99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4769
 
Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



65 ILCS 5/4-5-11  from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-11

     Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning contracts pertaining to public improvement.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 4-5-11 as follows:
 



6    (65 ILCS 5/4-5-11)  (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-11)



7    Sec. 4-5-11. Except as as otherwise provided, all 
8contracts, of whatever
character, pertaining to public 
9improvement, or to the maintenance of
the public property of a 
10municipality involving an outlay of $10,000 or
more, shall be 
11based upon specifications to be approved by the council.
Any 
12work or other public improvement which is not to be paid for in

13whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, 
14when the
expense thereof will exceed $20,000, shall be 
15constructed as follows:

16        (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder 
17    after
advertising for bids, in the manner prescribed by 
18    ordinance, except that
any such contract may be entered 
19    into by the proper officers without
advertising for bids, 
20    if authorized by a vote of 4 of the 5 council
members 
21    elected; or

22        (2) In the following manner, if authorized by a vote of 
23    4 of the 5
council members elected: the commissioner of 
 
 
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1    public works or other
proper officers to be designated by 
2    ordinance, shall superintend and
cause to be carried out 
3    the construction of the work or other public
improvement 
4    and shall employ exclusively for the performance of all

5    manual labor thereon, laborers and artisans whom the city 
6    or village
shall pay by the day or hour, but all material 
7    of the value of $20,000

and upward used in the construction 
8    of the work or other public
improvement, shall be purchased 
9    by contract let to the lowest
responsible bidder in the 
10    manner to be prescribed by ordinance.

11    Nothing contained in this Section shall apply to any 
12contract by a
municipality with the United States of America or 
13any agency thereof.

14(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)