Bill Text: IL HB4774 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. In provisions regarding determination of the lowest responsible bidder in purchases by a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants for services, materials, and equipment, a local company that bids within 5% to 10% of the lowest bid, if that lowest bid is made by a non-local company, is the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that if more than one local company's bid is within 5% to 10% of the lowest bid made by a non-local company, the county board shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder among the local company bids. Defines "local company" as a company or business entity located within the contracting county or any contiguous county in the State that has the majority of its regular, full-time workforce located within the contracting county or contiguous county. Amends the Township Code. Makes similar changes in provisions concerning construction contracts and contracts for services, materials, equipment, or supplies. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes similar changes in provisions concerning purchasing and public works contracts in municipalities of less than 500,000.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-27 - Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 042-046-008 [HB4774 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4774-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
55-1022 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1022) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022)
7 Sec. 5-1022. Competitive bids.
8 (a) Any purchase by a county with fewer than 2,000,000
9inhabitants of services, materials, equipment or supplies in
10excess of $30,000, other than professional services, shall be
11contracted for in one of the following ways:
12 (1) by a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
13 after advertising for bids in a newspaper published within
14 the county or, if no newspaper is published within the
15 county, then a newspaper having general circulation within
16 the county; or
17 (2) by a contract let without advertising for bids in
18 the case of an emergency if authorized by the county board.
19 (b) In determining the lowest responsible bidder, the
20county board shall take into consideration the qualities of the
21articles supplied; their conformity with the specifications;
22their suitability to the requirements of the county,
23availability of support services; uniqueness of the service,

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1materials, equipment, or supplies as it applies to networked,
2integrated computer systems; compatibility to existing
3equipment; and the delivery terms. The county board also may
4take into consideration whether a bidder is a private
5enterprise or a State-controlled enterprise and,
6notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or a lower
7bid by a State-controlled enterprise, may let a contract to the
8lowest responsible bidder that is a private enterprise.
9 (b-5) This subsection does not apply to contracts for
10construction.
11 In determining the lowest responsible bidder, a local
12company that bids no more than 10% higher than the lowest bid,
13if that lowest bid is made by a non-local company, is the
14lowest responsible bidder. If more than one local company's bid
15is no more than 10% higher than the lowest bid made by a
16non-local company, the county board shall follow subsection (b)
17in determining the lowest responsible bidder among the local
18company bids.
19 As used in this subsection:
20 "Local company" means a company or business entity located
21within the contracting county or any contiguous county in the
22State that has the majority of its regular, full-time workforce
23located within the contracting county or contiguous county.
24 "Construction" includes, but is not limited to, all work on
25public works involving laborers, workers, or mechanics,
26including maintenance, repair, assembly, or disassembly work

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1performed on equipment whether owned, leased, or rented.
2 (c) This Section does not apply to contracts by a county
3with the federal government or to purchases of used equipment,
4purchases at auction or similar transactions which by their
5very nature are not suitable to competitive bids, pursuant to
6an ordinance adopted by the county board.
7 (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a
8county may let without advertising for bids in the case of
9purchases and contracts, when individual orders do not exceed
10$35,000, for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or
11installation of data processing equipment, software, or
12services and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment,
13software, and services.
14 (e) A county may require, as a condition of any contract
15for goods and services, that persons awarded a contract with
16the county and all affiliates of the person collect and remit
17Illinois Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property
18into the State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of
19the Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or
20affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business within
21this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. For
22purposes of this subsection (e), the term "affiliate" means any
23entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively
24controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or
25constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject
26to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this

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1subsection (e), an entity controls another entity if it owns,
2directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting
3securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (e), the
4term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon
5the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the
6board of directors or similar governing body of the business or
7(2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive upon
8its exercise, a security that confers such a right to vote. A
9general partnership interest is a voting security.
10 (f) Bids submitted to, and contracts executed by, the
11county may require a certification by the bidder or contractor
12that the bidder or contractor is not barred from bidding for or
13entering into a contract under this Section and that the bidder
14or contractor acknowledges that the county may declare the
15contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this
16subsection (f) is false.
17(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-170, eff. 1-1-10.)
18 Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
19Sections 85-30 as follows:
20 (60 ILCS 1/85-30)
21 Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids.
22 (a) Any purchase by a township for services, materials,
23equipment, or supplies in excess of $20,000 (other than
24professional services) shall be contracted for in one of the

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1following ways:
2 (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
3 after advertising for bids at least once (i) in a newspaper
4 published within the township, or (ii) if no newspaper is
5 published within the township, then in one published within
6 the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is published within
7 the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation
8 within the township.
9 (2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in
10 the case of an emergency if authorized by the township
11 board.
12 (b) This subsection does not apply to contracts for
13construction.
14 If a contract is let under item (1) of subsection (a), in
15determining the lowest responsible bidder, a local company that
16bids no more than 10% higher than the lowest bid, if that
17lowest bid is made by a non-local company, is the lowest
18responsible bidder. If more than one local company's bid is no
19more than 10% higher than the lowest bid made by a non-local
20company, the township board shall award the contract to the
21lowest responsible bidder among the local company bids.
22 As used in this subsection:
23 "Local company" means a company or business entity located
24within the contracting township or the county or counties in
25which the township is located in the State that has the
26majority of its regular, full-time workforce located within the

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1contracting township or the county or counties in which the
2township is located.
3 "Construction" includes, but is not limited to, all work on
4public works involving laborers, workers, or mechanics,
5including maintenance, repair, assembly, or disassembly work
6performed on equipment whether owned, leased, or rented.
7 (c) This Section does not apply to contracts by a township
8with the federal government.
9(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)
10 Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
11changing Section 8-9-1 as follows:
12 (65 ILCS 5/8-9-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-9-1)
13 Sec. 8-9-1. (a) In municipalities of less than 500,000
14except as otherwise provided in Articles 4 and 5 any work or
15other public improvement which is not to be paid for in whole
16or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the
17expense thereof will exceed $25,000, shall be constructed
18either (1) by a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
19after advertising for bids, in the manner prescribed by
20ordinance, except that any such contract may be entered into by
21the proper officers without advertising for bids, if authorized
22by a vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen or trustees then
23holding office; or (2) in the following manner, if authorized
24by a vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen or trustees then

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1holding office, to-wit: the commissioner of public works or
2other proper officers to be designated by ordinance, shall
3superintend and cause to be carried out the construction of the
4work or other public improvement and shall employ exclusively
5for the performance of all manual labor thereon, laborers and
6artisans whom the municipality shall pay by the day or hour;
7and all material of the value of $25,000 and upward used in the
8construction of the work or other public improvement, shall be
9purchased by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder in
10the manner to be prescribed by ordinance. However, nothing
11contained in this section shall apply to any contract by a
12city, village or incorporated town with the federal government
13or any agency thereof.
14 (b) This subsection does not apply to contracts for
15construction.
16 When entering into a contract let to the lowest responsible
17bidder after advertising for bids under this Section, in
18determining the lowest responsible bidder, a local company that
19bids no more than 10% higher than the lowest bid, if that
20lowest bid is made by a non-local company, is the lowest
21responsible bidder. If more than one local company's bid is no
22more than 10% higher than the lowest bid made by a non-local
23company, the corporate authorities of the municipality shall
24award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder among the
25local company bids.
26 As used in this subsection:

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1 "Local company" means a company or business entity located
2within the contracting municipality or the county or counties
3in which the municipality is located in the State that has the
4majority of its regular, full-time workforce located within the
5contracting municipality or the county or counties in which the
6municipality is located.
7 "Construction" includes, but is not limited to, all work on
8public works involving laborers, workers or mechanics,
9including maintenance, repair, assembly, or disassembly work
10performed on equipment whether owned, leased, or rented.
11 (c) In every city which has adopted Division 1 of Article
1210, every such laborer or artisan shall be certified by the
13civil service commission to the commissioner of public works or
14other proper officers, in accordance with the requirement of
15that division.
16 (d) In municipalities of 500,000 or more population the
17letting of contracts for work or other public improvements of
18the character described in this section shall be governed by
19the provisions of Division 10 of this Article 8.
20(Source: P.A. 100-338, eff. 8-25-17.)
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