*LRB10325878JDS52229b**LRB10325878DTM57302a* SB0106 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2024 SB0106 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen.

Doris Turner SYNOPSISFiled: AS INTRODUCED:

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Provides______. that when the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of former coal mine employees may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, if the bid is not more than 2% greater than the low bid.

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Be"Section it5. enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5.

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(b) In awarding contracts for Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Projects with a total value of more than $100,000, preference shall be given to an otherwise qualified bidder whowho: provides proof that at least 2 current employees of the bidder are former coal mine employees and that all such declared SB0106 - 2 - LRB103 25878 JDS 52229 b former coal mine employees in the bid shall be used in the fulfillment of an awarded Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Project.

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When the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of former coal mine employees may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, if the bid is not more than 2% greater than the low bid.

(c) This Section does not apply to any contract for any 10300SB0106sam001 -3- LRB103 25878 DTM 57302 a project for which federal funds are available for expenditure when its provisions may be in conflict with federal law or federal regulation.".