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| 1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land | ||||||
| 5 | Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | changing Section 30 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (30 ILCS 535/30) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-30) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 30. Evaluation procedure. A State agency shall | ||||||
| 9 | evaluate the
firms submitting letters of interest and other | ||||||
| 10 | prequalified firms,
taking into account qualifications; and | ||||||
| 11 | the State agency may consider, but
shall not be limited to | ||||||
| 12 | considering, ability of professional personnel,
past record | ||||||
| 13 | and experience, performance data on file, willingness to meet
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| 14 | time requirements, location, workload of the firm and any other
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| 15 | qualifications based factors as the State agency may determine | ||||||
| 16 | in writing
are applicable. The State agency may conduct | ||||||
| 17 | discussions with and require
public presentations by firms | ||||||
| 18 | deemed to be the most qualified regarding
their qualifications, | ||||||
| 19 | approach to the project and ability to furnish the
required | ||||||
| 20 | services. | ||||||
| 21 | A State agency shall establish a committee to select firms | ||||||
| 22 | to provide
architectural, engineering, and land surveying | ||||||
| 23 | services. A selection
committee may include at least one public | ||||||
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| 1 | member nominated by a statewide
association of the profession | ||||||
| 2 | affected. The public member may not be
employed or associated | ||||||
| 3 | with any firm holding a contract with the State
agency nor may | ||||||
| 4 | the public member's firm be considered for a
contract with
that | ||||||
| 5 | State agency while he or she is serving as a public member of | ||||||
| 6 | the
committee. | ||||||
| 7 | In addition, the Department of Transportation may appoint | ||||||
| 8 | public members to selection committees that represent the | ||||||
| 9 | geographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the population of | ||||||
| 10 | the State, including persons nominated by associations | ||||||
| 11 | representing minority and female-owned business associations. | ||||||
| 12 | Public members shall be licensed in or have received a degree | ||||||
| 13 | from an accredited college or university in one of the | ||||||
| 14 | professions the profession affected and shall not be employed | ||||||
| 15 | by, associated with, or have an ownership interest in any firm | ||||||
| 16 | holding or seeking to hold a contract while serving as a public | ||||||
| 17 | member of the committee. | ||||||
| 18 | In no case shall a State agency, prior to selecting a firm | ||||||
| 19 | for
negotiation under Section 40, seek formal or informal | ||||||
| 20 | submission of verbal
or written estimates of costs or proposals | ||||||
| 21 | in terms of dollars, hours
required, percentage of construction | ||||||
| 22 | cost, or any other measure of
compensation. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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