101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5863

 

Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
30 ILCS 105/45

    Creates the Park and Museum District Business Enterprise Act. Creates the Park and Museum District Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities comprised of members appointed by the Governor, including individuals representing businesses that are minority-owned or women-owned or owned by persons with disabilities, an individual representing the business community, and individuals representing park districts and museum districts. Provides for an aspirational goal in park districts and museum districts of not less than 30% of the total dollar amount of specified park and museum district contracts to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Provides, however, that of the total amount of all park and museum district contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, contracts representing at least 16% shall be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, contracts representing at least 10% shall be awarded to women-owned businesses, and contracts representing at least 3% shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities. Provides for duties of the Secretary of the Council and for annual report requirements of the Council. Provides for compliance, exemptions, waivers, and other requirements. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall conduct studies that measures the impact of discrimination on minority and women business development in park and museum districts in Illinois. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Park
5and Museum District Business Enterprise Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions.As used in this Act:
7    "Board" means the board of commissioners of a governmental
8unit.
9    "Business", "business Enterprise Program", "business owned
10by a person with a disability", "certification", "minority
11person", "minority-owned business", "person with a
12disability", "utilization plan", "woman", and "women-owned
13business" have the meaning given to those terms in Section 2 of
14the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
15Disabilities Act.
16    "Chief executive officer" means the president of the board
17of a museum district, the chairperson of a board of
18commissioners of a park district, or the General Superintendent
19of the Chicago Park District.
20    "Council" means the Park and Museum District Business
21Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
22Disabilities created under Section 10 of this Act.
23    "Governmental unit" or "unit" means a: (i) park district

 

 

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1organized under the Park District Code or Chicago Park District
2Act; or (ii) museum district organized under the Museum
3District Act.
4    "Sheltered market" means a procurement procedure whereby
5certain contracts are selected and specifically set aside for
6businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
7disabilities on a competitive bid or negotiated basis.
8    "Unit construction contracts" means all contracts entered
9into by a single governmental unit for the repair, remodeling,
10renovation or construction of a building or structure, or for
11the construction or maintenance of a highway defined in Article
122 of the Illinois Highway Code.
13    "Unit contracts" means all contracts entered into by a
14single governmental unit, regardless of the source of the funds
15with which the contracts are paid, which are not subject to
16federal reimbursement.
 
17    Section 10. Park and Museum District Business Enterprise
18Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities.
19    (a) To help implement, monitor and enforce the goals of
20this Act, there is created the Park and Museum District
21Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons
22with Disabilities composed of the following individuals
23appointed by the Governor: 6 individuals representing
24businesses that are minority-owned or women-owned or owned by
25persons with disabilities, one individual representing the

 

 

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1business community, and 2 individuals representing each of the
2following: park districts, other than the Chicago Park
3District; the Chicago Park District; and museum districts.
4These members shall serve 2 year terms and shall be eligible
5for reappointment. Any vacancy occurring on the Council shall
6also be filled by the Governor. Any member appointed to fill a
7vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which
8his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
9remainder of such term. Members of the Council shall serve
10without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any ordinary
11and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
12duties.
13    The Council shall select one of the Council members
14representing a park district or museum district as chairperson
15and the chairperson shall select a Secretary responsible for
16the operation of the program.
17    The board of every governmental unit shall appoint a
18liaison to the Council. Each liaison shall be responsible for
19submitting to the Council any reports and documents necessary
20under this Act.
21    (b) The Council's authority and responsibility shall be to:
22        (1) Devise a certification procedure to assure that
23    businesses taking advantage of this Act are legitimately
24    classified as businesses owned by minorities, women, or
25    persons with disabilities and a registration procedure to
26    recognize, without additional evidence of Business

 

 

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1    Enterprise Program eligibility, the certification of
2    businesses owned by minorities, women, or persons with
3    disabilities certified by the City of Chicago, Cook County,
4    or other jurisdictional programs with requirements and
5    procedures equaling or exceeding those in this Act.
6        (2) Maintain a list of all businesses legitimately
7    classified as businesses owned by minorities, women, or
8    persons with disabilities to provide to governmental
9    units.
10        (3) Review rules and regulations for the
11    implementation of the program for businesses owned by
12    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
13        (4) Review compliance plans submitted by each
14    governmental unit pursuant to this Act.
15        (5) Make annual reports as provided in Section 35 to
16    the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of the
17    program.
18        (6) Serve as a central clearinghouse for information on
19    unit contracts, including the maintenance of a list of all
20    pending unit contracts upon which businesses owned by
21    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities may bid.
22    At the Council's discretion, maintenance of the list may
23    include 24-hour electronic access to the list along with
24    the bid and application information.
25        (7) Establish a toll free telephone number to
26    facilitate information requests concerning the

 

 

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1    certification process and pending contracts.
2    (c) No premium bond rate of a surety company for a bond
3required of a business owned by a minority, woman, or person
4with a disability bidding for a unit contract shall be higher
5than the lowest rate charged by that surety company for a
6similar bond in the same classification of work that would be
7written for a business not owned by a minority, woman, or
8person with a disability.
9    (d) Any Council member who has direct financial or personal
10interest in any measure pending before the Council shall
11disclose this fact to the Council and refrain from
12participating in the determination upon such measure.
13    (e) The Secretary shall have the following duties and
14responsibilities:
15        (1) To be responsible for the day-to-day operation of
16    the Council.
17        (2) To serve as a coordinator for all of the Council's
18    programs for businesses owned by minorities, women, and
19    persons with disabilities and as the information and
20    referral center for all Council initiatives for businesses
21    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
22        (3) To establish an enforcement procedure whereby the
23    Council may recommend to the appropriate unit legal officer
24    that the unit exercise its legal remedies which shall
25    include (i) termination of the contract involved, (ii)
26    prohibition of participation by the respondent in unit

 

 

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1    contracts for a period not to exceed 3 years, (iii)
2    imposition of a penalty not to exceed any profit acquired
3    as a result of violation, or (iv) any combination thereof.
4    Such procedures shall require prior approval by Council.
5    All funds collected as penalties under this subsection
6    shall be used exclusively for maintenance and further
7    development of the Business Enterprise Program and
8    encouragement of participation in unit procurement by
9    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
10        (4) To devise appropriate policies, regulations and
11    procedures for including participation by businesses owned
12    by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as
13    prime contractors including, but not limited to, (i)
14    encouraging the inclusions of qualified businesses owned
15    by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities on
16    solicitation lists, (ii) investigating the potential of
17    blanket bonding programs for small construction jobs, or
18    (iii) investigating and making recommendations concerning
19    the use of the sheltered market process.
20        (5) To devise procedures for the waiver of the
21    participation goals in appropriate circumstances.
22        (6) To accept donations and, with the approval of the
23    Council, grants related to the purposes of this Act.
24        (7) To conduct seminars related to the purpose of this
25    Act and to charge reasonable registration fees.
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1    information to interested parties, except that forms
2    necessary to become eligible for the program shall be
3    provided free of charge to a business or individual
4    applying for the program.
5    (f) The Council shall conduct regular meetings to carry out
6its responsibilities under this Act. At each of the regularly
7scheduled meetings, time shall be allocated for the Council to
8receive, review, and discuss any evidence regarding past or
9present racial, ethnic, or gender based discrimination which
10directly impacts the unit contracting with businesses owned by
11minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. If after
12reviewing such evidence the Council finds that there is or has
13been such discrimination against a specific group, race, or
14sex, the Council shall establish sheltered markets or adjust
15existing sheltered markets tailored to address the Council's
16specific findings.
17     As part of the annual report which the Council must file
18pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (b), the Council shall
19report on any findings made pursuant to this subsection.
20    (g) The Department of Central Management Services shall
21provide administrative and other support to the Council.
 
22    Section 15. Governmental unit compliance plans.
23    (a) Each unit shall file with the Council an annual
24compliance plan which shall outline the goals of the unit for
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1persons with disabilities for the then current fiscal year, the
2manner in which the unit intends to reach these goals and a
3timetable for reaching these goals. The Council shall review
4and approve the plan of each unit and may reject any plan that
5does not comply with this Act or any rules adopted by the
6Council or the Department of Central Management Services
7pursuant to this Act.
8    (b) The compliance plan shall also include, but not be
9limited to, (i) a policy statement, signed by the chief
10executive officer of the unit, expressing a commitment to
11encourage the use of businesses owned by minorities, women, and
12persons with disabilities, (ii) the designation of the liaison
13officer provided for in Section 10, (iii) procedures to
14distribute to potential contractors and vendors the list of all
15businesses legitimately classified as businesses owned by
16minorities, women, and persons with disabilities and so
17certified under this Act, (iv) procedures to set separate
18contract goals on specific prime contracts and purchase orders
19with subcontracting possibilities based upon the type of work
20or services and subcontractor availability, (v) procedures to
21assure that contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to
22meet contract goals, (vi) procedures for contract goal
23exemption, modification and waiver, and (vii) the delineation
24of separate contract goals for businesses owned by minorities,
25women, and persons with disabilities.
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1delegation of responsibilities to the requesting unit as the
2Council deems necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purpose
3of this Act. Such responsibilities may include, but need not be
4limited to, those outlined in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of
5Section 25, paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 35, and
6Section 40.
7    (d) Each unit shall file with the Council an annual report
8of its utilization of businesses owned by minorities, women,
9and persons with disabilities during the preceding fiscal year
10including lapse period spending and a mid-fiscal year report of
11its utilization to date for the then current fiscal year. The
12reports shall include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the
13unit to meet its goals under the Act.
14    (e) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
15Act, any unit which administers a construction program, for
16which federal law or regulations establish standards and
17procedures for the utilization of minority-owned and
18women-owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses, shall
19implement a disadvantaged business enterprise program to
20include minority-owned and women-owned businesses and
21disadvantaged businesses, using the federal standards and
22procedures for the establishment of goals and utilization
23procedures for the State-funded, as well as the federally
24assisted, portions of the program. In such cases, these goals
25shall not exceed those established pursuant to the relevant
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1provisions of subsection (f) of Section 10, the Illinois
2Department of Transportation is authorized to establish
3sheltered markets for the State-funded portions of the program
4consistent with federal law and regulations. Additionally, a
5compliance plan which is filed by such unit pursuant to this
6Act, which incorporates equivalent terms and conditions of its
7federally-approved compliance plan, shall be deemed approved
8under this Act.
 
9    Section 20. Notice of contracts to Council. Except in case
10of emergency, as that term is defined in Section 20-30 of the
11Illinois Procurement Code, each unit shall notify the Secretary
12of the Council of proposed contracts for professional and
13artistic services and provide the information in the form and
14detail as required the Secretary of the Council. Notification
15may be made through direct written communication to the
16Secretary to be received at least 14 days before execution of
17the contract (or the solicitation response date, if
18applicable). The unit must consider any vendor referred by the
19Secretary before execution of the contract. The provisions of
20this Section shall not apply to any unit that has awarded
21contracts for professional and artistic services to businesses
22owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
23totaling in the aggregate $40,000,000 or more during the
24preceding fiscal year.
 

 

 

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1    Section 25. Exemptions; waivers; posting of data.
2    (a) The Council, at the written request of the affected
3unit or recipient of a grant or loan of State funds of $250,000
4or more complying with Section 45 of the State Finance Act, may
5permit an individual contract or contract package (related
6contracts being bid or awarded simultaneously for the same
7project or improvements) be made wholly or partially exempt
8from unit contracting goals for businesses owned by minorities,
9women, and persons with disabilities prior to the advertisement
10for bids or solicitation of proposals whenever there has been a
11determination, reduced to writing and based on the best
12information available at the time of the determination, that
13there is an insufficient number of businesses owned by
14minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to ensure
15adequate competition and an expectation of reasonable prices on
16bids or proposals solicited for the individual contract or
17contract package in question.
18        (1) The following procedures shall be followed for
19    individual exemptions:
20            (A) A written request for an individual contract
21        exemption must include, but is not limited to, the
22        following:
23                (i) a list of eligible businesses owned by
24            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;
25                (ii) a clear demonstration that the number of
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1            above is insufficient to ensure adequate
2            competition;
3                (iii) the difference in cost between the
4            contract proposals being offered by businesses
5            owned by minorities, women, and persons with
6            disabilities and the unit's expectations of
7            reasonable prices on bids or proposals within that
8            class; and
9                (iv) a list of eligible businesses owned by
10            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
11            that the contractor has used in the current and
12            prior fiscal years.
13            (B) The Council's determination concerning an
14        individual contract exemption must consider, at a
15        minimum, the following:
16                (i) the justification for the requested
17            exemption, including whether diligent efforts were
18            undertaken to identify and solicit eligible
19            businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
20            with disabilities;
21                (ii) the total number of exemptions granted to
22            the affected unit or recipient of a grant or loan
23            of State funds of $250,000 or more complying with
24            Section 45 of the State Finance Act that have been
25            granted by the Council in the current and prior
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1                (iii) the percentage of contracts awarded by
2            the unit to eligible businesses owned by
3            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
4            in the current and prior fiscal years.
5        (2) The following procedures shall be followed for
6    class exemptions:
7            (A) The Council, at the written request of an
8        affected unit, may permit an entire class of contracts
9        be made exempt from unit contracting goals for
10        businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
11        with disabilities whenever there has been a
12        determination, reduced to writing and based on the best
13        information available at the time of the
14        determination, that there is an insufficient number of
15        qualified businesses owned by minorities, women, and
16        persons with disabilities to ensure adequate
17        competition and an expectation of reasonable prices on
18        bids or proposals within that class.
19            (B) A written request for a class exemption must
20        include, but is not limited to, the following:
21                (i) a list of eligible businesses owned by
22            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;
23                (ii) a clear demonstration that the number of
24            eligible businesses identified in subdivision (i)
25            above is insufficient to ensure adequate
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1                (iii) the difference in cost between the
2            contract proposals being offered by eligible
3            businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
4            with disabilities and the unit's expectations of
5            reasonable prices on bids or proposals within that
6            class; and
7                (iv) the number of class exemptions the
8            affected unit requested in the current and prior
9            fiscal years.
10            (C) The Council's determination concerning class
11        exemptions must consider, at a minimum, the following:
12                (i) the justification for the requested
13            exemption, including whether diligent efforts were
14            undertaken to identify and solicit eligible
15            businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
16            with disabilities;
17                (ii) the total number of class exemptions
18            granted to the requesting unit that have been
19            granted by the Council in the current and prior
20            fiscal years; and
21                (iii) the percentage of contracts awarded by
22            the unit to eligible businesses owned by
23            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
24            the current and prior fiscal years.
25            (D) Any such class exemption shall not be permitted
26        for a period of more than one year at a time.

 

 

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1    (b) Where a particular contract requires a contractor to
2meet a goal established pursuant to this Act, the contractor
3shall have the right to request a waiver from such requirement.
4The Council shall grant the waiver where the contractor
5demonstrates that there has been made a good faith effort to
6comply with the goals for participation by businesses owned by
7minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. The
8following procedures shall be followed for waivers:
9        (1) A contractor's request for a waiver under this
10    subsection must include, but is not limited to, the
11    following, if available:
12            (A) a list of eligible businesses owned by
13        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that
14        pertain to the class of contracts in the requested
15        waiver;
16            (B) a clear demonstration that the number of
17        eligible businesses identified in subparagraph (A)
18        above is insufficient to ensure competition;
19            (C) the difference in cost between the contract
20        proposals being offered by businesses owned by
21        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities and
22        the unit's expectations of reasonable prices on bids or
23        proposals within that class; and
24            (D) a list of businesses owned by minorities,
25        women, and persons with disabilities that the
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1        years.
2        (2) The Council's determination concerning waivers
3    must include following:
4            (A) the justification for the requested waiver,
5        including whether the requesting contractor made a
6        good faith effort to identify and solicit eligible
7        businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
8        with disabilities;
9            (B) the total number of waivers the contractor has
10        been granted by the Council in the current and prior
11        fiscal years;
12            (C) the percentage of contracts awarded by the unit
13        to eligible businesses owned by minorities, women, and
14        persons with disabilities in the current and prior
15        fiscal years; and
16            (D) the contractor's use of businesses owned by
17        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in
18        the current and prior fiscal years.
19    (c) If any unit contract, which otherwise would be subject
20to the provisions of this Act, is or becomes subject to federal
21laws or regulations which conflict with the provisions of this
22Act or actions of the State taken pursuant hereto, the
23provisions of the federal laws or regulations shall apply and
24the contract shall be interpreted and enforced accordingly.
25    (d) Each unit shall post and maintain on its website a
26database of the following: (i) waivers granted under this

 

 

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1Section with respect to contracts under his or her
2jurisdiction; (ii) a unit's written request for an exemption of
3an individual contract or an entire class of contracts; and
4(iii) the Council's written determination granting or denying a
5request for an exemption of an individual contract or an entire
6class of contracts. The database, which shall be updated
7periodically as necessary, shall be searchable by contractor
8name and by contracting unit.
9    (e) Each unit shall post and maintain on its website a list
10of all firms that have been prohibited from bidding, offering,
11or entering into a contract with the unit as a result of
12violations of this Act.
13    Each public notice required by law of the award of a unit
14contract shall include, for each bid or offer submitted for
15that contract, the following: (i) the bidder's or offeror's
16name, (ii) the bid amount, (iii) the name or names of the
17certified firms identified in the bidder's or offeror's
18submitted utilization plan, and (iv) the bid's amount and
19percentage of the contract awarded to businesses owned by
20minorities, women, and persons with disabilities identified in
21the utilization plan.
 
22    Section 30. Award of unit contracts.
23    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), not less than 30%
24of the total dollar amount of unit contracts, as defined by the
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1established as an aspirational goal to be awarded to businesses
2owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;
3provided, however, that of the total amount of all unit
4contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and
5persons with disabilities pursuant to this Section, contracts
6representing at least 16% shall be awarded to businesses owned
7by minorities, contracts representing at least 10% shall be
8awarded to women-owned businesses, and contracts representing
9at least 3% shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons
10with disabilities.
11    The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount of
12unit contracts during each unit's fiscal year, calculated by
13examining independently each type of contract for each unit
14which lets such contracts. Only that percentage of arrangements
15which represents the participation of businesses owned by
16minorities, women, and persons with disabilities on such
17contracts shall be included. Unit contracts subject to the
18requirements of this Act shall include the requirement that
19only expenditures to businesses owned by minorities, women, and
20persons with disabilities that perform a commercially useful
21function may be counted toward the goals set forth by this Act.
22Contracts shall include a definition of "commercially useful
23function" that is consistent with 49 CFR 26.55(c).
24    (b) Not less than 30% of the total dollar amount of unit
25construction contracts is established as an aspirational goal
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1persons with disabilities; provided that, contracts
2representing at least 16% of the total dollar amount of unit
3construction contracts shall be awarded to businesses owned by
4minorities; contracts representing at least 10% of the total
5dollar amount of unit construction contracts shall be awarded
6to women-owned businesses; and contracts representing at least
73% of the total dollar amount of unit construction contracts
8shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with
9disabilities.
10    (c) By July 1, 2022, the Department of Central Management
11Services shall conduct a social scientific study that measures
12the impact of discrimination on minority and women business
13development in governmental units in Illinois. By December 1,
142023, the Department shall issue a report of its findings and
15any recommendations on whether to adjust the goals for minority
16and women participation established in this Act. Copies of this
17report and the social scientific study shall be filed with the
18Council, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
19    By December 1, 2030, the Department of Central Management
20Services shall conduct a new social scientific study that
21measures the impact of discrimination on minority and women
22business development in governmental units in Illinois. By June
231, 2032, the Department shall issue a report of its findings
24and any recommendations on whether to adjust the goals for
25minority and women participation established in this Act.
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1filed with the Council, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
2By December 1, 2032, the Department of Central Management
3Services Business Enterprise Program shall develop a model for
4social scientific disparity study sourcing for units to adapt
5and implement to address regional disparities in public
6procurement.
7    (d) Except as permitted under this Act or as otherwise
8mandated by federal law or regulation, those who submit bids or
9proposals for unit contracts subject to the provisions of this
10Act, whose bids or proposals are successful and include a
11utilization plan but that fail to meet the goals set forth in
12subsection (b), shall be notified of that deficiency and shall
13be afforded a period not to exceed 10 calendar days from the
14date of notification to cure that deficiency in the bid or
15proposal. The deficiency in the bid or proposal may only be
16cured by contracting with additional subcontractors who are
17owned by minorities or women. Any increase in cost to a
18contract for the addition of a subcontractor to cure a bid's
19deficiency shall not affect the bid price, shall not be used in
20the request for an exemption in this Act, and in no case shall
21an identified subcontractor with a certification made pursuant
22to this Act be terminated from the contract without the written
23consent of the unit entering into the contract.
24    (e) Non-construction solicitations that include park and
25museum district Business Enterprise Program participation
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1plans. Utilization plans are due at the time of bid or offer
2submission. Failure to complete and include a utilization plan,
3including documentation demonstrating good faith effort when
4requesting a waiver, shall render the bid or offer
5nonresponsive.
 
6    Section 35. Enforcement.
7    (a) The Council shall make such findings, recommendations
8and proposals to the Governor and General Assembly as are
9necessary and appropriate to enforce this Act. If, as a result
10of its monitoring activities, the Council determines that its
11goals and policies are not being met by any unit, the Council
12may recommend any or all of the following actions:
13        (1) Establish enforcement procedures whereby the
14    Council may recommend to the appropriate unit or law
15    enforcement agency that legal or administrative remedies
16    be initiated for violations of contract provisions or rules
17    adopted hereunder or by a contracting unit. Units may adopt
18    remedies for such violations, which may include (i)
19    termination of the contract involved, (ii) prohibition of
20    participation of the respondents in public contracts for a
21    period not to exceed one year, (iii) imposition of a
22    penalty not to exceed any profit acquired as a result of
23    violation, or (iv) any combination of items (i), (ii), or
24    (iii).
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1    submitted under Section 15 is unlikely to produce the
2    participation goals for businesses owned by minorities,
3    women, and persons with disabilities within the then
4    current fiscal year, the Council may recommend that the
5    unit revise its plan to provide additional opportunities
6    for participation by businesses owned by minorities,
7    women, and persons with disabilities. Such recommended
8    revisions may include, but are not limited to, the
9    following:
10            (A) Assurances of stronger and better focused
11        solicitation efforts to obtain more businesses owned
12        by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as
13        potential sources of supply.
14            (B) Division of job or project requirements, when
15        economically feasible, into tasks or quantities to
16        permit participation of businesses owned by
17        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
18            (C) Elimination of extended experience or
19        capitalization requirements, when programmatically
20        feasible, to permit participation of businesses owned
21        by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
22            (D) Identification of specific proposed contracts
23        as particularly attractive or appropriate for
24        participation by businesses owned by minorities,
25        women, and persons with disabilities, such
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1        efforts of subparagraphs (A) through (C).
2            (E) Implementation of those regulations
3        established for the use of the sheltered market
4        process.
5    (b) Units shall review a vendor's compliance with its
6utilization plan and the terms of its contract. Without
7limitation, a vendor's failure to comply with its contractual
8commitments as contained in the utilization plan; failure to
9cooperate in providing information regarding its compliance
10with its utilization plan; or the provision of false or
11misleading information or statements concerning compliance,
12certification status, or eligibility of the Business
13Enterprise Program-certified vendor, good faith efforts, or
14any other material fact or representation shall constitute a
15material breach of the contract and entitle the unit to declare
16a default, terminate the contract, or exercise those remedies
17provided for in the contract, at law, or in equity.
18    (c) A vendor shall be in breach of the contract and may be
19subject to penalties for failure to meet contract goals
20established under this Act, unless the vendor can show that it
21made good faith efforts to meet the contract goals.
 
22    Section 40. Annual report.
23    (a) The Council shall post and file an annual report that
24shall detail the level of achievement toward the goals
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1years. The annual report shall include, but need not be limited
2to, the following:
3        (1) a summary detailing expenditures subject to the
4    goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals attained
5    by each unit;
6        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and
7    the average contract amount by each unit;
8        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
9    achievement concerning purchases from minority-owned
10    businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned
11    by persons with disabilities;
12        (4) an analysis of the number of businesses owned by
13    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that are
14    certified under the program as well as the number of those
15    businesses that received State procurement contracts; and
16        (5) a summary of the number of contracts awarded to
17    businesses with annual gross sales of less than $100,000;
18    of $100,000 or more, but less than $250,000; of $250,000 or
19    more, but less than $500,000; of $500,000 or more, but less
20    than $1,000,000; of $1,000,000 or more, but less than
21    $5,000,000; of $5,000,000 or more, but less than
22    $10,000,000; and of $10,000,000 or more.
23    (b) Each annual report must be posted publicly on the
24website of the unit and filed with the General Assembly and
25Governor no later than January 31 for units that choose
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1following the conclusion of the unit's fiscal year for units
2that choose fiscal year annual reporting. A unit may extend the
3due date of its annual report by 15 days by posting a public
4notice on the website of the entity and filing the notice with
5the General Assembly and Governor. If an annual report is
6posted and filed beyond the 15-day extension, units will be
7issued a fine of $10,000 by the Council, enforceable by the
8State Comptroller through withholding or reducing any form of
9State funding to the entity, including, but not limited to,
10grants, revenue sharing, and line-item appropriations. The
11Comptroller shall transfer the amount withheld due to the fines
12issued under this subsection to the Business Enterprise Program
13and those amounts shall be used exclusively for maintenance and
14further development of the Business Enterprise Program.
 
15    Section 45. Ownership requirement for combination of
16minority persons, women, or persons with disabilities. When a
17business is owned at least 51% by any combination of minority
18persons, women, or persons with disabilities, even though none
19of the 3 classes alone holds at least a 51% interest, the
20ownership requirement for purposes of this Act is considered to
21be met. The certification category for the business is that of
22the class holding the largest ownership interest in the
23business. If 2 or more classes have equal ownership interests,
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1    Section 50. Advance and progress payments. Any contract
2awarded to a business owned by a minority, woman, or person
3with a disability pursuant to this Act may contain a provision
4for advance or progress payments, or both, except that a unit
5construction contract awarded to a minority-owned or
6women-owned business pursuant to this Act may contain a
7provision for progress payments but may not contain a provision
8for advance payments.
 
9    Section 55. Posting on website. If a governmental unit does
10not have a website, any posting requirement by the unit under
11this Act is satisfied by posting on the county website or on
12the several county websites in which the unit is located to
13satisfy the posting requirements of the Act.
 
14    Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
15Section 45 as follows:
 
16    (30 ILCS 105/45)
17    Sec. 45. Award of capital funds. Each award by grant or
18loan of State funds of $250,000 or more for capital
19construction costs or professional services is conditioned
20upon the recipient's written certification that the recipient
21shall comply with the business enterprise program practices for
22minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
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1Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
2Disabilities Act, the Park and Museum District Business
3Enterprise Act, (30 ILCS 575/) and the equal employment
4practices of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act
5(775 ILCS 5/2-105). This Section, however, does not apply to
6any grant or loan (i) for which a grant or loan agreement was
7executed before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
8the 96th General Assembly, (ii) for which prior-incurred costs
9are being reimbursed, or (iii) for a federally funded program
10under which the requirement of this Section would contravene
11federal law. Each recipient shall submit the written
12certification and business enterprise program plan for
13minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
14businesses owned by persons with disabilities before signing
15the relevant grant or loan agreement. Each grant or loan
16agreement shall include a provision that the grant or loan
17recipient agrees to comply with the provisions of the Business
18Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
19Disabilities Act, the Park and Museum District Business
20Enterprise Act, (30 ILCS 575/) and the equal employment
21practices of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act
22(775 ILCS 5/2-105).
23    Each business enterprise program plan shall apply only to
24the State-funded portion of the relevant capital project and
25must be in compliance with all certification and other
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1and Persons with Disabilities Act.
2(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)