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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 4/2/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 366
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 366, AS AMENDED, |
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| with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. |
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| 1, as follows:
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| on page 1, immediately below line 12, by inserting the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5-5. The Department of Transportation Law of the |
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding |
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| Section 2705-585 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-585 new)
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| Sec. 2705-585. Diversity goals. |
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| (a) To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law |
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| or regulation, all State construction projects funded from |
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| amounts (i) made available under the Governor's Fiscal Year |
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| 2009 supplemental budget or the American Recovery and |
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| Reinvestment Act of 2009 and (ii) that are appropriated to the |
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| Illinois Department of Transportation shall comply with the |
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| Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with |
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| Disabilities Act. |
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| (b) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall |
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| appoint representatives to professional and artistic services |
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| selection committees representative of the State's ethnic, |
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| cultural, and geographic diversity, including, but not limited |
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| to, at least one person from each of the following: an |
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| association representing the interests of African American |
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| business owners, an association representing the interests of |
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| Latino business owners, and an association representing the |
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| interests of women business owners. These committees shall |
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| comply with all requirements of the Open Meetings Act."; and
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| on page 3, immediately below line 20, by inserting the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5-12. 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) Within one year after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Department of |
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| Central Management Services shall conduct a social scientific |
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| study that measures the impact of discrimination on minority |
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| and female business development in Illinois. Within 18 months |
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| after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department |
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| shall issue a report of its findings and any recommendations on |
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| whether to adjust the goals for minority and female |
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| participation established in this Act. Copies of this report |
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| and the social scientific study shall be filed with the |
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| Governor and the General Assembly. |
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| (Source: P.A. 87-701; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)".
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