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Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
Filed: 3/12/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2488
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2488 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Local Government Professional Services |
| 5 | | Selection Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 510/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6404)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4. Public notice. Present provisions of law |
| 8 | | notwithstanding, in the
procurement of architectural, |
| 9 | | engineering or land surveying services, each
political |
| 10 | | subdivision which utilizes architectural, engineering or land
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| 11 | | surveying services shall permit firms engaged in the lawful |
| 12 | | practice of
their professions to annually file a statement of |
| 13 | | qualifications and
performance data with the political |
| 14 | | subdivision. Whenever a project
requiring architectural, |
| 15 | | engineering or land surveying services is proposed
for a |
| 16 | | political subdivision, the political subdivision shall, unless |
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| 1 | | it has
a satisfactory relationship for services with one or |
| 2 | | more firms:
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| 3 | | (1) mail or e-mail Mail a notice requesting a statement of |
| 4 | | interest in the specific
project to all firms who have a |
| 5 | | current statement of qualifications and
performance data on |
| 6 | | file with the political subdivision; or
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| 7 | | (2) place Place an advertisement in a secular English |
| 8 | | language daily newspaper
of general circulation throughout |
| 9 | | such political subdivision, requesting a
statement of interest |
| 10 | | in the specific project and further requesting
statements of |
| 11 | | qualifications and performance data from those firms which do
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| 12 | | not have such a statement on file with the political |
| 13 | | subdivision. Such
advertisement shall state the day, hour and |
| 14 | | place the
statement of interest and the statements of |
| 15 | | qualifications and performance
data shall be due; or |
| 16 | | (3) place an advertisement for professional services on the |
| 17 | | political subdivision's website requesting a statement of |
| 18 | | interest in the specific project. The professional services |
| 19 | | advertisement shall include a description of each project and |
| 20 | | state the time and place for interested firms to submit its |
| 21 | | letter of interest, statement of qualifications, and |
| 22 | | performance data, as required.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 85-854.)
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| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 25 | | becoming law.".
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