97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2962

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Annazette R. Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/12.2 new
230 ILCS 10/7.6 new
230 ILCS 40/28 new

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, the Riverboat Gambling Act, and the Video Gaming Act. Requires licensees under the Acts to establish as a goal the award of not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of the licensee's contracts to minority owned businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities. Requires the licensees to file with the appropriate Board (i) an annual compliance plan, which shall outline the goals of the licensee for contracting with minority owned businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities for the calendar year, the manner in which the agency intends to reach these goals, and a timetable for reaching these goals and (ii) an annual report of its utilization of minority owned businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities during the preceding calendar year, which shall include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the owners licensee to meet its goals under this Section. Requires the Illinois Racing Board and the Illinois Gaming Board to file annual reports that shall detail the level of achievement toward the goals over the 3 most recent fiscal years. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
5by adding Section 12.2 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 5/12.2 new)
7    Sec. 12.2. Business enterprise program.
8    (a) For the purposes of this Section, the terms "minority",
9"minority owned business", "female", "female owned business",
10"person with a disability", and "business owned by a person
11with a disability" have the meaning ascribed to them in the
12Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
13Disabilities Act.
14    (b) Each organization licensee, inter-track wagering
15licensee, inter-track wagering location licensee, or advance
16deposit wagering licensee shall establish as a goal the award
17of not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of the
18licensee's contracts to minority owned businesses, female
19owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
20disabilities; provided, however, that of the total amount of
21all of the licensee's contracts awarded to businesses owned by
22minorities, females, and persons with disabilities pursuant to
23this Section, contracts representing at least 11% shall be

 

 

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1awarded to businesses owned by minorities, contracts
2representing at least 7% shall be awarded to female owned
3businesses, and contracts representing at least 2% shall be
4awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities. The
5percentages expressed in this subsection (b) relate to the
6total dollar amount of contracts entered into by a licensee
7during each calendar year.
8    (c) Each organization licensee, inter-track wagering
9licensee, inter-track wagering location licensee, or advance
10deposit wagering licensee shall file with the Board an annual
11compliance plan, which shall outline the goals of the licensee
12for contracting with minority owned businesses, female owned
13businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities
14for the calendar year, the manner in which the agency intends
15to reach these goals, and a timetable for reaching these goals.
16The Board shall review and approve or reject the plan based on
17the plan's compliance with this Section or any rules adopted
18pursuant to this Section. The compliance plan must also include
19without limitation (1) a policy statement, signed by the
20licensee, expressing a commitment to encourage the use of
21minority owned businesses, female owned businesses, and
22businesses owned by persons with disabilities, (2) procedures
23to distribute to potential contractors and vendors the list of
24all businesses legitimately classified as minority owned
25businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
26persons with disabilities, (3) procedures to set separate

 

 

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1contract goals on specific prime contracts and purchase orders
2with subcontracting possibilities based upon the type of work
3or services and subcontractor availability, (4) procedures to
4ensure that contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to
5meet contract goals, (5) procedures for contract goal
6exemption, modification, and waiver, and (6) the delineation of
7separate contract goals for minority owned businesses, female
8owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
9disabilities.
10    (d) Each organization licensee, inter-track wagering
11licensee, inter-track wagering location licensee, or advance
12deposit wagering licensee shall file with the Board an annual
13report of its utilization of minority owned businesses, female
14owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
15disabilities during the preceding calendar year. The reports
16shall include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the
17organization licensee, inter-track wagering licensee,
18inter-track wagering location licensee, or advance deposit
19wagering licensee to meet its goals under this Section.
20    (e) If the Board determines that its goals and policies are
21not being met by any organization licensee, inter-track
22wagering licensee, inter-track wagering location licensee, or
23advance deposit wagering licensee, then the Board may:
24        (1) recommend to the appropriate organization
25    licensee, inter-track wagering licensee, inter-track
26    wagering location licensee, or advance deposit wagering

 

 

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1    licensee that legal or administrative remedies be
2    initiated for violations of contract provisions or rules
3    issued under this Section or by a contracting organization
4    licensee, inter-track wagering licensee, inter-track
5    wagering location licensee, or advance deposit wagering
6    licensee. Organization licensees, inter-track wagering
7    licensees, inter-track wagering location licensees, or
8    advance deposit wagering licensees shall be authorized to
9    adopt remedies for such violations, which may include (A)
10    termination of the contract involved, (B) prohibition of
11    participation of the respondents in contracts with the
12    licensee for a period not to exceed one year, (C)
13    imposition of a penalty not to exceed any profit acquired
14    as a result of violation, or (D) any combination of items
15    (A) through (C); and
16        (2) if the Board concludes that a compliance plan
17    submitted under this Section is unlikely to produce the
18    participation goals for minority owned businesses, female
19    owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
20    disabilities within the then current calendar year,
21    recommend that the organization licensee, inter-track
22    wagering licensee, inter-track wagering location licensee,
23    or advance deposit wagering licensee revise its plan to
24    provide additional opportunities for participation by
25    minority owned businesses, female owned businesses, and
26    businesses owned by persons with disabilities; such

 

 

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1    recommended revisions may include, but shall not be limited
2    to:
3            (A) assurances of stronger and better focused
4        solicitation efforts to obtain more minority owned
5        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
6        owned by persons with disabilities as potential
7        sources of supply;
8            (B) division of job or project requirements, when
9        economically feasible, into tasks or quantities to
10        permit participation of minority owned businesses,
11        female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
12        persons with disabilities;
13            (C) elimination of extended experience or
14        capitalization requirements, when programmatically
15        feasible, to permit participation of minority owned
16        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
17        owned by persons with disabilities;
18            (D) identification of specific proposed contracts
19        as particularly attractive or appropriate for
20        participation by minority owned businesses, female
21        owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
22        disabilities, such identification to result from and
23        be coupled with the efforts of items (A) through (C);
24        and
25            (E) implementation of regulations established for
26        the use of the sheltered market process.

 

 

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1    (f) The Board shall file, no later than March 1 of each
2year, an annual report that shall detail the level of
3achievement toward the goals specified in this Section over the
43 most recent fiscal years. The annual report shall include,
5but need not be limited to:
6        (1) a summary detailing expenditures subject to the
7    goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals attained
8    by each organization licensee, inter-track wagering
9    licensee, inter-track wagering location licensee, or
10    advance deposit wagering licensee;
11        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and
12    the average contract amount by each organization licensee,
13    inter-track wagering licensee, inter-track wagering
14    location licensee, or advance deposit wagering licensee;
15        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
16    achievement concerning purchases from minority owned
17    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
18    by persons with disabilities;
19        (4) an analysis of the number of minority owned
20    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
21    by persons with disabilities that are certified under the
22    program as well as the number of those businesses that
23    received State procurement contracts; and
24        (5) a summary of the number of contracts awarded to
25    businesses with annual gross sales of less than $1,000,000;
26    of $1,000,000 or more, but less than $5,000,000; of

 

 

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1    $5,000,000 or more, but less than $10,000,000; and of
2    $10,000,000 or more.
 
3    Section 10. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by adding
4Section 7.6 as follows:
 
5    (230 ILCS 10/7.6 new)
6    Sec. 7.6. Business enterprise program.
7    (a) For the purposes of this Section, the terms "minority",
8"minority owned business", "female", "female owned business",
9"person with a disability", and "business owned by a person
10with a disability" have the meaning ascribed to them in the
11Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
12Disabilities Act.
13    (b) Each owners licensee shall establish as a goal the
14award of not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of the
15owners licensee's contracts to minority owned businesses,
16female owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
17disabilities; provided, however, that of the total amount of
18all of the owners licensee's contracts awarded to businesses
19owned by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities
20pursuant to this Section, contracts representing at least 11%
21shall be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, contracts
22representing at least 7% shall be awarded to female owned
23businesses, and contracts representing at least 2% shall be
24awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities. The

 

 

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1percentages expressed in this subsection (b) relate to the
2total dollar amount of contracts entered into by an owners
3licensee during each calendar year.
4    (c) Each owners licensee shall file with the Board an
5annual compliance plan, which shall outline the goals of the
6owners licensee for contracting with minority owned
7businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
8persons with disabilities for the calendar year, the manner in
9which the agency intends to reach these goals, and a timetable
10for reaching these goals. The Board shall review and approve or
11reject the plan based on the plan's compliance with this
12Section or any rules adopted pursuant to this Section. The
13compliance plan must also include without limitation (1) a
14policy statement, signed by the owners licensee, expressing a
15commitment to encourage the use of minority owned businesses,
16female owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
17disabilities, (2) procedures to distribute to potential
18contractors and vendors the list of all businesses legitimately
19classified as minority owned businesses, female owned
20businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities,
21(3) procedures to set separate contract goals on specific prime
22contracts and purchase orders with subcontracting
23possibilities based upon the type of work or services and
24subcontractor availability, (4) procedures to ensure that
25contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to meet
26contract goals, (5) procedures for contract goal exemption,

 

 

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1modification, and waiver, and (6) the delineation of separate
2contract goals for minority owned businesses, female owned
3businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities.
4    (d) Each owners licensee shall file with the Board an
5annual report of its utilization of minority owned businesses,
6female owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
7disabilities during the preceding calendar year. The reports
8shall include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the owners
9licensee to meet its goals under this Section.
10    (e) If the Board determines that its goals and policies are
11not being met by any owners licensee, then the Board may:
12        (1) recommend to the appropriate owners licensee that
13    legal or administrative remedies be initiated for
14    violations of contract provisions or rules issued under
15    this Section or by a contracting owners licensee. Owners
16    licensees shall be authorized to adopt remedies for such
17    violations, which may include (A) termination of the
18    contract involved, (B) prohibition of participation of the
19    respondents in contracts with the owners licensee for a
20    period not to exceed one year, (C) imposition of a penalty
21    not to exceed any profit acquired as a result of violation,
22    or (D) any combination of items (A) through (C); and
23        (2) if the Board concludes that a compliance plan
24    submitted under this Section is unlikely to produce the
25    participation goals for minority owned businesses, female
26    owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with

 

 

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1    disabilities within the then current calendar year,
2    recommend that the owners licensee revise its plan to
3    provide additional opportunities for participation by
4    minority owned businesses, female owned businesses, and
5    businesses owned by persons with disabilities; such
6    recommended revisions may include, but shall not be limited
7    to:
8            (A) assurances of stronger and better focused
9        solicitation efforts to obtain more minority owned
10        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
11        owned by persons with disabilities as potential
12        sources of supply;
13            (B) division of job or project requirements, when
14        economically feasible, into tasks or quantities to
15        permit participation of minority owned businesses,
16        female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
17        persons with disabilities;
18            (C) elimination of extended experience or
19        capitalization requirements, when programmatically
20        feasible, to permit participation of minority owned
21        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
22        owned by persons with disabilities;
23            (D) identification of specific proposed contracts
24        as particularly attractive or appropriate for
25        participation by minority owned businesses, female
26        owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with

 

 

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1        disabilities, such identification to result from and
2        be coupled with the efforts of items (A) through (C);
3        and
4            (E) implementation of regulations established for
5        the use of the sheltered market process.
6    (f) The Board shall file, no later than March 1 of each
7year, an annual report that shall detail the level of
8achievement toward the goals specified in this Section over the
93 most recent fiscal years. The annual report shall include,
10but need not be limited to:
11        (1) a summary detailing expenditures subject to the
12    goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals attained
13    by each owners licensee;
14        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and
15    the average contract amount by each owners licensee;
16        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
17    achievement concerning purchases from minority owned
18    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
19    by persons with disabilities;
20        (4) an analysis of the number of minority owned
21    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
22    by persons with disabilities that are certified under the
23    program as well as the number of those businesses that
24    received State procurement contracts; and
25        (5) a summary of the number of contracts awarded to
26    businesses with annual gross sales of less than $1,000,000;

 

 

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1    of $1,000,000 or more, but less than $5,000,000; of
2    $5,000,000 or more, but less than $10,000,000; and of
3    $10,000,000 or more.
 
4    Section 15. The Video Gaming Act is amended by adding
5Section 28 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 40/28 new)
7    Sec. 28. Business enterprise program.
8    (a) For the purposes of this Section, the terms "minority",
9"minority owned business", "female", "female owned business",
10"person with a disability", and "business owned by a person
11with a disability" have the meaning ascribed to them in the
12Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
13Disabilities Act.
14    (b) Each licensed establishment, licensed truck stop
15establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed
16veterans establishment, or terminal operator shall establish
17as a goal the award of not less than 20% of the total dollar
18amount of the licensee's contracts to minority owned
19businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
20persons with disabilities; provided, however, that of the total
21amount of all of the licensee's contracts awarded to businesses
22owned by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities
23pursuant to this Section, contracts representing at least 11%
24shall be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, contracts

 

 

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1representing at least 7% shall be awarded to female owned
2businesses, and contracts representing at least 2% shall be
3awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities. The
4percentages expressed in this subsection (b) relate to the
5total dollar amount of contracts entered into by a licensed
6establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
7fraternal establishment, licensed veterans establishment, or
8terminal operator during each calendar year.
9    (c) Each licensed establishment, licensed truck stop
10establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed
11veterans establishment, or terminal operator shall file with
12the Board an annual compliance plan, which shall outline the
13goals of the licensee for contracting with minority owned
14businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
15persons with disabilities for the calendar year, the manner in
16which the agency intends to reach these goals, and a timetable
17for reaching these goals. The Board shall review and approve or
18reject the plan based on the plan's compliance with this
19Section or any rules adopted pursuant to this Section. The
20compliance plan must also include without limitation (1) a
21policy statement, signed by the licensed establishment,
22licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
23establishment, licensed veterans establishment, or terminal
24operator, expressing a commitment to encourage the use of
25minority owned businesses, female owned businesses, and
26businesses owned by persons with disabilities, (2) procedures

 

 

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1to distribute to potential contractors and vendors the list of
2all businesses legitimately classified as minority owned
3businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
4persons with disabilities, (3) procedures to set separate
5contract goals on specific prime contracts and purchase orders
6with subcontracting possibilities based upon the type of work
7or services and subcontractor availability, (4) procedures to
8ensure that contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to
9meet contract goals, (5) procedures for contract goal
10exemption, modification, and waiver, and (6) the delineation of
11separate contract goals for minority owned businesses, female
12owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
13disabilities.
14    (d) Each licensed establishment, licensed truck stop
15establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed
16veterans establishment, or terminal operator shall file with
17the Board an annual report of its utilization of minority owned
18businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
19persons with disabilities during the preceding calendar year.
20The reports shall include a self-evaluation of the efforts of
21the licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
22licensed fraternal establishment, licensed veterans
23establishment, or terminal operator to meet its goals under
24this Section.
25    (e) If the Board determines that its goals and policies are
26not being met by any licensed establishment, licensed truck

 

 

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1stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed
2veterans establishment, or terminal operator, then the Board
3may:
4        (1) recommend to the appropriate licensed
5    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
6    fraternal establishment, licensed veterans establishment,
7    or terminal operator that legal or administrative remedies
8    be initiated for violations of contract provisions or rules
9    issued under this Section or by a contracting licensed
10    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
11    fraternal establishment, licensed veterans establishment,
12    or terminal operator. Licensed establishments, licensed
13    truck stop establishments, licensed fraternal
14    establishments, licensed veterans establishments, or
15    terminal operators shall be authorized to adopt remedies
16    for such violations, which may include (A) termination of
17    the contract involved, (B) prohibition of participation of
18    the respondents in contracts with the licensed
19    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
20    fraternal establishment, licensed veterans establishment,
21    or terminal operator for a period not to exceed one year,
22    (C) imposition of a penalty not to exceed any profit
23    acquired as a result of violation, or (D) any combination
24    of items (A) through (C); and
25        (2) if the Board concludes that a compliance plan
26    submitted under this Section is unlikely to produce the

 

 

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1    participation goals for minority owned businesses, female
2    owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
3    disabilities within the then current calendar year,
4    recommend that the licensed establishment, licensed truck
5    stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment,
6    licensed veterans establishment, or terminal operator
7    revise its plan to provide additional opportunities for
8    participation by minority owned businesses, female owned
9    businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
10    disabilities; such recommended revisions may include, but
11    shall not be limited to:
12            (A) assurances of stronger and better focused
13        solicitation efforts to obtain more minority owned
14        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
15        owned by persons with disabilities as potential
16        sources of supply;
17            (B) division of job or project requirements, when
18        economically feasible, into tasks or quantities to
19        permit participation of minority owned businesses,
20        female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
21        persons with disabilities;
22            (C) elimination of extended experience or
23        capitalization requirements, when programmatically
24        feasible, to permit participation of minority owned
25        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
26        owned by persons with disabilities;

 

 

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1            (D) identification of specific proposed contracts
2        as particularly attractive or appropriate for
3        participation by minority owned businesses, female
4        owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
5        disabilities, such identification to result from and
6        be coupled with the efforts of items (A) through (C);
7        and
8            (E) implementation of regulations established for
9        the use of the sheltered market process.
10    (f) The Board shall file, no later than March 1 of each
11year, an annual report that shall detail the level of
12achievement toward the goals specified in this Section over the
133 most recent fiscal years. The annual report shall include,
14but need not be limited to:
15        (1) a summary detailing expenditures subject to the
16    goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals attained
17    by each licensed establishment, licensed truck stop
18    establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed
19    veterans establishment, or terminal operator;
20        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and
21    the average contract amount by each licensed
22    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
23    fraternal establishment, licensed veterans establishment,
24    or terminal operator;
25        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
26    achievement concerning purchases from minority owned

 

 

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1    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
2    by persons with disabilities;
3        (4) an analysis of the number of minority owned
4    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
5    by persons with disabilities that are certified under the
6    program as well as the number of those businesses that
7    received State procurement contracts; and
8        (5) a summary of the number of contracts awarded to
9    businesses with annual gross sales of less than $1,000,000;
10    of $1,000,000 or more, but less than $5,000,000; of
11    $5,000,000 or more, but less than $10,000,000; and of
12    $10,000,000 or more.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.