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  | |  |  | HB1465 Engrossed |  | LRB103 25064 HEP 51399 b | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 6-201.7 as follows:
 
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| 6 |  |     (605 ILCS 5/6-201.7)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-201.7)
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| 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.
Contracts,
labor,  | 
| 12 |  | machinery, disposal, and incidental expenses related to  | 
| 13 |  | special services
under Section 6-201.21 of this Code  | 
| 14 |  | constitute maintenance, for purposes of
this Section.
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| 15 |  |     Except for professional services, when the cost of  | 
| 16 |  | construction,
materials, supplies, new machinery or equipment  | 
| 17 |  | exceeds $30,000
$20,000, the
contract for such construction,  | 
| 18 |  | materials, supplies, machinery or
equipment shall be let to
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| 19 |  | the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids at  | 
| 20 |  | least once,
and at least 10 days prior to the time set for the  | 
| 21 |  | opening of such bids, in a
newspaper
published within the  | 
| 22 |  | township or road district, or, if no newspaper is
published  | 
| 23 |  | within the township or road district then in one published
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