| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning education. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 8 | | - | 29-6.1 as follows: |
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| 9 | | - | (105 ILCS 5/29-6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-6.1) |
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| 10 | | - | Sec. 29-6.1. Contracts for transportation. Subject to |
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| 11 | | - | Section 6-106.11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, school boards |
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| 12 | | - | may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed |
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| 13 | | - | appropriate by those school boards up to 3 years for |
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| 14 | | - | transportation of pupils to and from school; however, no |
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| 15 | | - | contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10 |
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| 16 | | - | years. All contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years |
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| 17 | | - | that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil |
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| 18 | | - | transportation shall include a termination option after 5 |
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| 19 | | - | years. Nothing in this Section prohibits contract opener |
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| 20 | | - | clauses for any purpose from being included in the contract. A |
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| 21 | | - | contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant |
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| 22 | | - | percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a |
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| 23 | | - | school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on |
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| 24 | | - | capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that |
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| 25 | | - | cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract. |
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| 26 | | - | Such contracts may be extended for up to 2 additional years by |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning education. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 7 | + | 5 29-6.1 as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (105 ILCS 5/29-6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-6.1) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 29-6.1. Contracts for transportation. Subject to |
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| 10 | + | 8 Section 6-106.11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, school boards |
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| 11 | + | 9 may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed |
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| 12 | + | 10 appropriate by those school boards up to 3 years for |
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| 13 | + | 11 transportation of pupils to and from school; however, no |
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| 14 | + | 12 contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10 |
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| 15 | + | 13 years. All contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years |
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| 16 | + | 14 that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil |
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| 17 | + | 15 transportation shall include a termination option after 5 |
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| 18 | + | 16 years. Nothing in this Section prohibits contract opener |
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| 19 | + | 17 clauses for any purpose from being included in the contract. A |
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| 20 | + | 18 contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant |
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| 21 | + | 19 percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a |
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| 22 | + | 20 school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on |
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| 23 | + | 21 capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that |
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| 24 | + | 22 cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract. |
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| 25 | + | 23 Such contracts may be extended for up to 2 additional years by |
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| 33 | | - | mutual agreement of the parties, and thereafter may be |
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| 34 | | - | extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the |
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| 35 | | - | parties, however no such contract may be extended on a |
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| 36 | | - | year-to-year basis if a school board receives a timely request |
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| 37 | | - | from another interested contractor that a contract be let by |
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| 38 | | - | bid. |
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| 39 | | - | (Source: P.A. 84-768.) |
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| 34 | + | 1 mutual agreement of the parties, and thereafter may be |
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| 35 | + | 2 extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the |
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| 36 | + | 3 parties, however no such contract may be extended on a |
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| 37 | + | 4 year-to-year basis if a school board receives a timely request |
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| 38 | + | 5 from another interested contractor that a contract be let by |
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| 39 | + | 6 bid. |
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| 40 | + | 7 (Source: P.A. 84-768.) |
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| 46 | + | HB2235 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 28256 RJT 54635 b |
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