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| Bill | MUNI CODE-BIDS | Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section pertaining to the letting of bids by certain municipalities, provides that any work or other public improvement, to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the expense thereof will exceed $10,000 (instead of $500), shall be constructed by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that work estimated to cost no more than $10,000 (instead of $500) shall be performed by the corporate authorities of the municipality under specified circumstances. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 159 | Illinois HB 159 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 28 | 2 | 2009-01-13 | 2009-08-07 | openstates | ocd-bill/6e52ecb1-892f-4174-bc5a-2790038a521b | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=159&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40173&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 2505c2c3382e1f44cee585847b800b657443f82018234f0d9f03116c7b26f5fc | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 159 (96th) — MUNI CODE-BIDS
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section pertaining to the letting of bids by certain municipalities, provides that any work or other public improvement, to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the expense thereof will exceed $10,000 (instead of $500), shall be constructed by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that work estimated to cost no more than $10,000 (instead of $500) shall be performed by the corporate authorities of the municipality under specified circumstances. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 77–34 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-01-13 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
filing - 2009-01-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-04 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-05 Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- 2009-02-05 Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- 2009-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 006-002-000
committee-passage - 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 077-034-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-18 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2009-03-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- 2009-03-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-18 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Local Government
referral-committee - 2009-04-29 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- 2009-05-07 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-11 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-08-07 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-07 Effective Date August 7, 2009
- 2009-08-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0138
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e52ecb1-892f-4174-bc5a-2790038a521b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).