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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the

5Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by adding 
6Section 2705-587 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-587 new)
8    Sec. 2705-587. Diversity in Engineering scholarship 
9program.
10    (a) The Diversity in Engineering scholarship program is 
11created to assist in increasing the representation of targeted 
12group members within civil engineer job classifications in 
13which targeted group members are underutilized by the 
14Department.
15    (b) For purposes of this Section:
16        "Targeted group member" means a person belonging to a 
17    class of race, color, or sex, whose percent of the 
18    workforce within the Department's professional 
19    classification which includes civil engineers is less than 
20    that class's percent of the statewide labor market for such 
21    job activities as recorded in the Department's annual 
22    affirmative action plan.
23        "Eligible student" means a targeted group member who: 
 
 
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1    (i) is an Illinois resident at the time of application for 
2    a scholarship under the Program established by this 
3    Section; (ii) is enrolled full-time at any Illinois college 
4    or university in any program leading toward a degree in 
5    civil engineering; (iii) agrees to conditions required by 
6    the Department, including the obligation to work for the 
7    Department after graduation if a position is offered for at 
8    least one year for each academic year the student receives 
9    a scholarship.
10    (c) The Department, subject to appropriation, shall award 
11scholarships to up to 20 selected eligible students each year, 
12unless no targeted group members are identified by the 
13Department's affirmative action plan. Scholarships issued 
14pursuant to this Section shall not exceed $7,500 per academic 
15year.
16    (d) The Department shall promulgate rules to implement and 
17administer the scholarship program created by this Section.