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 |     AN ACT concerning local government.
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 |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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 | represented in the General Assembly:
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 |     Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing Section  | 
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 | 205-105 as follows:  
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 |     (60 ILCS 1/205-105)
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 |     Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids. 
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 |     (a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated  | 
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 | cost will exceed
$20,000
$2,500 shall be let to the lowest  | 
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 | responsible bidder after publication of
notice for bids. Notice  | 
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 | for bids shall be published once in a newspaper
published and  | 
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 | having general circulation in the township, if there is one. If
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 | there is no such newspaper, notice for bids shall be published  | 
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 | in a newspaper
published and having general circulation in the  | 
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 | county.  Notice for bids shall
be published at least 10 days  | 
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 | before the date set for receiving bids. Bids
shall be opened  | 
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 | and publicly read, and an award shall be made to the lowest
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 | responsible bidder within 15 days after the receipt of bids. 
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 |     (b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or  | 
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 | other
professional services, but it shall apply to the purchase  | 
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 | of equipment unless
the township board, by a resolution adopted  | 
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 | by a three-fourths vote, determines
that it is for the best  | 
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 | interests of the township that advertising for bids for
the  |