Bill Text: IL HB5879 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that all contracts for work other than professional services, to be done by a conservancy district, the expense of which will exceed $10,000 (rather than $2,500), shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after notice by publication.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5879 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5879-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5879 Introduced , by Rep. Michael Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 2105/16 from Ch. 42, par. 399
Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that all contracts for work other than professional services, to be done by a conservancy district, the expense of which will exceed $10,000 (rather than $2,500), shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after notice by publication.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended
by changing Section 16 as follows:
(70 ILCS 2105/16) (from Ch. 42, par. 399)
Sec. 16. All contracts for work other than professional
services, to be done by such conservancy district, the expense
of which will exceed $10,000 $2500, shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder therefor upon not less than thirty days'
public notice of the terms and conditions upon which the
contract is to be let, having been given by publication in a
newspaper of general circulation published in said district,
and the said board shall have the power and authority to reject
any and all bids, and readvertise.
And in all other respects such contract shall be entered
into and the performance thereof controlled by the provisions
of an Act entitled "An Act concerning local improvements,"
approved June 14, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, and amendments
thereto as nearly as may be; provided, that contracts may be
let for making proper and suitable connections between the
mains and outlets of the respective sewers in said district,
with any conduits, main pipe or pipes that may be constructed

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by such conservancy district.
(Source: P.A. 82-356.)