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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Drainage Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 6-1 as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 605/6-1)  (from Ch. 42, par. 6-1)



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    Sec. 6-1. 
Advertising for Bids on Construction Work and 
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Purchases.)
Whenever the cost of any work to be performed by 
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the district or the
cost of any machinery, equipment, materials 
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or supplies to be purchased
by the district will exceed $20,000 
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$5,000, the commissioners shall advertise
for sealed bids for 
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the performance of such work or the furnishing of
such 
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machinery, equipment, materials or supplies by publishing a 
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notice
in a newspaper published or having general circulation 
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in the county in
which the district was organized not less than 
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once each week for 3
successive weeks. The first such 
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publication shall be made not less than
17 days prior to the 
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date set for opening the bids. The notice shall
particularly 
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set out the time when and the place where the bids will be

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opened, the nature of the work to be performed or the 
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machinery,
equipment, materials or supplies to be purchased and 
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the terms of
payment. The commissioners may reject any and all 
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bids, may waive any
informality in bids received and may 
 


 






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continue the letting from time to
time. The commissioners may 
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accept any bid they deem most favorable, but
if the bid 
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accepted is not the lowest bid, they shall enter in their

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minutes their reason for not accepting the lower bid or bids. 
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If any
person to whom a contract has been let after notice as 
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herein required
fails to perform his contract, the same may be 
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relet in such a manner as
the commissioners deem best, with or 
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without advertisement for bids.

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    The provisions of this Section, however, shall not apply to 
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the
contracting, letting or doing of any repair or maintenance 
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work the cost
of which will be payable from the annual 
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maintenance fund of the
district.

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(Source: P.A. 84-886.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.