Bill Text: IL HB4875 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Executive Ethics Commission, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall approve a chief procurement officer for procurements for farm and agricultural land made by the Department of Natural Resources after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-02-06 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4875 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4875-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4875 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/1-15.15
30 ILCS 500/10-20
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Executive Ethics Commission, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall approve a chief procurement officer for procurements for farm and agricultural land made by the Department of Natural Resources after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Sections 1-15.15 and 10-20 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/1-15.15)
Sec. 1-15.15. Chief Procurement Officer. "Chief
Procurement Officer" means any of the 5 4 persons appointed or
approved by a majority of the members of the Executive Ethics
Commission:
(1) for procurements for (i) construction and
construction-related services committed by law to the
jurisdiction or responsibility of the Capital Development
Board or (ii) construction-related services committed by
law to the jurisdiction or responsibility of the
Department of Central Management Services under Section
405-217 of the Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and other
related provisions of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly, the independent chief procurement
officer appointed by a majority of the members of the
Executive Ethics Commission; .
(2) for procurements for all construction,

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construction-related services, operation of any facility,
and the provision of any construction or
construction-related service or activity committed by law
to the jurisdiction or responsibility of the Illinois
Department of Transportation, including the direct or
reimbursable expenditure of all federal funds for which
the Department of Transportation is responsible or
accountable for the use thereof in accordance with federal
law, regulation, or procedure, the independent chief
procurement officer appointed by the Secretary of
Transportation with the consent of the majority of the
members of the Executive Ethics Commission; .
(3) for all procurements made by a public institution
of higher education, the independent chief procurement
officer appointed by a majority of the members of the
Executive Ethics Commission; .
(4) (Blank); .
(5) for all other procurements, the independent chief
procurement officer appointed by a majority of the members
of the Executive Ethics Commission; .
(6) for procurements for all farm and agricultural
land made by the Department of Natural Resources, the
independent chief procurement officer appointed by the
Director of Natural Resources with the consent of the
majority of the members of the Executive Ethics
Commission.

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(Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)
(30 ILCS 500/10-20)
Sec. 10-20. Independent chief procurement officers.
(a) Appointment. Within 60 calendar days after July 1,
2010 (the effective date of Public Act 96-795), the Executive
Ethics Commission, with the advice and consent of the Senate
shall appoint or approve 5 4 chief procurement officers, one
for each of the following categories:
(1) for procurements for (i) construction and
construction-related services committed by law to the
jurisdiction or responsibility of the Capital Development
Board or (ii) construction-related services committed by
law to the jurisdiction or responsibility of the
Department for Central Management Services under Section
405-217 of the Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and other
related provisions of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly;
(2) for procurements for all construction,
construction-related services, operation of any facility,
and the provision of any service or activity committed by
law to the jurisdiction or responsibility of the Illinois
Department of Transportation, including the direct or
reimbursable expenditure of all federal funds for which
the Department of Transportation is responsible or

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accountable for the use thereof in accordance with federal
law, regulation, or procedure, the chief procurement
officer recommended for approval under this item appointed
by the Secretary of Transportation after consent by the
Executive Ethics Commission;
(3) for all procurements made by a public institution
of higher education; and
(4) for all other procurement needs of State agencies;
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(5) within 60 calendar days after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
Executive Ethics Commission, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, shall approve a chief procurement officer
for procurements for all farm and agricultural land made
by the Department of Natural Resources after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
For fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the Executive
Ethics Commission shall set aside from its appropriation those
amounts necessary for the use of the 4 chief procurement
officers for the ordinary and contingent expenses of their
respective procurement offices. From the amounts set aside by
the Commission, each chief procurement officer shall control
the internal operations of his or her procurement office and
shall procure the necessary equipment, materials, and services
to perform the duties of that office, including hiring
necessary procurement personnel, legal advisors, and other

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employees, and may establish, in the exercise of the chief
procurement officer's discretion, the compensation of the
office's employees, which includes the State purchasing
officers and any legal advisors. The Executive Ethics
Commission shall have no control over the employees of the
chief procurement officers. The Executive Ethics Commission
shall provide administrative support services, including
payroll, for each procurement office.
(b) Terms and independence. Each chief procurement officer
appointed under this Section shall serve for a term of 5 years
beginning on the date of the officer's appointment. The chief
procurement officer may be removed for cause after a hearing
by the Executive Ethics Commission. The Governor or the
director of a State agency directly responsible to the
Governor may institute a complaint against the officer by
filing such complaint with the Commission. The Commission
shall have a hearing based on the complaint. The officer and
the complainant shall receive reasonable notice of the hearing
and shall be permitted to present their respective arguments
on the complaint. After the hearing, the Commission shall make
a finding on the complaint and may take disciplinary action,
including, but not limited to, removal of the officer.
The salary of a chief procurement officer shall be
established by the Executive Ethics Commission and may not be
diminished during the officer's term. The salary may not
exceed the salary of the director of a State agency for which

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the officer serves as chief procurement officer.
(c) Qualifications. In addition to any other requirement
or qualification required by State law, each chief procurement
officer must within 12 months of employment be a Certified
Professional Public Buyer or a Certified Public Purchasing
Officer, pursuant to certification by the Universal Public
Purchasing Certification Council, and must reside in Illinois.
(d) Fiduciary duty. Each chief procurement officer owes a
fiduciary duty to the State.
(e) Vacancy. In case of a vacancy in one or more of the
offices of a chief procurement officer under this Section
during the recess of the Senate, the Executive Ethics
Commission shall make a temporary appointment until the next
meeting of the Senate, when the Executive Ethics Commission
shall nominate some person to fill the office, and any person
so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office
during the remainder of the term and until his or her successor
is appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at
the time Public Act 96-920 takes effect, the Executive Ethics
Commission shall make a temporary appointment as in the case
of a vacancy.
(f) (Blank).
(g) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-588, eff. 6-5-24;
103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-865, eff. 1-1-25; 104-2, eff.
6-16-25.)