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92_HB1709
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1 AN ACT in relation to highways.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
5 changing Section 6-201.7 as follows:
6 (605 ILCS 5/6-201.7) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-201.7)
7 Sec. 6-201.7. Construct, maintain and repair and be
8 responsible for the construction, maintenance and repair of
9 roads within the district, let contracts, employ labor and
10 purchase material and machinery therefor, subject to the
11 limitations provided in this Code. No contract shall be let
12 for the construction or repair of any road or part thereof in
13 excess of the amount of $10,000 $5,000, nor shall any
14 material, machinery or other appliances to be used in road
15 construction or maintenance of roads in excess of such amount
16 be purchased, nor shall several contracts each for an amount
17 of $10,000 $5,000 or less be let for the construction or
18 repair of any road or part thereof when such construction or
19 repair is in reality part of one project costing more than
20 $10,000 $5,000, nor shall any material, machinery or other
21 appliance to be used therein be purchased under several
22 contracts each for an amount of $10,000 $5,000 or less, if
23 such purchases are essentially one transaction amounting to
24 more than $10,000 $5,000, without the written approval of the
25 county superintendent of highways in the case of road
26 districts other than consolidated township road districts or
27 without the written approval of the highway board of auditors
28 in the case of consolidated township road districts.
29 Except for professional services, when the cost of
30 construction, materials, supplies, new machinery or equipment
31 exceeds $5,000, or $10,000 in case of a district having a
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1 population of 10,000 or more, the contract for such
2 construction, materials, supplies, machinery or equipment
3 shall be let, after the above written approval is obtained,
4 to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids
5 at least once, and at least 10 days prior to the time set for
6 the opening of such bids, in a newspaper published within the
7 township or road district, or, if no newspaper is published
8 within the township or road district then in one published
9 within the county, or, if no newspaper is published within
10 the county then in a newspaper having general circulation
11 within the township or road district, but, in case of an
12 emergency, such contract may be let without advertising for
13 bids upon the approval of the County Superintendent of
14 Highways expressing in writing the existence of such
15 emergency and, in the case of consolidated township road
16 districts, upon the approval of the highway board of
17 auditors. For purposes of this Section "new machinery or
18 equipment" shall be defined as that which has been previously
19 untitled or that which shows fewer than 200 hours on its
20 operating clock and that is accompanied by a new equipment
21 manufacturer's warranty.
22 (Source: P.A. 86-1179; 86-1368; 86-1475.)