Full Text of SB0366 96th General Assembly
SB0366ham002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 4/2/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 366
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 366, AS AMENDED, | 3 |
| with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | 4 |
| 1, as follows:
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| on page 1, immediately below line 12, by inserting the | 6 |
| following: | 7 |
| "Section 5-5. The Department of Transportation Law of the | 8 |
| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | 9 |
| Section 2705-585 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-585 new)
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| Sec. 2705-585. Diversity goals. | 12 |
| (a) To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law | 13 |
| or regulation, all State construction projects funded from | 14 |
| amounts (i) made available under the Governor's Fiscal Year | 15 |
| 2009 supplemental budget or the American Recovery and |
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| Reinvestment Act of 2009 and (ii) that are appropriated to the | 2 |
| Illinois Department of Transportation shall comply with the | 3 |
| Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with | 4 |
| Disabilities Act. | 5 |
| (b) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall | 6 |
| appoint representatives to professional and artistic services | 7 |
| selection committees representative of the State's ethnic, | 8 |
| cultural, and geographic diversity, including, but not limited | 9 |
| to, at least one person from each of the following: an | 10 |
| association representing the interests of African American | 11 |
| business owners, an association representing the interests of | 12 |
| Latino business owners, and an association representing the | 13 |
| interests of women business owners. These committees shall | 14 |
| comply with all requirements of the Open Meetings Act. "; and | 15 |
| on page 3, immediately below line 20, by inserting the | 16 |
| following: | 17 |
| "Section 5-12. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, | 18 |
| Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by | 19 |
| changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 575/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.604)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2010)
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| Sec. 4. Award of State contracts.
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| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), not less than 12% |
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| of
the total dollar amount of State contracts, as defined by | 2 |
| the Secretary of
the Council and approved by the Council, shall | 3 |
| be established as a goal to
be awarded to businesses owned by | 4 |
| minorities,
females, and persons with disabilities; provided, | 5 |
| however, that
contracts representing at least five-twelfths of | 6 |
| the total amount of all
State contracts awarded to businesses | 7 |
| owned by
minorities, females, and persons with disabilities | 8 |
| pursuant to
this Section shall be awarded to female owned | 9 |
| businesses, and that
contracts representing at least one-sixth | 10 |
| of the total amount of all State
contracts awarded to | 11 |
| businesses owned by
minorities, females, and persons with | 12 |
| disabilities pursuant to this
Section shall be awarded to | 13 |
| businesses owned by persons
with disabilities.
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| The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount of | 15 |
| State
contracts during each State fiscal year, calculated by | 16 |
| examining
independently each type of contract for each agency | 17 |
| or university which
lets such contracts. Only that percentage | 18 |
| of arrangements which represents the participation of | 19 |
| businesses owned by
minorities, females, and persons with | 20 |
| disabilities on such contracts shall
be included.
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| (b) In the case of State construction contracts, the | 22 |
| provisions of
subsection (a) requiring a portion of State | 23 |
| contracts to be awarded to
businesses owned and controlled by | 24 |
| persons with
disabilities do not apply. Not less
than 10% of | 25 |
| the total dollar amount of State construction contracts is
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| established as a goal to be awarded to minority and female |
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| owned
businesses, and contracts representing 50% of the amount | 2 |
| of all State
construction contracts awarded to minority and | 3 |
| female owned businesses
shall be awarded to female owned | 4 |
| businesses.
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| (c) Within one year after the effective date of this | 6 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Department of | 7 |
| Central Management Services shall conduct a social scientific | 8 |
| study that measures the impact of discrimination on minority | 9 |
| and female business development in Illinois. Within 18 months | 10 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department | 11 |
| shall issue a report of its findings and any recommendations on | 12 |
| whether to adjust the goals for minority and female | 13 |
| participation established in this Act. Copies of this report | 14 |
| and the social scientific study shall be filed with the | 15 |
| Governor and the General Assembly. | 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 87-701; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94 .)".
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