
Act. This Code does not apply to the process used by the
Illinois Commerce Commission to retain an expert to assist in
determining the actual incurred costs of the clean coal SNG

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facility and the reasonableness of those costs as required
under subsection (h) of Section 9-220 of the Public Utilities
Act.
(h) This Code does not apply to the process to procure or
contracts entered into in accordance with Sections 11-5.2 and
11-5.3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
(i) Each chief procurement officer may access records
necessary to review whether a contract, purchase, or other
expenditure is or is not subject to the provisions of this
Code, unless such records would be subject to attorney-client
privilege.
(j) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
Capital Development Board to retain an artist or work or works
of art as required in Section 14 of the Capital Development
Board Act.
(k) This Code does not apply to the process to procure
contracts, or contracts entered into, by the State Board of
Elections or the State Electoral Board for hearing officers
appointed pursuant to the Election Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-90, eff. 7-15-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13;
98-572, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1076, eff.
1-1-15; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.