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1 AN ACT concerning public contracts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Public Works Subcontractor Responsibility Act.
6 Section 5. Applicability. This Act applies to
7 subcontracts for public works contracts entered into by the
8 State, by a unit of local government, or by a school
9 district.
10 Section 10. Minority and female goals. Each subcontract
11 for a public works contract must include a provision setting
12 forth the percentage of female and minority workers that the
13 subcontractor plans to employ to perform work on the public
14 works project. This provision should, but is not required to,
15 stress the importance of hiring the percentage of females and
16 minorities that is set out in the contract.
17 Section 15. Penalties. If any subcontractor fails to
18 employ the percentage of females and minorities on a public
19 works project as set forth in the subcontract, then the
20 subcontractor must pay a penalty in the amount of the price
21 of the subcontract multiplied by the percentage of females
22 and minorities that the subcontractor planned to employ. The
23 penalty shall be paid to the governmental entity that entered
24 into the public works project. The contractor is not liable
25 for any violation of this Act.
26 Section 20. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate
27 its public works contracts in a manner that is inconsistent
28 with the provisions of this Act. This Section is a limitation
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1 of home rule powers under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
2 Article VII of the Illinois Constituion.