HB4496 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4496 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4496 on page 13, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing lines 11 through 16 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "(28) After exhausting any procurement method | ||||||
| 5 | available through a contract already established under a | ||||||
| 6 | chief procurement officer joint purchasing program or | ||||||
| 7 | cooperative purchasing program, procurement expenditures | ||||||
| 8 | by or on behalf of the Department of Public Health, the | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, the | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 11 | Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, the | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Transportation, or the Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Environmental Protection Agency for laboratory supplies, | ||||||
| 14 | laboratory equipment, software necessary for laboratory | ||||||
| 15 | operations, or service contracts that are necessary for | ||||||
| 16 | the applicable agency to operate State laboratories. The | ||||||
| 17 | exemption under this paragraph (28) applies only if the | ||||||
| 18 | applicable State agency has made a good faith | ||||||
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| 1 | determination that it is necessary and appropriate for the | ||||||
| 2 | expenditure to fall within this exemption. The procurement | ||||||
| 3 | process shall be conducted in a manner substantially in | ||||||
| 4 | accordance with the requirements of Sections 20-160 and | ||||||
| 5 | 25-60 and Article 50 of this Code. A copy of these | ||||||
| 6 | contracts shall be made available to the Chief Procurement | ||||||
| 7 | Officer immediately upon request. For any contracts for | ||||||
| 8 | services that are currently provided by members of a | ||||||
| 9 | collective bargaining agreement, the applicable terms of | ||||||
| 10 | the collective bargaining agreement concerning | ||||||
| 11 | subcontracting shall be followed.". | ||||||
