Full Text of SB1134 97th General Assembly
SB1134sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Heather A. Steans Filed: 10/12/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1134
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1134 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task | 5 | | Force on Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise | 6 | | Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly hereby finds as | 8 | | follows: | 9 | | (1) Citizens are urgently seeking solutions to social | 10 | | issues, such as education, health care, unemployment, and | 11 | | poverty, which continue to plague Illinois at alarming rates. | 12 | | (2) The establishment of a Task Force on Social Innovation, | 13 | | Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise will ensure that Illinois | 14 | | stays on the cutting edge of finding innovative and sustainable | 15 | | solutions to these social issues and encourages nonprofits, | 16 | | government, and the private sector to partner on effective |
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| 1 | | solutions and bring funds to Illinois to support these efforts. | 2 | | Section 10. Definitions. | 3 | | "Task Force" means the task force established under this | 4 | | Act to research and establish a plan for social innovation, | 5 | | entrepreneurship, and enterprise. | 6 | | "Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is | 7 | | described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of | 8 | | 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that | 9 | | Code, including religious organizations and philanthropic | 10 | | organizations that meet such requirements. | 11 | | "Social innovation" means the multi-disciplinary field | 12 | | that contains the practices of social entrepreneurship, social | 13 | | enterprise, and cross-sector collaboration. "Social | 14 | | innovation" also means, in accordance with language adopted by | 15 | | the Social Innovation Fund, administered by the Corporation for | 16 | | National and Community Service, social innovation is the | 17 | | development and eventual scaling of promising and potentially | 18 | | transformative community-based approaches that solve critical | 19 | | problems. An approach is "transformative" if it not only | 20 | | produces strong impact, but also (i) has the potential to | 21 | | address how the same challenge is addressed in other | 22 | | communities, (ii) concurrently addresses more than one | 23 | | critical community challenge, or (iii) produces significant | 24 | | cost savings through gains in efficiency. | 25 | | "Social entrepreneurship" means the work of social |
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| 1 | | entrepreneurs, individuals who recognize a social problem and | 2 | | use entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage | 3 | | a venture to achieve social change. | 4 | | "Social enterprise" means nonprofit and social mission | 5 | | businesses using earned revenue strategies to directly address | 6 | | social needs through goods and services, by employing people | 7 | | who are disabled or disadvantaged, or both. | 8 | | Section 15. Task Force on Social Innovation, | 9 | | Entrepreneurship and Enterprise. The Task Force on Social | 10 | | Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise is hereby | 11 | | created. | 12 | | The Governor shall appoint a task force to make | 13 | | recommendations on how to strengthen the capacity of Illinois | 14 | | to work cooperatively to create, scale, and sustain innovative | 15 | | social programs; build the capacity of nonprofit organizations | 16 | | and government to pursue entrepreneurial ventures; and attract | 17 | | funding to Illinois to support these ventures. The Governor | 18 | | shall assign staff to assist the task force. | 19 | | Members appointed to the task force must represent the | 20 | | diversity of Illinois and shall include: | 21 | | (1) two executives of nonprofit organizations that | 22 | | operate at least one social enterprise; | 23 | | (2) one representative from a statewide or regional | 24 | | nonprofit management support organization; | 25 | | (3) one university representative who has an |
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| 1 | | established track record in social entrepreneurship or | 2 | | tracking the economic impact of social sector issues; | 3 | | (4) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | 4 | | designee; | 5 | | (5) The Director of Children and Family Services, or | 6 | | his or her designee; | 7 | | (6) two representatives from the private sector whose | 8 | | companies have a strong commitment to the community and | 9 | | have a track record of support for social entrepreneurship; | 10 | | (7) one representative from a foundation or venture | 11 | | philanthropies which have an established track record in | 12 | | funding social entrepreneurs; and | 13 | | (8) other individuals who have expertise that would be | 14 | | valuable to the task force. | 15 | | The Governor shall appoint a Chairman. The Chairman will | 16 | | set meeting dates for the task force. | 17 | | The Task Force shall advise the General Assembly, the | 18 | | Governor, and agency heads and have the following duties: | 19 | | (1) to gather information on social innovation, | 20 | | entrepreneurship, and social enterprise; | 21 | | (2) to develop a purchasing director of social | 22 | | enterprises within the State that can be supported by | 23 | | citizens, businesses, and government; | 24 | | (3) to receive and consider reports and testimony from | 25 | | individuals, government departments, community-based | 26 | | organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based |
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| 1 | | organizations, foundations, and other public and private | 2 | | organizations statewide and of national significance about | 3 | | how social innovation and entrepreneurship can accelerate | 4 | | progress on social issues, work cross-sector, and advance | 5 | | social and economic development goals; | 6 | | (4) to identify promising strategies that have been | 7 | | used in other communities and states to support, scale, and | 8 | | sustain innovative social projects; | 9 | | (5) to identify promising strategies that have been | 10 | | used in other communities and states to encourage | 11 | | cross-sector collaboration on social issues; | 12 | | (6) to identify promising strategies to educate and | 13 | | train citizens, nonprofit organizations, governments, | 14 | | students, and businesses on entrepreneurial concepts as | 15 | | applied in the social sector; | 16 | | (7) to complete a statewide comprehensive strategic | 17 | | plan to the general public, State and local officials, | 18 | | various public and private organizations and associations, | 19 | | businesses and industries, agencies, potential funders, | 20 | | and other community resources. | 21 | | The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the | 22 | | General Assembly and the Governor within 6 months of its first | 23 | | meeting, within 1 year of its first meeting, and a final report | 24 | | within 2 years of its first meeting. The reports shall address | 25 | | the plans, actions, and resources needed to achieve its goals | 26 | | and progress as identified in the Plan. The reports shall |
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| 1 | | include an accounting of funds expended, funds received from | 2 | | grants, and anticipated funding needs and related cost saving | 3 | | for full implementation of recommended plans and programs.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.".
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