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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 32

 2        AMENDMENT NO. _____.  Amend Senate Bill 32, by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  North  Shore  Sanitary District Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 2305/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 287)
 7        Sec. 11.  Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,
 8    all contracts for purchases or sales by the municipality, the
 9    expense  of  which  will exceed the mandatory competitive bid
10    threshold $10,000, shall be let  to  the  lowest  responsible
11    bidder  therefor upon not less than 14 days' public notice of
12    the terms and conditions upon which the  contract  is  to  be
13    let,  having  been  given  by  publication  in a newspaper of
14    general circulation published in the district, and the  board
15    may  reject  any and all bids and readvertise. In determining
16    the lowest responsible bidder,  the  board  shall  take  into
17    consideration   the   qualities  and  serviceability  of  the
18    articles  supplied,  their  conformity  with  specifications,
19    their suitability to the requirements of  the  district,  the
20    availability  of  support  services,  the  uniqueness  of the
21    service, materials, equipment, or supplies as it  applies  to
22    network integrated computer systems, the compatibility of the
 
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 1    service,  materials,  equipment  or  supplies  with  existing
 2    equipment,  and the delivery terms. Contracts for services in
 3    excess of the mandatory  competitive  bid  threshold  $10,000
 4    may,  subject  to  the  provisions of this Section, be let by
 5    competitive bidding at the discretion of the  district  board
 6    of  trustees.  All contracts for purchases or sales that will
 7    not exceed the mandatory competitive bid threshold of $10,000
 8    or less may be made in the open market without publication in
 9    a newspaper as above provided, but whenever  practical  shall
10    be  based  on  at  least 3 competitive bids.  For purposes of
11    this Section, the "mandatory competitive bid threshold" is  a
12    dollar amount equal to 0.1% of the total general fixed assets
13    of the district as reported in the most recent required audit
14    report. In no event, however, shall the mandatory competitive
15    bid  threshold  dollar  amount be less than $10,000, nor more
16    than $40,000.
17        Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bid bond
18    with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees  as  a
19    deposit  of  good  faith,  in a reasonable amount, but not in
20    excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each
21    bidder by the district  on  all  bids  involving  amounts  in
22    excess  of the mandatory competitive bid threshold and, if so
23    required, the advertisement for bids shall so specify.
24        Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to  award
25    by   competitive   bidding,  including,  without  limitation,
26    contracts for the services of individuals,  groups  or  firms
27    possessing  a  high  degree  of  professional skill where the
28    ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an
29    important part, contracts for financial  management  services
30    undertaken   pursuant   to   "An   Act  relating  to  certain
31    investments of public funds  by  public  agencies",  approved
32    July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, contracts for the
33    purchase  or  sale  of  utilities,  contracts  for  materials
34    economically  procurable only from a single source of supply,
 
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 1    contracts for  the  use,  purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or
 2    installation  of  data  processing  equipment,  software,  or
 3    services  and  telecommunications and interconnect equipment,
 4    software, or services, contracts for duplicating machines and
 5    supplies, contracts  for  goods  or  services  procured  from
 6    another   governmental   agency,   purchases   of   equipment
 7    previously owned by an entity other than the district itself,
 8    and  leases  of  real property where the sanitary district is
 9    the lessee shall not be subject to  the  competitive  bidding
10    requirements of this Section.
11        The  competitive  bidding requirements of this Section do
12    not apply to contracts for  construction  of  a  facility  or
13    structure  for  the  district  when the facility or structure
14    will be designed, built, and tested before being conveyed  to
15    the district.
16        In  the  case of an emergency affecting the public health
17    or safety so  declared  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the
18    municipality  at  a  meeting  thereof  duly  convened,  which
19    declaration shall require the affirmative vote of four of the
20    five  Trustees elected, and shall set forth the nature of the
21    danger to the public health or safety, contracts totaling not
22    more than the emergency contract cap $75,000 may  be  let  to
23    the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public
24    advertisement  or  competitive  bidding. For purposes of this
25    Section, the "emergency contract  cap"  is  a  dollar  amount
26    equal  to  0.4%  of  the  total  general  fixed assets of the
27    district as  reported  in  the  most  recent  required  audit
28    report.  In  no  event, however, shall the emergency contract
29    cap dollar  amount  be  less  than  $40,000,  nor  more  than
30    $100,000.   The   Resolution   or  Ordinance  in  which  such
31    declaration is embodied shall fix the date  upon  which  such
32    emergency  shall  terminate  which  date  may  be extended or
33    abridged by the Board of Trustees as in  their  judgment  the
34    circumstances  require.   A  full written account of any such
 
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 1    emergency, together with a  requisition  for  the  materials,
 2    supplies,  labor  or  equipment  required  therefor  shall be
 3    submitted immediately upon completion and shall  be  open  to
 4    public   inspection  for  a  period  of  at  least  one  year
 5    subsequent to the date of such emergency purchase. Within  30
 6    days  after  the  passage  of  the  resolution  or  ordinance
 7    declaring an emergency affecting the public health or safety,
 8    the  municipality  shall submit to the Illinois Environmental
 9    Protection Agency  the  full  written  account  of  any  such
10    emergency  along  with  a copy of the resolution or ordinance
11    declaring the emergency, in accordance with  requirements  as
12    may be provided by rule.
13        To address operating emergencies not affecting the public
14    health  or  safety, the Board of Trustees shall authorize, in
15    writing, officials or employees of the sanitary  district  to
16    purchase  in  the  open  market and without advertisement any
17    supplies, materials, equipment,  or  services  for  immediate
18    delivery  to  meet the bona fide operating emergency, without
19    filing a requisition or estimate therefor, in an  amount  not
20    in  excess  of  $40,000;  provided that the Board of Trustees
21    must be notified of the operating emergency.  A full, written
22    account of each operating emergency and a requisition for the
23    materials, supplies, equipment, and services required to meet
24    the operating emergency must be immediately submitted by  the
25    officials  or  employees  authorized to make purchases to the
26    Board of Trustees.  The account must be available for  public
27    inspection  for  a period of at least one year after the date
28    of  the  operating  emergency  purchase.  The   exercise   of
29    authority with respect to purchases for a bona fide operating
30    emergency  is  not dependent on a declaration of an operating
31    emergency by the Board of Trustees.
32        No Trustee shall be interested, directly  or  indirectly,
33    in  any contract, work or business of the municipality, or in
34    the sale of any  article,  whenever  the  expense,  price  or
 
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 1    consideration  of the contract work, business or sale is paid
 2    either from the treasury or by any assessment levied  by  any
 3    Statute  or  Ordinance.   No  Trustee  shall  be  interested,
 4    directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any property which
 5    (1)  belongs to the municipality, or (2) is sold for taxes or
 6    assessments of the municipality, or (3) is sold by virtue  of
 7    legal process in the suit of the municipality.
 8        A  contract  for any work or other public improvement, to
 9    be paid for in whole or in  part  by  special  assessment  or
10    special  taxation, In all other respects such contracts shall
11    be entered into and the performance thereof controlled by the
12    provisions of Division  2  of  Article  9  of  the  "Illinois
13    Municipal  Code",  approved  May  29,  1961, as heretofore or
14    hereafter amended, as near as may be. However, contracts  may
15    be let for making proper and suitable connections between the
16    mains  and  outlets  of the respective sanitary sewers in the
17    district with any conduit, conduits, main pipe or pipes  that
18    may be constructed by such sanitary district.
19    (Source: P.A. 91-921, eff. 1-1-01.)

20        Section 10.  The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended
21    by changing Section 11 as follows:

22        (70 ILCS 2405/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 310)
23        Sec.  11.  Except  as otherwise hereinafter provided, all
24    contracts for purchases  or  sales  by  a  sanitary  district
25    organized  under  this  Act, the expense of which will exceed
26    the mandatory competitive bid threshold $10,000, shall be let
27    to the lowest responsible bidder therefor upon not less  than
28    14 days' public notice of the terms and conditions upon which
29    the  contract  is to be let, having been given by publication
30    in a  newspaper  of  general  circulation  published  in  the
31    district,  and  the  board  may  reject any and all bids, and
32    readvertise. In determining the  lowest  responsible  bidder,
 
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 1    the  board  shall  take  into consideration the qualities and
 2    serviceability of the  articles  supplied,  their  conformity
 3    with specifications, their suitability to the requirements of
 4    the  district,  the  availability  of  support  services, the
 5    uniqueness of the service, materials, equipment, or  supplies
 6    as  it  applies  to  network integrated computer systems, the
 7    compatibility  of  the  service,  materials,   equipment   or
 8    supplies  with  existing  equipment,  and the delivery terms.
 9    Contracts for services in excess of the mandatory competitive
10    bid threshold $10,000 may, subject to the provisions of  this
11    Section,  be  let by competitive bidding at the discretion of
12    the district board of trustees.
13        Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bid bond
14    with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees  as  a
15    deposit  of  good  faith,  in a reasonable amount, but not in
16    excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each
17    bidder by the district  on  all  bids  involving  amounts  in
18    excess  of the mandatory competitive bid threshold and, if so
19    required, the advertisement for bids shall so specify.
20        All contracts for purchases or sales that will not exceed
21    the mandatory competitive bid threshold of  $10,000  or  less
22    may  be  made  in  the  open  market without publication in a
23    newspaper as above provided, but whenever practical shall  be
24    based  on  at least 3 competitive bids.  For purposes of this
25    Section, the  "mandatory  competitive  bid  threshold"  is  a
26    dollar amount equal to 0.1% of the total general fixed assets
27    of the district as reported in the most recent required audit
28    report. In no event, however, shall the mandatory competitive
29    bid  threshold  dollar  amount be less than $10,000, nor more
30    than $40,000.
31        Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to  award
32    by   competitive   bidding,  including,  without  limitation,
33    contracts for the services of individuals,  groups  or  firms
34    possessing  a  high  degree  of  professional skill where the
 
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 1    ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an
 2    important part, contracts for financial  management  services
 3    undertaken   pursuant   to   "An   Act  relating  to  certain
 4    investments of public funds  by  public  agencies",  approved
 5    July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, contracts for the
 6    purchase  or  sale  of  utilities,  contracts  for  materials
 7    economically  procurable only from a single source of supply,
 8    contracts for  the  use,  purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or
 9    installation  of  data  processing  equipment,  software,  or
10    services  and  telecommunications and interconnect equipment,
11    software, or services, contracts for duplicating machines and
12    supplies, contracts  for  goods  or  services  procured  from
13    another   governmental   agency,   purchases   of   equipment
14    previously owned by an entity other than the district itself,
15    and  leases  of  real property where the sanitary district is
16    the lessee shall not be subject to  the  competitive  bidding
17    requirements of this Section.
18        The  competitive  bidding requirements of this Section do
19    not apply to contracts for  construction  of  a  facility  or
20    structure  for  the  sanitary  district  when the facility or
21    structure will be designed, built, and  tested  before  being
22    conveyed to the sanitary district.
23        The  competitive  bidding requirements of this Section do
24    not  apply  to  contracts,  including  contracts   for   both
25    materials  and services incidental thereto, for the repair or
26    replacement of a sanitary district's treatment plant, sewers,
27    equipment, or facilities damaged or destroyed as  the  result
28    of  a  sudden  or  unexpected  occurrence, including, but not
29    limited to, a flood, fire,  tornado,  earthquake,  storm,  or
30    other  natural or man-made disaster, if the board of trustees
31    determines in writing that the awarding  of  those  contracts
32    without  competitive  bidding is reasonably necessary for the
33    sanitary district to maintain compliance with a permit issued
34    under the National  Pollution  Discharge  Elimination  System
 
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 1    (NPDES) or any successor system or with any outstanding order
 2    relating  to  that  compliance  issued  by  the United States
 3    Environmental Protection Agency, the  Illinois  Environmental
 4    Protection  Agency,  or the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
 5    The authority to issue contracts without competitive  bidding
 6    pursuant to this paragraph expires 6 months after the date of
 7    the  writing  determining  that  the  awarding  of  contracts
 8    without competitive bidding is reasonably necessary.
 9        Where  the  board  of trustees declares, by a 2/3 vote of
10    all members of the board,  that  there  exists  an  emergency
11    affecting the public health or safety, contracts totaling not
12    more  than  the  emergency contract cap $40,000 may be let to
13    the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public
14    advertisement or competitive bidding.  For purposes  of  this
15    Section,  the  "emergency  contract  cap"  is a dollar amount
16    equal to 0.4% of  the  total  general  fixed  assets  of  the
17    district  as  reported  in  the  most  recent  required audit
18    report. In no event, however, shall  the  emergency  contract
19    cap  dollar  amount  be  less  than  $40,000,  nor  more than
20    $100,000. The ordinance or resolution embodying the emergency
21    declaration shall contain the date upon which such  emergency
22    will  terminate.   The  board  of  trustees  may  extend  the
23    termination  date  if  in  its  judgment the circumstances so
24    require.  A full written account of the  emergency,  together
25    with  a  requisition  for  the  materials, supplies, labor or
26    equipment required therefor shall  be  submitted  immediately
27    upon  completion and shall be open to public inspection for a
28    period of at least one year subsequent to the  date  of  such
29    emergency  purchase.  Within 30 days after the passage of the
30    resolution or ordinance declaring an emergency affecting  the
31    public  health  or  safety,  the District shall submit to the
32    Illinois Environmental Protection  Agency  the  full  written
33    account  of  any  such  emergency  along  with  a copy of the
34    resolution  or  ordinance   declaring   the   emergency,   in
 
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 1    accordance with requirements as may be provided by rule.
 2        A  contract  for any work or other public improvement, to
 3    be paid for in whole or in  part  by  special  assessment  or
 4    special  taxation,  In all other respects such contract shall
 5    be entered into and the  performance  thereof  controlled  by
 6    Division  2  of  Article  9 of the "Illinois Municipal Code",
 7    approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore and  hereafter  amended,
 8    as near as may be. The contracts may be let for making proper
 9    and suitable connections between the mains and outlets of the
10    respective sewers in the district with any conduit, conduits,
11    main  pipe  or pipes that may be constructed by such sanitary
12    district.
13    (Source: P.A. 88-542, eff.  5-27-94;  88-572,  eff.  8-11-94;
14    89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-558, eff. 7-26-96.)

15        Section 15.  The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended
16    by changing Section 14 as follows:

17        (70 ILCS 2805/14) (from Ch. 42, par. 425)
18        Sec.  14.   Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
19    all  contracts  for  purchases  or  sales  by  the   sanitary
20    district,  the  expense  of  which  will exceed the mandatory
21    competitive bid threshold $10,000, shall be let to the lowest
22    responsible bidder therefor  upon  not  less  than  14  days'
23    public  notice  of  the  terms  and conditions upon which the
24    contract is to be let, having been given by publication in  a
25    daily  or  weekly  newspaper published in the district or, if
26    there is  no  newspaper  published  in  the  district,  in  a
27    newspaper   published   in  the  county  and  having  general
28    circulation in the district, and the board may reject any and
29    all bids, and readvertise. Contracts for services  in  excess
30    of  the  mandatory  competitive  bid  threshold  $10,000 may,
31    subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  be  let  by
32    competitive bidding at the discretion of the  district  board
 
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 1    of  trustees.  All contracts for purchases or sales that will
 2    not exceed the mandatory competitive bid threshold of $10,000
 3    or less may be made in the open market without publication in
 4    a newspaper as above provided, but whenever  practical  shall
 5    be  based  on  at  least 3 competitive bids.  For purposes of
 6    this Section, the "mandatory competitive bid threshold" is  a
 7    dollar amount equal to 0.1% of the total general fixed assets
 8    of the district as reported in the most recent required audit
 9    report. In no event, however, shall the mandatory competitive
10    bid  threshold  dollar  amount be less than $10,000, nor more
11    than $40,000.
12        Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bid bond
13    with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees  as  a
14    deposit  of  good  faith,  in a reasonable amount, but not in
15    excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each
16    bidder by the district  on  all  bids  involving  amounts  in
17    excess  of the mandatory competitive bid threshold and, if so
18    required, the advertisement for bids shall so specify.
19        Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to  award
20    by   competitive   bidding,  including,  without  limitation,
21    contracts for the services of individuals,  groups  or  firms
22    possessing  a  high  degree  of  professional skill where the
23    ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an
24    important part, contracts for financial  management  services
25    undertaken  pursuant  to  the  Public  Funds  Investment Act,
26    contracts for the purchase or sale  of  utilities,  contracts
27    for  materials  economically  procurable  only  from a single
28    source of supply  and  leases  of  real  property  where  the
29    sanitary  district  is the lessee shall not be subject to the
30    competitive bidding requirements of this Section.
31        The competitive bidding requirements of this  Section  do
32    not  apply  to  contracts  for  construction of a facility or
33    structure for the district when  the  facility  or  structure
34    will  be designed, built, and tested before being conveyed to
 
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 1    the district.
 2        Where the board of trustees declares, by a  2/3  vote  of
 3    all  members  of  the  board,  that there exists an emergency
 4    affecting the public health or safety, contracts totaling not
 5    more than the emergency contract cap $40,000 may  be  let  to
 6    the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public
 7    advertisement  or  competitive bidding.  For purposes of this
 8    Section, the "emergency contract  cap"  is  a  dollar  amount
 9    equal  to  0.4%  of  the  total  general  fixed assets of the
10    district as  reported  in  the  most  recent  required  audit
11    report.  In  no  event, however, shall the emergency contract
12    cap dollar  amount  be  less  than  $40,000,  nor  more  than
13    $100,000. The ordinance or resolution embodying the emergency
14    declaration  shall contain the date upon which such emergency
15    will  terminate.   The  board  of  trustees  may  extend  the
16    termination date if in  its  judgment  the  circumstances  so
17    require.   A  full written account of the emergency, together
18    with a requisition for  the  materials,  supplies,  labor  sr
19    equipment  required  therefor  shall be submitted immediately
20    upon completion and shall be open to public inspection for  a
21    period  of  at  least one year subsequent to the date of such
22    emergency purchase. Within 30 days after the passage  of  the
23    resolution  or ordinance declaring an emergency affecting the
24    public health or safety, the District  shall  submit  to  the
25    Illinois  Environmental  Protection  Agency  the full written
26    account of any such  emergency  along  with  a  copy  of  the
27    resolution   or   ordinance   declaring   the  emergency,  in
28    accordance with requirements as may be provided by rule.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-547, eff. 8-14-99.)".

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