2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 30 - FINANCE › 30 ILCS 565/ - Steel Products Procurement Act.

(30 ILCS 565/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1801)
Sec. 1. 
		
		This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Steel
Products Procurement Act".
(Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
(30 ILCS 565/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 1802)
Sec. 2. 
		
		It is hereby found and declared by the Illinois General Assembly that
(1) The production of steel products provides the
jobs and family incomes of hundreds of thousands of people in this State
and, in turn, the jobs and family incomes of millions of persons in the United States;
(2) The taxes paid to the State and its political subdivisions by employers
and employees engaged in the production and sale of steel products are a
large source of public revenues in the State;
(3) The economy and general welfare of this State and its people, as well
as the economy and general welfare of the United States, are inseparably
related to the preservation and development of industry in this State, as
well as all the other states of this nation.
The General Assembly therefore declares it to be the policy of the State
of Illinois that all public officers and agencies should
aid and promote the economy of the State and the United States by specifying
steel products produced in the United States in all
contracts for construction, reconstruction, repair, improvement or
maintenance of public works.
(Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
(30 ILCS 565/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 1803)
Sec. 3. 
		
		For the purposes of this Act, the following words have the
meanings ascribed to them in this Section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Public agency" means the State of Illinois, its departments, agencies,
boards, commissions and institutions, and all units of local government,
including school districts.
(b) "United States" means the United States and any place subject to the
jurisdiction thereof.
(c) "Steel products" means products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn,
extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise similarly processed, or
processed by a combination of two or more such operations, from steel made
in the United States by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace,
Bessemer or other steel making process.
(Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
(30 ILCS 565/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1804)
Sec. 4. 
		
		Each contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration,
repair, improvement or maintenance of public works made by a public agency
shall contain a provision that steel products used or supplied in the performance
of that contract or any subcontract thereto shall be manufactured or produced
in the United States.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply:
(1) Where the contract involves an expenditure of less than $500.
(2) Where the executive head of the public agency certifies in writing
that (a) the specified products are not manufactured or produced in the
United States in sufficient quantities to meet the agency's requirements
or cannot be manufactured or produced in the United States within the necessary
time in sufficient quantities to meet the agency's requirements, or (b)
obtaining the specified products, manufactured or produced in the United
States would increase the cost of the contract by more than 10%.
(3) When its application is not in the public interest.
(Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
(30 ILCS 565/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 1805)
Sec. 5. 
		
		No public agency may authorize, provide for or make any payment
to any vendor or contractor upon any contract in violation of Section 4.
It shall be a business offense for any vendor or contractor to knowingly
enter into any contract in violation of Section 4 or to knowingly violate
contract provisions required by Section 4.  Each such violation shall subject
the violator to a fine of the greater of $5,000 or the payment price received by
him as a result of such violation.  The Attorney General is authorized to
file and prosecute a complaint in the circuit court of any county in which
the contract was in whole or in part executed or performed.
(Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
(30 ILCS 565/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 1806)
Sec. 6. 
		
		This Act shall apply only to contracts and subcontracts entered
into after the effective date of this Act, and shall not limit the use or
supply of steel products purchased or leased prior to
the effective date of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-1030.)
(30 ILCS 565/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 1807)
Sec. 7. 
		
		Nothing in this Act is intended to contravene any existing
treaty, law, agreement or regulation of the United States.
 Contracts entered into in accordance with an existing treaty,
law, agreement or regulation of the United States shall not be in violation
of this Act to the extent of such accordance.
(Source: P.A. 83-1030.)