Do either DuPage County, Illinois or the state of Illinois itself have
laws preventing government agencies from purchasing the of goods from
a firm convicted of anti-trust violations.

Rw2-ga:

	After searching DuPage County’s various websites, and utilizing
Illinois’ great online statutes,
 
http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/chapterlist.html

I found no such lawor rules. Although anti-trust legislation seems to
be vigorously  enforced in Illinois, I found no mention of a vendor
being ineligible to do business because of a past conviction. Current
anti-trust violations can and will terminate an active purchasing
relationship.


DuPage County purchasing can be completed online at:

http://66.89.229.66/purchas/

The county uses http://www.municipalnet.com ( a municipal portal) to
register prospective vendors.

I registered , and read the agreement between me (the vendor) and
municpalnet. There were no disclaimers relating to anti-trust
convictions.


The full Illinois anti trust act in statutes:

http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/ch740/ch740act10.htm


Anti-trust regarding Illinois Townships:

http://www.legis.state.il.us/scripts/oop/searchilcsqfullhit.htw?CiWebHitsFile=/ilcs/ch60/ch60act1articles/ch60act1sub21.htm&CiRestriction=%20purchasing%20and%20antitrust%20&CiQueryFile=/scripts/searchilcs.idq&CiBeginHilite=%3CB%20CLASS=HIT%3E&CiEndHilite=%3C/B%3E&CiUserParam3=../searchilcs.html&CiHiliteType=Full


Local Government Antitrust Exemption Act:
http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/ch50/ch50act35.htm
	

You can search all the latest statutes here, as I did:


http://www.legis.state.il.us/scripts/searchilcs.html

I sincerely hope this helps you in your endeavors, please do not
hesitate to ask for a clarification.

Regards,

Colin

Google search strategy
Du page county illinois
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This is a good answer from the standpoint that it provides good
resources for someone to self search, but a negative response like
this (there is no such law) requires a stronger proof than 'I searched
a couple web sites and nothing turned up' to get five stars.

Been reading Slashdot, eh?  :-)

Good luck on your quest.  That's a byzantine system of patronage up there.