Bill Text: IL SB3215 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Creates a partial exemption for persons having specialized training in information technology deployment and support.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0899 [SB3215 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3215-Enrolled.html

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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. If and only if Senate Bill 28 (as enrolled) of
the 96th General Assembly becomes law, the Metropolitan Pier
and Exposition Authority Act is amended by changing Sections
5.4, 5.6, 14.2, 14.5, and 25.4 as follows:
(70 ILCS 210/5.4)
Sec. 5.4. Exhibitor rights and work rule reforms.
(a) Legislative findings.
(1) The Authority is a political subdivision of the
State of Illinois subject to the plenary authority of the
General Assembly and was created for the benefit of the
general public to promote business, industry, commerce,
and tourism within the City of Chicago and the State of
Illinois.
(2) The Authority owns and operates McCormick Place and
Navy Pier, which have collectively 2.8 million square feet
of exhibit hall space, 700,000 square feet of meeting room
space.
(3) The Authority is a vital economic engine that
annually generates 65,000 jobs and $8 billion of economic

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activity for the State of Illinois through the trade shows,
conventions, and other meetings held and attended at
McCormick Place and Navy Pier.
(4) The Authority supports the operation of McCormick
Place and Navy Pier through not only fees on the rental of
exhibit and meeting room space, electrical and utility
service, food and beverage services, and parking, but also
hotel room rates paid by persons staying at the
Authority-owned hotel.
(5) The Authority has a compelling and proprietary
interest in the success, competitiveness, and continued
viability of McCormick Place and Navy Pier as the owner and
operator of the convention facilities and its obligation to
ensure that these facilities produce sufficient operating
revenues.
(6) The Authority's convention facilities were
constructed and renovated through the issuance of public
bonds that are directly repaid by State hotel, auto rental,
food and beverage, and airport and departure taxes paid
principally by persons who attend, work at, exhibit, and
provide goods and services to conventions, shows,
exhibitions, and meetings at McCormick Place and Navy Pier.
(7) State law also dedicates State occupation and use
tax revenues to fulfill debt service obligations on these
bonds should State hotel, auto rental, food and beverage,
and airport and departure taxes fail to generate sufficient

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revenue.
(8) Through fiscal year 2010, $55 million in State
occupation and use taxes will have been allocated to make
debt service payments on the Authority's bonds due to
shortfalls in State hotel, auto rental, food and beverage,
and airport and departure taxes. These shortfalls are
expected to continue in future fiscal years and would
require the annual dedication of approximately $40 million
in State occupation and use taxes to fulfill debt service
payments.
(9) In 2009, managers of the International Plastics
Showcase announced that 2009 was the last year they would
host their exhibition at McCormick Place, as they had since
1971, because union labor work rules and electric and food
service costs make it uneconomical for the show managers
and exhibitors to use McCormick Place as a convention venue
as compared to convention facilities in Orlando, Florida
and Las Vegas, Nevada. The exhibition used over 740,000
square feet of exhibit space, attracted over 43,000
attendees, generated $4.8 million of revenues to McCormick
Place, and raised over $200,000 in taxes to pay debt
service on convention facility bonds.
(10) After the International Plastics Showcase
exhibition announced its departure, other conventions and
exhibitions managers and exhibitors also stated that they
would not return to McCormick Place and Navy Pier for the

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same reasons cited by the International Plastics Showcase
exhibition. In addition, still other managers and
exhibitors stated that they would not select McCormick
Place as a convention venue unless the union labor work
rules and electrical and food service costs were made
competitive with those in Orlando and Las Vegas.
(11) The General Assembly created the Joint Committee
on the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to
conduct hearings and obtain facts to determine how union
labor work rules and electrical and food service costs make
McCormick Place and Navy Pier uneconomical as a convention
venue.
(12) Witness testimony and fact-gathering revealed
that while the skilled labor provided by trade unions at
McCormick Place and Navy Pier is second to none and is
actually "exported" to work on conventions and exhibitions
held in Orlando and Las Vegas, restrictive work rules on
the activities show exhibitors may perform present
exhibitors and show managers with an uninviting atmosphere
and result in significantly higher costs than competing
convention facilities.
(13) Witness testimony and fact-gathering also
revealed that the mark-up on electrical and food service
imposed by the Authority to generate operating revenue for
McCormick Place and Navy Pier also substantially increased
exhibitor and show organizer costs to the point of excess

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when compared to competing convention facilities.
(14) Witness testimony and fact-gathering further
revealed that the additional departure of conventions,
exhibitions, and trade shows from Authority facilities
threatens the continued economic viability of these
facilities and the stability of sufficient tax revenues
necessary to support debt service.
(15) In order to safeguard the Authority's and State of
Illinois' shared compelling and proprietary interests in
McCormick Place and Navy Pier and in response to local
economic needs, the provisions contained in this Section
set forth mandated changes and reforms to restore and
ensure that (i) the Authority's facilities remain
economically competitive with other convention venues and
(ii) conventions, exhibitions, trade shows, and other
meetings are attracted to and retained at Authority
facilities by producing an exhibitor-friendly environment
and by reducing costs for exhibitors and show managers.
(16) The provisions set forth in this Section are
reasonable, necessary, and narrowly tailored to safeguard
the Authority's and State of Illinois' shared and
compelling proprietary interests and respond to local
economic needs as compared to the available alternative set
forth in House Bill 4900 of the 96th General Assembly and
proposals submitted to the Joint Committee on the
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. Action by the

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State offers the only comprehensive means to remedy the
circumstances set forth in these findings, despite the
concerted and laudable voluntary efforts of the Authority,
labor unions, show contractors, show managers, and
exhibitors.
(b) Definitions. As used in this Section:
"Booth" means the demarcated exhibit space of an
exhibitor on Authority premises.
"Contractor" or "show contractor" means any person who
contracts with the Authority, an exhibitor, or with the
manager of a show to provide any services related to
drayage, rigging, carpentry, decorating, electrical,
maintenance, mechanical, and food and beverage services or
related trades and duties for shows on Authority premises.
"Exhibitor" or "show exhibitor" means any person who
contracts with the Authority or with a manager or
contractor of a show held or to be held on Authority
premises.
"Exhibitor employee" means any person who has been
employed by the exhibitor as a full-time employee for a
minimum of 6 months before the show's opening date.
"Hand tools" means cordless tools, power tools, and
other tools as determined by the Authority.
"Licensee" means any entity that uses the Authority's
premises.

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"Manager" or "show manager" means any person that owns
or manages a show held or to be held on Authority premises.
"Personally owned vehicles" means the vehicles owned
by show exhibitors or the show management, excluding
commercially registered trucks, vans, and other vehicles
as determined by the Authority.
"Premises" means grounds, buildings, and facilities of
the Authority.
"Show" means a convention, exposition, trade show,
event, or meeting held on Authority premises by a show
manager or show contractor on behalf of a show manager.
"Union employees" means workers represented by a labor
organization, as defined in the National Labor Relations
Act, providing skilled labor services to exhibitors, a show
manager, or a show contractor on Authority premises.
(c) Exhibitor rights.
In order to control costs, increase the
competitiveness, and promote and provide for the economic
stability of Authority premises, all Authority contracts
with exhibitors, contractors, and managers shall include
the following minimum terms and conditions:
(1) Consistent with safety and the skills and training
necessary to perform the task, as determined by the
Authority, an exhibitor and exhibitor employees are
permitted in a booth of any size with the use of the

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exhibitor's ladders and hand tools to:
(i) set-up and dismantle exhibits displayed on
Authority premises;
(ii) assemble and disassemble materials,
machinery, or equipment on Authority premises; and
(iii) install all signs, graphics, props,
balloons, other decorative items, and the exhibitor's
own drapery, including the skirting of exhibitor
tables, on the Authority's premises.
(2) An exhibitor and exhibitor employees are permitted
in a booth of any size to deliver, set-up, plug in,
interconnect, and operate an exhibitor's electrical
equipment, computers, audio-visual devices, and other
equipment.
(3) An exhibitor and exhibitor employees are permitted
in a booth of any size to skid, position, and re-skid all
exhibitor material, machinery, and equipment on Authority
premises.
(4) An exhibitor and exhibitor employees are
prohibited at any time from using scooters, forklifts,
pallet jacks, condors, scissors lifts, motorized dollies,
or similar motorized or hydraulic equipment on Authority
premises.
(5) The Authority shall designate areas, in its
discretion, where exhibitors may unload and load exhibitor
materials from privately owned vehicles at Authority

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premises with the use of non-motorized hand trucks and
dollies.
(6) On Monday through Friday for any consecutive 8-hour
period during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., union
employees on Authority premises shall be paid
straight-time hourly wages plus fringe benefits. Union
employees shall be paid straight-time and a half hourly
wages plus fringe benefits for labor services provided
after any consecutive 8-hour period; provided, however,
that between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. union
employees shall be paid double straight-time wages plus
fringe benefits for labor services.
(7) On Monday through Friday for any consecutive 8-hour
period during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., a show
manager or contractor shall charge an exhibitor only for
labor services provided by union employees on Authority
premises based on straight-time hourly wages plus fringe
benefits along with a reasonable mark-up. After any
consecutive 8-hour period, a show manager or contractor
shall charge an exhibitor only for labor services provided
by union employees based on straight-time and a half hourly
wages plus fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up;
provided, however, that between the hours of midnight and
6:00 a.m. a show manager or contractor shall charge an
exhibitor only for labor services provided by union
employees based on double straight-time wages plus fringe

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benefits along with a reasonable mark-up.
(8) On Saturdays for any consecutive 8-hour period,
union employees on Authority premises shall be paid
straight-time and a half hourly wages plus fringe benefits.
After any consecutive 8-hour period, union employees on
Authority premises shall be paid double straight-time
hourly wages plus fringe benefits; provided, however, that
between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. union employees
shall be paid double straight-time wages plus fringe
benefits for labor services.
(9) On Saturdays for any consecutive 8-hour period, a
show manager or contractor shall charge an exhibitor only
for labor services provided by union employees on Authority
premises based on straight-time and a half hourly wages
plus fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up. After
any consecutive 8-hour period, a show manager or contractor
shall charge an exhibitor only for labor services provided
by union employees based on double straight-time hourly
wages plus fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up;
provided, however, that between the hours of midnight and
6:00 a.m. a show manager or contractor shall charge an
exhibitor only for labor services provided by union
employees based on double straight-time wages plus fringe
benefits along with a reasonable mark-up.
(10) On Sundays and on State and federal holidays,
union employees on Authority premises shall be paid double

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straight-time hourly wages plus fringe benefits.
(11) On Sundays and on State and federal holidays, a
show manager or contractor shall charge an exhibitor only
for labor services provided by union employees on Authority
premises based on double straight-time hourly wages plus
fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up.
(12) The Authority has the power to determine, after
consultation with the Advisory Council, the work
jurisdiction and scope of work of union employees on
Authority premises during the move-in, move-out, and run of
a show, provided that any affected labor organization may
contest the Authority's determination through a binding
decision of an independent, third-party arbitrator. When
making the determination, the Authority or arbitrator, as
the case may be, shall consider the training and skills
required to perform the task, past practices on Authority
premises, safety, and the need for efficiency and exhibitor
satisfaction. These factors shall be considered in their
totality and not in isolation. Nothing in this item permits
the Authority to eliminate any labor organization
representing union employees that provide labor services
on the move-in, move-out, and run of the show as of the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly.
(13) During the run of a show, all stewards of union
employees shall be working stewards. Subject to the

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discretion of the Authority, no more than one working
steward per labor organization representing union
employees providing labor services on Authority premises
shall be used per building and per show.
(14) An exhibitor or show manager may request by name
specific union employees to provide labor services on
Authority premises consistent with all State and federal
laws. Union employees requested by an exhibitor shall take
priority over union employees requested by a show manager.
(15) A show manager or show contractor on behalf of a
show manager may retain an electrical contractor approved
by the Authority or Authority-provisioned electrical
services to provide electrical services on the premises. If
a show manager or show contractor on behalf of a show
manager retains Authority-provisioned electrical services,
then the Authority shall offer these services at a rate not
to exceed the cost of providing those services.
(16) Crew sizes for any task or operation shall not
exceed 2 persons unless, after consultation with the
Advisory Council, the Authority determines otherwise based
on the task, skills, and training required to perform the
task and on safety.
(17) An exhibitor may bring food and beverages on the
premises of the Authority for personal consumption.
(18) Show managers and contractors shall comply with
any audit performed under subsection (e) of this Section.

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(19) A show manager or contractor shall charge an
exhibitor only for labor services provided by union
employees on Authority premises on a minimum half-hour
basis.
The Authority has the power to implement, enforce, and
administer the exhibitor rights set forth in this subsection,
including the promulgation of rules. The Authority also has the
power to determine violations of this subsection and implement
appropriate remedies, including, but not limited to, barring
violators from Authority premises.
(d) Advisory Council.
(1) An Advisory Council is hereby established to ensure
an active and productive dialogue between all affected
stakeholders to ensure exhibitor satisfaction for
conventions, exhibitions, trade shows, and meetings held
on Authority premises.
(2) The composition of the Council shall be determined
by the Authority consistent with its existing practice for
labor-management relations.
(3) The Council shall hold meetings no less than once
every 90 days.
(e) Audit of exhibitor rights.
The Authority shall retain the services of a person to
complete, at least twice per calendar year, a financial

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statement audit and compliance attestation examination to
determine and verify that the exhibitor rights set forth in
this Section have produced cost reductions for exhibitors and
those cost reductions have been fairly passed along to
exhibitors. The financial statement audit shall be performed in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The
compliance attestation examination shall be (i) performed in
accordance with attestation standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and shall
examine the compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Section and (ii) conducted by a licensed public accounting
firm, selected by the Authority from a list of firms
prequalified to do business with the Illinois Auditor General.
Upon request, a show contractor or manager shall provide the
Authority or person retained to provide auditing services with
any information and other documentation reasonably necessary
to perform the obligations set forth in this subsection. Upon
completion, the report shall be submitted to the Authority and
made publicly available on the Authority's website.
(f) Exhibitor service reforms. The Authority shall make every
effort to substantially reduce exhibitor's costs for
participating in shows.
(1) Any contract to provide food or beverage services
in the buildings and facilities of the Authority, except
Navy Pier, shall be provided at a rate not to exceed the

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cost established in the contract. The Board shall
periodically review all food and beverage contracts.
(2) A department or unit of the Authority shall not
serve as the exclusive provider of electrical services.
(3) Exhibitors shall receive a detailed statement of
all costs associated with utility services, including the
cost of labor, equipment, and materials.
(g) Severability. If any provision of this Section or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
invalidity of that provision or application does not affect
other provisions or applications of this Section that can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
(70 ILCS 210/5.6)
Sec. 5.6. Marketing agreement.
(a) The Authority shall enter into a marketing agreement
with a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Chicago
and recognized by the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity as a certified local tourism and convention bureau
entitled to receive State tourism grant funds, provided the
bylaws of the organization establish a board of the
organization that is comprised of 25 members serving 3-year
staggered terms, including the following:
(1) a Chair of the board of the organization appointed

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by the Mayor of the City of Chicago from among the business
and civic leaders of Chicago who are not engaged in the
hospitality business or who have not served as a member of
the Board or as chief executive officer of the Authority;
(2) the chairperson of the interim board or Board of
the Authority, or his or her designee;
(3) no more than 5 members from the hotel industry;
(4) no more than 2 members from the restaurant or
attractions industry;
(5) no more than 2 members employed by or representing
an entity responsible for a trade show;
(6) no more than 2 members representing unions; and
(7) no more than 2 members from the attractions
industry; and
(8) (7) the Director of the Illinois Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, ex officio.
Persons with a real or apparent conflict of interest shall
not be appointed to the board. Members of the board of the
organization shall not serve more than 2 terms. The bylaws
shall require the following: (i) that the Chair of the
organization name no less than 5 and no more than 9 members to
the Executive Committee of the organization, one of whom must
be the chairperson of the interim board or Board of the
Authority, and (ii) a provision concerning conflict of interest
and a requirement that a member abstain from participating in
board action if there is a threat to the independence of

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judgment created by any conflict of interest or if
participation is likely to have a negative effect on public
confidence in the integrity of the board.
(b) The Authority shall notify the Department of Revenue
within 10 days after entering into a contract pursuant to this
Section.
(Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
(70 ILCS 210/14.2)
Sec. 14.2. Ethical conduct.
(a) The Trustee, members of the interim board, members of
the Board, and all employees of the Authority shall comply with
the provisions of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and
carry out duties and responsibilities in a manner that
preserves the public trust and confidence in the Authority. The
Trustee, members of the interim board, members of the Board,
and all employees of the Authority, including the spouse and
immediate family members of such person shall not:
(1) use or attempt to use their position to secure or
attempt to secure any privilege, advantage, favor, or
influence for himself or herself or others;
(2) accept for personal use any gift, gratuity,
service, compensation, travel, lodging, or thing of value,
with the exception of unsolicited items of an incidental
nature, from any person, corporation, or entity doing
business with the Authority;

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(3) hold or pursue employment, office, position,
business, or occupation that may conflict with his or her
official duties;
(4) influence any person or corporation doing business
with the Authority to hire or contract with any person or
corporation for any compensated work;
(5) engage in any activity that constitutes a conflict
of interest; or
(6) have a financial interest, directly or indirectly,
in any contract or subcontract for the performance of any
work for the Authority or a party to a contract with the
Authority, except this does not apply to an interest in any
such entity through an indirect means, such as through a
mutual fund.
(b) The Board shall develop an annual ethics training
program for members of the Board and all employees of the
Authority.
(c) No Trustee, member on the interim board, Board, or an
employee of the Authority, or spouse or immediate family member
living with such person, shall, within a period of one year
immediately after termination of service or employment,
knowingly accept employment or receive compensation or fees for
services from a person or entity if the Trustee, member, or
employee participated personally or substantially in the award
of a contract to that person or entity or in making a licensing
decision with regard to that person or entity. Nothing in this

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amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall preclude an
employee of the Authority from accepting employment from the
private manager contracted to operate the Authority, provided
the employee did not participate personally or substantially in
the award of the contract to the private manager.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
Authority shall not enter into an agreement for consulting
services with or provide compensation or fees for consulting
services to the chief executive officer on April 1, 2010, a
member of the interim board on April 1, 2010, or any member of
the interim board or Board appointed on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
(Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
(70 ILCS 210/14.5)
Sec. 14.5. Trustee of the Authority.
(a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, the Authority shall be governed
by a Trustee for a term of 18 months or until the Board created
in this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly appoints a
chief executive officer, whichever is longer. The James Reilly
shall serve as the Trustee of the Authority shall immediately
and assume all duties and powers of the Board and the chief
executive officer. The Trustee shall take all actions necessary
to carry into effect the provisions of this Act and this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. The Trustee shall

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receive an annual salary equal to the current salary of the
chief executive officer, minus 5%.
As provided in Senate Bill 28 of the 96th General Assembly,
the Trustee of the Authority is James Reilly, who served as the
Chief Operating Officer of the Authority from 1989 to 1999,
served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago Convention
and Tourism Bureau from 1999 to 2004, and served as Chairman of
the Regional Transportation Authority Board. James Reilly may
be removed as Trustee only by a joint resolution of the General
Assembly approved by a majority of members elected to each
chamber; and the General Assembly shall thereupon notify the
Governor, Trustee, and interim board upon the adoption of a
joint resolution creating a vacancy in the position of Trustee
of the Authority.
(a-5) In the case of a vacancy in the office of Trustee of
the Authority, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint a Trustee within 5 calendar days. If the
vacancy occurs during a recess of the Senate, the Governor
shall make a temporary appointment within 5 calendar days and
the person shall serve until the next meeting of the Senate,
when the Governor shall nominate some person to fill the office
of Trustee. Any person so nominated who is confirmed by the
Senate shall hold the office of Trustee during the remainder of
the term as provided for in this Section.
Any Trustee of the Authority appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be subject to

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the Governor's removal power provided for under Section 10 of
Article V of the Illinois Constitution.
(a-10) If the Trustee of the Authority, or the guardian of
his or her estate and person, notifies the Governor that he or
she is unable to perform the duties vested by law in the
Trustee, then the Governor may designate some person as acting
Trustee to execute and discharge those duties. When the Trustee
of the Authority is prepared to resume his or her duties, he or
she, or the guardian of his or her estate and person, shall do
so by notifying the Governor.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Trustee:
(1) to ensure the proper administration of the
Authority;
(2) to submit to the interim board monthly reports
detailing actions taken and the general status of the
Authority;
(3) to report to the General Assembly and Governor no
later than January 1, 2011, whether Navy Pier should remain
within the control of the Authority or serve as an entity
independent from the Authority;
(4) to enter into an agreement with a contractor or
private manager to operate the buildings and facilities of
the Authority, provided that the agreement is procured
using a request for proposal process in accordance with a
manner substantially similar to the Illinois Procurement
Code;

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(5) to enter into any agreements to license naming
rights of any building or facility of the Authority,
provided the Trustee determines such an agreement is in the
best interest of the Authority;
(6) to ensure the proper implementation,
administration, and enforcement of Section 5.4 of this Act;
and
(7) to ensure that any contract of the Authority to
provide food or beverage in the buildings and facilities of
the Authority, except Navy Pier, shall be provided at a
rate not to exceed the cost established in the contract.
(c) The Trustee shall notify the interim board prior to
entering into an agreement for a term of more than 24 months or
with a total value in excess of $100,000. Notification shall
include the purpose of the agreement, a description of the
agreement, disclosure of parties to the agreement, and the
total value of the agreement. Within 10 days after receiving
notice, the interim board may prohibit the Trustee from
entering into the agreement by a resolution approved by at
least 5 members of the interim board. The interim board may
veto any other action of the Trustee by a resolution approved
by at least 5 members of the interim board, provided that the
resolution is adopted within 30 days after the action.
(d) Any provision of this Act that requires approval by the
Chair of the Board or at least the approval of a majority of
the Board shall be deemed approved if the Trustee approves the

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action, subject to the restrictions in subsection (c).
(Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
(70 ILCS 210/25.4)
Sec. 25.4. Contracts for professional services.
(a) When the Authority proposes to enter into a contract or
agreement for professional services, other than the marketing
agreement required in Section 5.6, the Authority shall use a
request for proposal process in accordance with a manner
substantially similar to the Illinois Procurement Code.
(b) Any person that submits a response to a request for
proposals under this Section shall disclose in the response the
name of each individual having a beneficial interest directly
or indirectly of more than 7 1/2% in such person and, if such
person is a corporation, the names of each of its officers and
directors. The person shall notify the Board of any changes in
its ownership or its officers or directors at the time such
changes occur if the change occurs during the pendency of a
proposal or a contract.
(c) All contracts and agreements under this Section shall
be authorized and approved by the Board and shall be set forth
in a writing executed by the contractor and the Authority. No
payment shall be made under this Section until a written
contract or agreement shall be so authorized, approved, and
executed. A copy of each contract or agreement (whether or not
exempted under this Section) and the response, if any, to the

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request for proposals upon which the contract was awarded must
be filed with the Secretary of the Authority and is required to
be open for public inspection.
(d) This Section applies to (i) contracts in excess of
$25,000 for professional services provided to the Authority,
including the services of accountants, architects, attorneys,
engineers, physicians, superintendents of construction,
financial advisors, bond trustees, and other similar
professionals possessing a high degree of skill and (ii)
contracts or bond purchase agreements in excess of $10,000 with
underwriters or investment bankers with respect to sale of the
Authority's bonds under this Act. This Section shall not apply
to contracts for professional services to be provided by, or
the agreement is with, a State agency, federal agency, or unit
of local government.
(Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.