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Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
Filed: 3/25/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 351
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 351 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, |
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| Females, and Persons with
Disabilities Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 575/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.604)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2010)
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| Sec. 4. Award of State contracts.
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| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), not less than 12% |
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| of
the total dollar amount of State contracts, as defined by |
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| the Secretary of
the Council and approved by the Council, shall |
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| be established as a goal to
be awarded to businesses owned by |
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| minorities,
females, and persons with disabilities; provided, |
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| however, that
contracts representing at least five-twelfths of |
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| the total amount of all
State contracts awarded to businesses |
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| owned by
minorities, females, and persons with disabilities |
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| pursuant to
this Section shall be awarded to female owned |
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| businesses, and that
contracts representing at least one-sixth |
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| of the total amount of all State
contracts awarded to |
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| businesses owned by
minorities, females, and persons with |
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| disabilities pursuant to this
Section shall be awarded to |
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| businesses owned by persons
with disabilities.
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| The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount of |
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| State
contracts during each State fiscal year, calculated by |
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| examining
independently each type of contract for each agency |
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| or university which
lets such contracts. Only that percentage |
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| of arrangements which represents the participation of |
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| businesses owned by
minorities, females, and persons with |
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| disabilities on such contracts shall
be included.
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| (b) In the case of State construction contracts, the |
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| provisions of
subsection (a) requiring a portion of State |
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| contracts to be awarded to
businesses owned and controlled by |
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| persons with
disabilities do not apply. Not less
than 10% of |
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| the total dollar amount of State construction contracts is
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| established as a goal to be awarded to minority and female |
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| owned
businesses, and contracts representing 50% of the amount |
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| of all State
construction contracts awarded to minority and |
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| female owned businesses
shall be awarded to female owned |
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| businesses.
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| (c) Those who submit bids or proposals for State contracts |
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| shall not be given a period after the bid or proposal is |