Chicago City Council May 24, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity
ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 2-92-230 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
2-92-230 Bills for materials and services - Certification and payment.
The chief procurement officer Chief Procurement Officer shall receive all bills for supplies, materials, services^ and labor furnished upon orders issued by the Chief Procurement Officer-him. and shall certify to their correctness as to prices, extensions, totals and conformity to contract or purchase order. Where the supplies, materials, services^ and labor have been requisitioned by a department or office, the Chief Procurement Officer he-shall certify to their conformity to such requisition. He-The Chief Procurement Officer shall present such certificate to the comptroller Comptroller. When in the judgment of the chief procurement officer Chief Procurement Officer, it would be more appropriate in a given instance for another department head to perform such certification, the ohief procurement officer Chief Procurement Officer may delegate certification authority to such department head. All certifications under this Section shall be made in accordance with the applicable time periods under Section 3 of the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, codified at 50 ILCS 505 et seq. (the "Act"). Unless otherwise provided in Section 2- 92-260, all bills certified under this Section shall be paid bv the Comptroller in accordance with Section 4 and Section 5 of the Act, provided, however, that no contract subject to this Section may contain a time period for payment under Section 6 of the Act (50 ILCS 505/6) that is in excess of 90 days.
SECTION 2. Section 2-92-260 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, and by deleting th...
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