Bill Text: IL HB5216 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that in awarding contracts requiring the procurement of plastic products, preference may be given to an otherwise qualified bidder or offeror who will fulfill the contract through the use of plastic products made from Illinois hemp by-products (currently, corn by-products only).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5216 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5216-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5216 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/45-55
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that in awarding contracts requiring the procurement of plastic products, preference may be given to an otherwise qualified bidder or offeror who will fulfill the contract through the use of plastic products made from Illinois hemp by-products (currently, corn by-products only).
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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 45-55 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/45-55)
Sec. 45-55. Corn-based and hemp-based plastics. In
awarding contracts requiring the procurement of plastic
products, preference may be given to an otherwise qualified
bidder or offeror who will fulfill the contract through the use
of plastic products made from Illinois corn by-products or
Illinois hemp by-products.
(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)