Full Text of SB0677 99th General Assembly
SB0677 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0677 Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Antonio Muñoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires all local exchange telecommunications carriers with at least 35,000 subscriber access lines and a person or entity providing cable or video service to submit an annual report concerning procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 5-117 as follows: | 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/5-117) | 7 | | Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals. | 8 | | (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively | 9 | | work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve | 10 | | their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner. | 11 | | (b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and | 12 | | water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its | 13 | | authority ; all local exchange telecommunications carriers with | 14 | | at least 35,000 subscriber access lines; and a person or entity | 15 | | providing cable service or video service, as defined in Section | 16 | | 21-201 of this Act, to submit an annual report by April 15, | 17 | | 2015 and every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF | 18 | | format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for | 19 | | female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small | 20 | | business enterprises in the previous calendar year. These goals | 21 | | shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed | 22 | | by the entity submitting the report, and the actual spending | 23 | | for all female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small |
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| 1 | | business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of | 2 | | the total work performed by the entity submitting the report. | 3 | | (c) Each participating company in its annual report shall | 4 | | include the following information: | 5 | | (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to | 6 | | increase participation; | 7 | | (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals; | 8 | | (3) the areas of procurement each company shall be | 9 | | actively seeking more participation in in the next year; | 10 | | (4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage | 11 | | potential vendors in that area to seek business from the | 12 | | company; | 13 | | (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding | 14 | | quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the | 15 | | Commission could do to be helpful to identify those | 16 | | vendors; | 17 | | (6) a list of the certifications the company | 18 | | recognizes; | 19 | | (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who | 20 | | wishes to do business with the company and explain the | 21 | | process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a | 22 | | minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and | 23 | | (8) any particular success stories to encourage other | 24 | | companies to emulate best practices. | 25 | | (d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific | 26 | | data as possible. If the submitting entity does not submit |
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| 1 | | State-specific data, then the company shall include any | 2 | | national data it does have and explain why it could not submit | 3 | | State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future | 4 | | reports, if possible. | 5 | | (e) Each annual report shall include the rules, | 6 | | regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in | 7 | | the company's annual report. | 8 | | (f) The Commission and all participating entities shall | 9 | | hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every | 10 | | year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to | 11 | | collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to | 12 | | achieving stated goals, including testimony from each | 13 | | participating entity as well as subject matter experts and | 14 | | advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its | 15 | | website of the point of contact for each participating entity | 16 | | for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications | 17 | | each company recognizes from the information submitted in each | 18 | | annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report | 19 | | on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at | 20 | | least 5 years.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1056, eff. 8-26-14.)
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.
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