Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

Filed: 2/10/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 381

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 381 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Section 17-29 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/17-29 new)
7     Sec. 17-29. Businesses owned by minorities, females, and
8 persons with disabilities; fraudulent contracts with
9 governmental units.
10     (a) In this Section:
11         "Minority person" means a person who is: (1) African
12     American (a person having origins in any of the black
13     racial groups in Africa); (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish
14     or Portuguese culture with origins in Mexico, South or
15     Central America, or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of
16     race); (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any
17     of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,
18     the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands); or (4)
19     Native American or Alaskan Native (a person having origins
20     in any of the original peoples of North America).
21         "Female" means a person who is of the female gender.
22         "Person with a disability" means a person who is a
23     person qualifying as being disabled.
24         "Disabled" means a severe physical or mental

 

 

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1     disability that: (1) results from: amputation, arthritis,
2     autism, blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy,
3     cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, heart disease,
4     hemiplegia, hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary
5     dysfunction, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple
6     sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculoskeletal disorders,
7     neurological disorders, including stroke and epilepsy,
8     paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions,
9     sickle cell anemia, specific learning disabilities, or end
10     stage renal failure disease; and (2) substantially limits
11     one or more of the person's major life activities.
12         "Minority owned business" means a business concern
13     that is at least 51% owned by one or more minority persons,
14     or in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock
15     in which is owned by one or more minority persons; and the
16     management and daily business operations of which are
17     controlled by one or more of the minority individuals who
18     own it.
19         "Female owned business" means a business concern that
20     is at least 51% owned by one or more females, or, in the
21     case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in which
22     is owned by one or more females; and the management and
23     daily business operations of which are controlled by one or
24     more of the females who own it.
25         "Business owned by a person with a disability" means a
26     business concern that is at least 51% owned by one or more
27     persons with a disability and the management and daily
28     business operations of which are controlled by one or more
29     of the persons with disabilities who own it. A
30     not-for-profit agency for persons with disabilities that
31     is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal
32     Revenue Code of 1986 is also considered a "business owned
33     by a person with a disability".
34         "Governmental unit" means the State, a unit of local

 

 

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1     government, or school district.
2     (b) In addition to any other penalties imposed by law or by
3 an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government or
4 school district, any individual or entity that knowingly
5 obtains, or knowingly assists another to obtain, a contract
6 with a governmental unit by falsely representing that the
7 individual or entity, or the individual or entity assisted, is
8 a minority owned business, female owned business, or business
9 owned by a person with a disability is guilty of a Class 2
10 felony, regardless of whether the preference for awarding the
11 contract to a minority owned business, female owned business,
12 or business owned by a person with a disability was established
13 by statute or by local ordinance or resolution.
14     (c) In addition to any other penalties authorized by law,
15 the court shall order that an individual or entity convicted of
16 a violation of this Section must pay to the governmental unit
17 that awarded the contract a penalty equal to one and one-half
18 times the amount of the contract obtained because of the false
19 representation.".