Full Text of HB2679 99th General Assembly
HB2679ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. William Davis Filed: 3/5/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2679
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2679 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, | 5 | | Females, and Persons with
Disabilities Act is amended by adding | 6 | | Section 10 as follows: | 7 | | (30 ILCS 575/10 new) | 8 | | Sec. 10. African-American employment opportunities. | 9 | | (a) In the employment and appointment to fill positions in | 10 | | the construction, addition to, or alteration of all public | 11 | | works undertaken or contracted for by the State, or by any | 12 | | political subdivision thereof, preference shall be given to | 13 | | Black or African-American persons and Hispanic or Latino | 14 | | persons, as defined in Section 2 of this Act, as well as | 15 | | persons who have served in the armed forces under Section 55 of | 16 | | the Veterans Preference Act. |
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| 1 | | (b) Every contract for such work shall contain a term | 2 | | providing for the preference given in subsection (a). | 3 | | (c) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates the | 4 | | provisions of this Act, is guily of a petty offense and shall | 5 | | be fined not less than $75, nor more than $300 for each | 6 | | offense. | 7 | | Section 10. The Veterans Preference Act is amended by | 8 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
| 9 | | (330 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 23)
| 10 | | Sec. 1. In the employment and appointment to fill positions | 11 | | in the
construction, addition to, or alteration of all public | 12 | | works undertaken or
contracted for by the State, or by any | 13 | | political subdivision thereof,
preference shall be given to | 14 | | persons of Black or African-American and Hispanic or Latino | 15 | | origins under Section 10 of the Business Enterprise for | 16 | | Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act, and | 17 | | persons who have been members of the armed
forces of the United | 18 | | States or who, while citizens of the United States,
were | 19 | | members of the armed forces of allies of the United States in | 20 | | time of
hostilities with a foreign country, and have served | 21 | | under one or more of
the following conditions:
| 22 | | (1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
| 23 | | (2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities | 24 | | regardless of the
length of engagement, or
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| 1 | | (3) The veteran served in the theater of operations but | 2 | | was discharged
on the basis of a hardship, or
| 3 | | (4) The veteran was released from active duty because | 4 | | of a service
connected disability and was honorably | 5 | | discharged. But such preference
shall be given only to | 6 | | those persons who are found to possess the business
| 7 | | capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties | 8 | | of such
employment. No political subdivision or person | 9 | | contracting for such public
works is required to give | 10 | | preference to veterans, not residents of such
district, | 11 | | over residents thereof, who are not veterans.
| 12 | | As used in this Section:
| 13 | | "Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means any | 14 | | period of time in
the past, present, or future during which a | 15 | | declaration of war by the
United States Congress has been or is | 16 | | in effect or during which an
emergency condition has been or is | 17 | | in effect that is recognized by the
issuance of a Presidential | 18 | | proclamation or a Presidential executive order
and in which the | 19 | | armed forces expeditionary medal or other campaign service
| 20 | | medals are awarded according to Presidential executive order.
| 21 | | "Armed forces of the United States" means the United States | 22 | | Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, United | 23 | | States Reserve Forces, or Illinois National Guard. Service in | 24 | | the Merchant Marine that
constitutes active duty under Section | 25 | | 401 of federal Public Law 95-202
shall also be considered | 26 | | service in the Armed Forces of the United States
for purposes |
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| 1 | | of this Section.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 95-566, eff. 8-31-07.)".
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