Bill Text: IL SB0640 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that no procurement contract for the construction, alteration, operation, repair, maintenance, or improvement of any mass transit facility, or equipment thereof, in excess of $1,000,000 shall be awarded to or executed with any vendor that receives support from a nonmarket economy country, as defined under specified federal law. Provides that nothing in the provisions is intended to contravene any existing treaties, laws, trade agreements, or regulations of the United States or subsequent trade agreements entered into between any foreign countries and the State or the United States.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0163 [SB0640 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0640-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0163
SB0640 Enrolled LRB102 15267 RJF 20622 b
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
adding Section 30-55 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/30-55 new)
Sec. 30-55. Construction contracts involving nonmarket
economy countries.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
no procurement contract for the construction, alteration,
operation, repair, maintenance, or improvement of any mass
transit facility, or equipment thereof, in excess of
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to or executed with any vendor
that receives support from a nonmarket economy country as
defined in section 7781(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1677 (18)) and was identified by the United States
Trade Representative in the most recent report required by
section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a
priority foreign country, and is subject to monitoring by the
United States Trade Representative under section 306 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).
(b) Nothing in this Section is intended to contravene any
existing treaties, laws, trade agreements, or regulations of

the United States or subsequent trade agreements entered into
between any foreign countries and the State or the United
States.