Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Filed: 3/19/2019
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 142
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 142 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, | ||||||
5 | and Persons with
Disabilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Sections 2 and 4f as follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 575/2)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 2. Definitions.
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10 | (A) For the purpose of this Act, the following
terms shall | ||||||
11 | have the following definitions:
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12 | (1) "Minority person" shall mean a person who is a | ||||||
13 | citizen or lawful
permanent resident of the United States | ||||||
14 | and who is any of the following:
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15 | (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person | ||||||
16 | having origins in any of the original peoples of North |
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1 | and South America, including Central America, and who | ||||||
2 | maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment). | ||||||
3 | (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the | ||||||
4 | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or | ||||||
5 | the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited | ||||||
6 | to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, | ||||||
7 | Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and | ||||||
8 | Vietnam). | ||||||
9 | (c) Black or African American (a person having | ||||||
10 | origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa). | ||||||
11 | Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in | ||||||
12 | addition to "Black or African American". | ||||||
13 | (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | ||||||
14 | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other | ||||||
15 | Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race). | ||||||
16 | (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a | ||||||
17 | person having origins in any of the original peoples of | ||||||
18 | Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
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19 | (2) "Woman" shall mean a person who is a citizen or | ||||||
20 | lawful permanent
resident of the United States and who is | ||||||
21 | of the female gender.
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22 | (2.05) "Person with a disability" means a person who is | ||||||
23 | a citizen or
lawful resident of the United States and is a | ||||||
24 | person qualifying as a person with a disability under | ||||||
25 | subdivision (2.1) of this subsection (A).
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26 | (2.1) "Person with a disability" means a person with a |
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1 | severe physical or mental disability that:
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2 | (a) results from:
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3 | amputation,
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4 | arthritis,
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5 | autism,
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6 | blindness,
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7 | burn injury,
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8 | cancer,
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9 | cerebral palsy,
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10 | Crohn's disease, | ||||||
11 | cystic fibrosis,
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12 | deafness,
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13 | head injury,
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14 | heart disease,
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15 | hemiplegia,
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16 | hemophilia,
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17 | respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction,
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18 | an intellectual disability,
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19 | mental illness,
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20 | multiple sclerosis,
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21 | muscular dystrophy,
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22 | musculoskeletal disorders,
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23 | neurological disorders, including stroke and | ||||||
24 | epilepsy,
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25 | paraplegia,
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26 | quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions,
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1 | sickle cell anemia,
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2 | ulcerative colitis, | ||||||
3 | specific learning disabilities, or
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4 | end stage renal failure disease; and
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5 | (b) substantially limits one or more of the | ||||||
6 | person's major life activities.
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7 | Another disability or combination of disabilities may | ||||||
8 | also be considered
as a severe disability for the purposes | ||||||
9 | of item (a) of this
subdivision (2.1) if it is determined | ||||||
10 | by an evaluation of
rehabilitation potential to
cause a | ||||||
11 | comparable degree of substantial functional limitation | ||||||
12 | similar to
the specific list of disabilities listed in item | ||||||
13 | (a) of this
subdivision (2.1).
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14 | (3) "Minority-owned business" means a business which | ||||||
15 | is at least
51% owned by one or more minority persons, or | ||||||
16 | in the case of a
corporation, at least 51% of the stock in | ||||||
17 | which is owned by one or
more minority persons; and the | ||||||
18 | management and daily business operations of
which are | ||||||
19 | controlled by one or more of the minority individuals who | ||||||
20 | own it.
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21 | (4) "Women-owned business" means a business which is at | ||||||
22 | least
51% owned by one or more women, or, in the case of a | ||||||
23 | corporation, at
least 51% of the stock in which is owned by | ||||||
24 | one or more women; and the
management and daily business | ||||||
25 | operations of which are controlled by one or
more of the | ||||||
26 | women who own it.
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1 | (4.1) "Business owned by a person with a disability" | ||||||
2 | means a business
that is at least 51% owned by one or more | ||||||
3 | persons with a disability
and the management and daily | ||||||
4 | business operations of which
are controlled by one or more | ||||||
5 | of the persons with disabilities who own it. A
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6 | not-for-profit agency for persons with disabilities that | ||||||
7 | is exempt from
taxation under Section 501 of the Internal | ||||||
8 | Revenue Code of 1986 is also
considered a "business owned | ||||||
9 | by a person with a disability".
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10 | (4.2) "Council" means the Business Enterprise Council | ||||||
11 | for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities | ||||||
12 | created under Section 5 of this Act.
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13 | (5) "State contracts" means all contracts entered into | ||||||
14 | by the State, any agency or department thereof, or any | ||||||
15 | public institution of higher education , including | ||||||
16 | community college districts , regardless of the source of | ||||||
17 | the funds with which the contracts are paid, which are not | ||||||
18 | subject to federal reimbursement. "State contracts" does | ||||||
19 | not include contracts awarded by a retirement system, | ||||||
20 | pension fund, or investment board subject to Section | ||||||
21 | 1-109.1 of the Illinois Pension Code. This definition shall | ||||||
22 | control over any existing definition under this Act or | ||||||
23 | applicable administrative rule.
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24 | "State construction contracts" means all State | ||||||
25 | contracts entered
into by a State agency or public | ||||||
26 | institution of higher education for the repair, |
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1 | remodeling,
renovation or
construction of a building or | ||||||
2 | structure, or for the construction or
maintenance of a | ||||||
3 | highway defined in Article 2 of the Illinois Highway
Code.
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4 | (6) "State agencies" shall mean all departments, | ||||||
5 | officers, boards,
commissions, institutions and bodies | ||||||
6 | politic and corporate of the State,
but does not include | ||||||
7 | the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois,
the | ||||||
8 | Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University,
the | ||||||
9 | Board of Trustees
of Chicago State University, the Board of | ||||||
10 | Trustees of Eastern Illinois
University, the Board of | ||||||
11 | Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of
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12 | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of | ||||||
13 | Trustees of Northeastern
Illinois
University, the Board of | ||||||
14 | Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
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15 | Trustees of Western Illinois University,
municipalities or | ||||||
16 | other local governmental units, or other State | ||||||
17 | constitutional
officers.
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18 | (7) "Public institutions of higher education" means | ||||||
19 | the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, | ||||||
20 | Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, | ||||||
21 | Governors State University, Illinois State University, | ||||||
22 | Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois | ||||||
23 | University, Western Illinois University, the public | ||||||
24 | community colleges of the State, and any other public | ||||||
25 | universities , colleges, and community colleges now or | ||||||
26 | hereafter established or authorized by the General |
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1 | Assembly.
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2 | (8) "Certification" means a determination made by the | ||||||
3 | Council
or by one delegated authority from the Council to | ||||||
4 | make certifications, or by
a State agency with statutory | ||||||
5 | authority to make such a certification, that a
business | ||||||
6 | entity is a business owned by a
minority, woman, or person | ||||||
7 | with a disability for whatever
purpose. A business owned | ||||||
8 | and controlled by women shall be certified as a | ||||||
9 | "woman-owned business". A business owned and controlled by | ||||||
10 | women who are also minorities shall be certified as both a | ||||||
11 | "women-owned business" and a "minority-owned business".
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12 | (9) "Control" means the exclusive or ultimate and sole | ||||||
13 | control of the
business including, but not limited to, | ||||||
14 | capital investment and all other
financial matters, | ||||||
15 | property, acquisitions, contract negotiations, legal
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16 | matters, officer-director-employee selection and | ||||||
17 | comprehensive hiring,
operating responsibilities, | ||||||
18 | cost-control matters, income and dividend
matters, | ||||||
19 | financial transactions and rights of other shareholders or | ||||||
20 | joint
partners. Control shall be real, substantial and | ||||||
21 | continuing, not pro forma.
Control shall include the power | ||||||
22 | to direct or cause the direction of the
management and | ||||||
23 | policies of the business and to make the day-to-day as well
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24 | as major decisions in matters of policy, management and | ||||||
25 | operations.
Control shall be exemplified by possessing the | ||||||
26 | requisite knowledge and
expertise to run the particular |
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1 | business and control shall not include
simple majority or | ||||||
2 | absentee ownership.
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3 | (10) "Business" means a business that has annual gross | ||||||
4 | sales of less than $75,000,000 as evidenced by the federal | ||||||
5 | income tax return of the business. A firm with gross sales | ||||||
6 | in excess of this cap may apply to the Council for | ||||||
7 | certification for a particular contract if the firm can | ||||||
8 | demonstrate that the contract would have significant | ||||||
9 | impact on businesses owned by minorities, women, or persons | ||||||
10 | with disabilities as suppliers or subcontractors or in | ||||||
11 | employment of minorities, women, or persons with | ||||||
12 | disabilities.
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13 | (11) "Utilization plan" means a form and additional | ||||||
14 | documentations included in all bids or proposals that | ||||||
15 | demonstrates a vendor's proposed utilization of vendors | ||||||
16 | certified by the Business Enterprise Program to meet the | ||||||
17 | targeted goal. The utilization plan shall demonstrate that | ||||||
18 | the Vendor has either: (1) met the entire contract goal or | ||||||
19 | (2) requested a full or partial waiver and made good faith | ||||||
20 | efforts towards meeting the goal. | ||||||
21 | (12) "Business Enterprise Program" means the Business | ||||||
22 | Enterprise Program of the Department of Central Management | ||||||
23 | Services. | ||||||
24 | (B) When a business is owned at least 51% by any | ||||||
25 | combination of
minority persons, women, or persons with | ||||||
26 | disabilities,
even though none of the 3 classes alone holds at |
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1 | least a 51% interest, the
ownership
requirement for purposes of | ||||||
2 | this Act is considered to be met. The
certification category | ||||||
3 | for the business is that of the class holding the
largest | ||||||
4 | ownership
interest in the business. If 2 or more classes have | ||||||
5 | equal ownership interests,
the certification category shall be | ||||||
6 | determined by
the business.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; | ||||||
8 | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.) | ||||||
9 | (30 ILCS 575/4f) | ||||||
10 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 4f. Award of State contracts. | ||||||
12 | (1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the | ||||||
13 | State of Illinois to promote and encourage each State agency | ||||||
14 | and public institution of higher education , including | ||||||
15 | community colleges, to use businesses owned by minorities, | ||||||
16 | women, and persons with disabilities in the area of goods and | ||||||
17 | services, including, but not limited to, insurance services, | ||||||
18 | investment management services, information technology | ||||||
19 | services, accounting services, architectural and engineering | ||||||
20 | services, and legal services. Furthermore, each State agency | ||||||
21 | and public institution of higher education , including | ||||||
22 | community colleges, shall utilize such firms to the greatest | ||||||
23 | extent feasible within the bounds of financial and fiduciary | ||||||
24 | prudence, and take affirmative steps to remove any barriers to | ||||||
25 | the full participation of such firms in the procurement and |
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1 | contracting opportunities afforded. | ||||||
2 | (a) When a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
3 | education, other than a community college, awards a | ||||||
4 | contract for insurance services, for each State agency or | ||||||
5 | public institution of higher education, it shall be the | ||||||
6 | aspirational goal to use insurance brokers owned by | ||||||
7 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as | ||||||
8 | defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total | ||||||
9 | annual premiums or fees. | ||||||
10 | (b) When a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
11 | education, other than a community college, awards a | ||||||
12 | contract for investment services, for each State agency or | ||||||
13 | public institution of higher education, it shall be the | ||||||
14 | aspirational goal to use emerging investment managers | ||||||
15 | owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities | ||||||
16 | as defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total | ||||||
17 | funds under management. Furthermore, it is the | ||||||
18 | aspirational goal that not less than 20% of the direct | ||||||
19 | asset managers of the State funds be minorities, women, and | ||||||
20 | persons with disabilities. | ||||||
21 | (c) When a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
22 | education, other than a community college, awards | ||||||
23 | contracts for information technology services, accounting | ||||||
24 | services, architectural and engineering services, and | ||||||
25 | legal services, for each State agency and public | ||||||
26 | institution of higher education, it shall be the |
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1 | aspirational goal to use such firms owned by minorities, | ||||||
2 | women, and persons with disabilities as defined by this Act | ||||||
3 | and lawyers who are minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
4 | disabilities as defined by this Act, for not less than 20% | ||||||
5 | of the total dollar amount of State contracts. | ||||||
6 | (d) When a community college awards a contract for | ||||||
7 | insurance services, investment services, information | ||||||
8 | technology services, accounting services, architectural | ||||||
9 | and engineering services, and legal services, it shall be | ||||||
10 | the aspirational goal of each community college to use | ||||||
11 | businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
12 | disabilities as defined in this Act for not less than 20% | ||||||
13 | of the total amount spent on contracts for these services | ||||||
14 | collectively. When a community college awards contracts | ||||||
15 | for investment services, contracts awarded to investment | ||||||
16 | managers who are not emerging investment managers as | ||||||
17 | defined in this Act shall not be considered businesses | ||||||
18 | owned by minorities, women, or persons with disabilities | ||||||
19 | for the purposes of this Section. | ||||||
20 | (e) When a community college awards a contract, it | ||||||
21 | shall be the aspirational goal of each community college to | ||||||
22 | use businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
23 | disabilities, as defined in this Act, for not less than 20% | ||||||
24 | of the total dollar amount of all contracts entered into by | ||||||
25 | the community college district, regardless of the source of | ||||||
26 | the funds with which the contracts are paid, which are not |
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1 | subject to federal reimbursement. | ||||||
2 | The percentage specified in this subsection (e) | ||||||
3 | relates to the total dollar amount of contracts during each | ||||||
4 | fiscal year, calculated by examining independently each | ||||||
5 | type of contract for each community college which lets such | ||||||
6 | contracts. Only the percentage of arrangements which | ||||||
7 | represents the participation of businesses owned by | ||||||
8 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities on such | ||||||
9 | contracts shall be included. | ||||||
10 | (f) When a community college awards construction | ||||||
11 | contracts, it shall be the aspirational goal of each | ||||||
12 | community college to use businesses owned by minorities and | ||||||
13 | women, as defined in this Act, for not less than 20% of the | ||||||
14 | total amount of construction contracts entered into by the | ||||||
15 | community college district, regardless of the source of the | ||||||
16 | funds for which the contracts are paid, which are not | ||||||
17 | subject to federal reimbursement.
In the case of | ||||||
18 | construction contracts, the provisions of this Act | ||||||
19 | requiring a portion of the contracts awarded to businesses | ||||||
20 | owned and controlled by persons with disabilities do not | ||||||
21 | apply. | ||||||
22 | (2) As used in this Section: | ||||||
23 | "Accounting services" means the measurement, | ||||||
24 | processing and communication of financial information | ||||||
25 | about economic entities including, but is not limited to, | ||||||
26 | financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, |
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1 | cost containment and auditing services, taxation and | ||||||
2 | accounting information systems. | ||||||
3 | "Architectural and engineering services" means | ||||||
4 | professional services of an architectural or engineering | ||||||
5 | nature, or incidental services, that members of the | ||||||
6 | architectural and engineering professions, and individuals | ||||||
7 | in their employ, may logically or justifiably perform, | ||||||
8 | including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping, | ||||||
9 | tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning, | ||||||
10 | program management, conceptual designs, plans and | ||||||
11 | specifications, value engineering, construction phase | ||||||
12 | services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation | ||||||
13 | of operating and maintenance manuals, and other related | ||||||
14 | services. | ||||||
15 | "Emerging investment manager" means an investment | ||||||
16 | manager or claims consultant having assets under | ||||||
17 | management below $10 billion or otherwise adjudicating | ||||||
18 | claims. | ||||||
19 | "Information technology services" means, but is not | ||||||
20 | limited to, specialized technology-oriented solutions by | ||||||
21 | combining the processes and functions of software, | ||||||
22 | hardware, networks, telecommunications, web designers, | ||||||
23 | cloud developing resellers, and electronics. | ||||||
24 | "Insurance broker" means an insurance brokerage firm, | ||||||
25 | claims administrator, or both, that procures, places all | ||||||
26 | lines of insurance, or administers claims with annual |
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1 | premiums or fees of at least $5,000,000 but not more than | ||||||
2 | $10,000,000. | ||||||
3 | "Legal services" means work performed by a lawyer | ||||||
4 | including, but not limited to, contracts in anticipation of | ||||||
5 | litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations. | ||||||
6 | (3) Each State agency and public institution of higher | ||||||
7 | education , including community colleges, shall adopt policies | ||||||
8 | that identify its plan and implementation procedures for | ||||||
9 | increasing the use of service firms owned by minorities, women, | ||||||
10 | and persons with disabilities. | ||||||
11 | (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the Council shall | ||||||
12 | file no later than March 1 of each year an annual report to the | ||||||
13 | Governor and the General Assembly. The report filed with the | ||||||
14 | General Assembly shall be filed as required in Section 3.1 of | ||||||
15 | the General Assembly Organization Act. This report shall: (i) | ||||||
16 | identify the service firms used by each State agency and public | ||||||
17 | institution of higher education, (ii) identify the actions it | ||||||
18 | has undertaken to increase the use of service firms owned by | ||||||
19 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, including | ||||||
20 | encouraging non-minority-owned firms to use other service | ||||||
21 | firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities | ||||||
22 | as subcontractors when the opportunities arise, (iii) state any | ||||||
23 | recommendations made by the Council to each State agency and | ||||||
24 | public institution of higher education to increase | ||||||
25 | participation by the use of service firms owned by minorities, | ||||||
26 | women, and persons with disabilities, and (iv) include the |
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1 | following: | ||||||
2 | (A) For insurance services: the names of the insurance | ||||||
3 | brokers or claims consultants used, the total of risk | ||||||
4 | managed by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
5 | higher education by insurance brokers, the total | ||||||
6 | commissions, fees paid, or both, the lines or insurance | ||||||
7 | policies placed, and the amount of premiums placed; and the | ||||||
8 | percentage of the risk managed by insurance brokers, the | ||||||
9 | percentage of total commission, fees paid, or both, the | ||||||
10 | lines or insurance policies placed, and the amount of | ||||||
11 | premiums placed with each by the insurance brokers owned by | ||||||
12 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities by each | ||||||
13 | State agency and public institution of higher education. | ||||||
14 | (B) For investment management services: the names of | ||||||
15 | the investment managers used, the total funds under | ||||||
16 | management of investment managers; the total commissions, | ||||||
17 | fees paid, or both; the total and percentage of funds under | ||||||
18 | management of emerging investment managers owned by | ||||||
19 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, | ||||||
20 | including the total and percentage of total commissions, | ||||||
21 | fees paid, or both by each State agency and public | ||||||
22 | institution of higher education. | ||||||
23 | (C) The names of service firms, the percentage and | ||||||
24 | total dollar amount paid for professional services by | ||||||
25 | category by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
26 | higher education. |
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1 | (D) The names of service firms, the percentage and | ||||||
2 | total dollar amount paid for services by category to firms | ||||||
3 | owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities | ||||||
4 | by each State agency and public institution of higher | ||||||
5 | education. | ||||||
6 | (E) The total number of contracts awarded for services | ||||||
7 | by category and the total number of contracts awarded to | ||||||
8 | firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
9 | disabilities by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
10 | higher education. | ||||||
11 | (5) For community college districts, the Business | ||||||
12 | Enterprise Council shall only report the following information | ||||||
13 | for each community college district: (i) the name of the | ||||||
14 | community colleges in the district, (ii) the name and contact | ||||||
15 | information of a person at each community college appointed to | ||||||
16 | be the single point of contact for vendors owned by minorities, | ||||||
17 | women, or persons with disabilities, (iii) the policy of the | ||||||
18 | community college district concerning certified vendors, (iv) | ||||||
19 | the certifications recognized by the community college | ||||||
20 | district for determining whether a business is owned or | ||||||
21 | controlled by a minority, woman, or person with a disability, | ||||||
22 | (v) outreach efforts conducted by the community college | ||||||
23 | district to increase the use of certified vendors, (vi) the | ||||||
24 | total expenditures by the community college district in the | ||||||
25 | prior fiscal year in the divisions of work specified in | ||||||
26 | paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section |
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1 | and the amount paid to certified vendors in those divisions of | ||||||
2 | work, and (vii) the total number of contracts entered into for | ||||||
3 | the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) | ||||||
4 | of subsection (1) of this Section and the total number of | ||||||
5 | contracts awarded to certified vendors providing these | ||||||
6 | services to the community college district , (viii) the total | ||||||
7 | expenditures and the total number of contracts entered into by | ||||||
8 | the community college district in the prior fiscal year as | ||||||
9 | specified in paragraph (e) of subsection (1), and the amount | ||||||
10 | paid to certified vendors and the total number of contracts | ||||||
11 | awarded to vendors, and (ix) the total expenditures and the | ||||||
12 | total number of contracts entered into by the community college | ||||||
13 | district in the prior fiscal years as specified under paragraph | ||||||
14 | (f) of subsection (1), and the amount paid to certified vendors | ||||||
15 | and the total number of contracts awarded to certified venders . | ||||||
16 | The Business Enterprise Council shall not make any utilization | ||||||
17 | reports under this Act for community college districts for | ||||||
18 | Fiscal Year 2015 and Fiscal Year 2016, but shall make the | ||||||
19 | report required by this subsection for Fiscal Year 2017 and for | ||||||
20 | each fiscal year thereafter. The Business Enterprise Council | ||||||
21 | shall report the information in items (i), (ii), (iii), and | ||||||
22 | (iv) of this subsection beginning in September of 2016. The | ||||||
23 | Business Enterprise Council shall may collect the data needed | ||||||
24 | to make its report from the Illinois Community College Board. | ||||||
25 | (6) The status of the utilization of services shall be | ||||||
26 | discussed at each of the regularly scheduled Business |
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1 | Enterprise Council meetings. Time shall be allotted for the | ||||||
2 | Council to receive, review, and discuss the progress of the use | ||||||
3 | of service firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
4 | disabilities by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
5 | higher education; and any evidence regarding past or present | ||||||
6 | racial, ethnic, or gender-based discrimination which directly | ||||||
7 | impacts a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
8 | education contracting with such firms. If after reviewing such | ||||||
9 | evidence the Council finds that there is or has been such | ||||||
10 | discrimination against a specific group, race or sex, the | ||||||
11 | Council shall establish sheltered markets or adjust existing | ||||||
12 | sheltered markets tailored to address the Council's specific | ||||||
13 | findings for the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a), | ||||||
14 | (b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||||||
16 | 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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