103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3715
 
Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
30 ILCS 574/40-10

     Amends the  Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Provides that the Commission on Equity and Inclusion shall conduct a  disparity study on whether Middle Eastern or Northern African populations should be added to the definition of "Minority Person"  in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. The findings of this study should be reported to the General Assembly by July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 40-10 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 574/40-10)

7    Sec. 40-10. Powers and duties. In addition to the other 
8powers and duties which may be prescribed in this Act or 
9elsewhere, the Commission shall have the following powers and 
10duties:

11        (1) The Commission shall have a role in all State and 
12    university procurement by facilitating and streamlining 
13    communications between the Business Enterprise Council for 
14    Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities, the 
15    purchasing entities, the Chief Procurement Officers, and 
16    others.

17        (2) The Commission may create a scoring evaluation for 
18    State agency directors, public university presidents and 
19    chancellors, and public community college presidents.  The 
20    scoring shall be based on the following 3 principles: (i) 
21    increasing capacity; (ii) growing revenue; and (iii) 
22    enhancing credentials. These principles should be the 
23    foundation of the agency compliance plan required under 
 
 
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1    Section 6 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, 
2    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
3        (3) The Commission shall exercise the authority and 
4    duties provided  to it under Section 5-7 of the Illinois 
5    Procurement Code.

6        (4) The Commission, working with State agencies, shall 
7    provide support for diversity in State hiring.

8        (5) The Commission shall oversee the implementation of 
9    diversity training of the State workforce.

10        (6) Each January, and as otherwise frequently as may 
11    be deemed necessary and appropriate by the Commission, the 
12    Commission shall propose and submit to the Governor and 
13    the General Assembly legislative changes to increase 
14    inclusion and diversity in State government.

15        (7) The Commission shall conduct a  disparity study on 
16    whether Middle Eastern or Northern African populations 
17    should be added to the Business Enterprise for Minorities, 
18    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. The findings of 
19    this study should be reported to the General Assembly by 
20    July 1, 2024. 
21        (8) (7) The Commission shall have oversight over the 
22    following entities:

23            (A)   the Illinois African-American Family 
24        Commission;

25            (B)   the Illinois Latino Family Commission;

26            (C)   the Asian American Family Commission;

 
 
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1            (D)   the Illinois Muslim American Advisory Council;

2            (E)   the Illinois African-American Fair Contracting 
3        Commission created under Executive Order 2018-07; and

4            (F)   the Business Enterprise Council



for 
5        Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities.
 
6        (9) (8) The Commission shall adopt any rules necessary 
7    for the implementation and administration of the 
8    requirements of this Act.


9        (10 (9)   The Commission shall exercise the authority 
10    and duties provided to it under Section 45-57 of the 
11    Illinois Procurement Code. 
12(Source: P.A. 101-657, eff. 1-1-22; 102-29, eff. 6-25-21; 
13102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)
  
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.