Full Text of HB2924 101st General Assembly
HB2924sam004 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Martin A. Sandoval Filed: 5/28/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2924
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2924 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by adding Sections 605-1030 and 605-1035 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1030 new) | 8 | | Sec. 605-1030. Office of Inclusion. | 9 | | (a) The Office of Inclusion is hereby created within the | 10 | | Department. The Office shall assist minority-owned businesses, | 11 | | women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses and | 12 | | businesses owned by persons with disabilities through targeted | 13 | | programs, resources, and outreach and promotional activities. | 14 | | The Office shall engage in or conduct the following activities: | 15 | | (1) promoting and conducting outreach efforts with | 16 | | respect to the making of small business loans pursuant to |
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| 1 | | Section 9-4.3 of the Build Illinois Act and assisting | 2 | | minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, | 3 | | veteran-owned businesses and businesses owned by persons | 4 | | with disabilities in applying for and receiving loan funds | 5 | | under that Act; | 6 | | (2) providing and hosting workshops and public forums | 7 | | and engaging in outreach efforts for minority-owned | 8 | | businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned | 9 | | businesses and businesses owned by persons with | 10 | | disabilities to encourage participation in programs | 11 | | authorized by the Business Enterprise for Minorities, | 12 | | Women and Persons with Disabilities Act and the Illinois | 13 | | Procurement Code; | 14 | | (3) providing and hosting workshops and public forums | 15 | | and engaging in outreach efforts that assist and educate | 16 | | minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, | 17 | | veteran-owned businesses and businesses owned by persons | 18 | | with disabilities on the process of applying for and | 19 | | becoming certified to apply for State grant funds under the | 20 | | Grant Accountability and Transparency Act; and | 21 | | (4) providing and hosting workshops and public forums | 22 | | and engaging in outreach efforts that assist and educate | 23 | | aspiring and existing minority-owned businesses, | 24 | | women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and | 25 | | businesses owned by persons with disabilities in | 26 | | understanding concepts such as, but not limited to, |
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| 1 | | business formation, business planning, capital access, and | 2 | | marketing a business. | 3 | | (b) In order to facilitate and encourage the growth of | 4 | | supplier diversity, the Office may have at least one employee | 5 | | that serves as a supplier diversity program manager to (i) | 6 | | collect reports and information concerning entities that | 7 | | manage supplier diversity programs and (ii) conduct public | 8 | | workshops focused on specific industries to collaboratively | 9 | | connect diverse enterprises with entities that manage supplier | 10 | | diversity programs. Those workshops shall be modeled after | 11 | | Illinois Commerce Commission hearings for utilities and | 12 | | railroads and shall include a collaborative discussion of filed | 13 | | supplier diversity reports. The program manager shall hold | 14 | | public workshops for relevant industries including, but not | 15 | | limited to, gaming, hospitals, and public and private higher | 16 | | education. Those workshops shall be held on the following | 17 | | schedule: | 18 | | (1) gaming: February; | 19 | | (2) hospitals: April; | 20 | | (3) public and private higher education: July; and | 21 | | (4) Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) | 22 | | tax credit: September. | 23 | | (c) The Department shall publish a template for supplier | 24 | | diversity reports to be used for EDGE tax credit recipients and | 25 | | private higher education institutions. The reports for private | 26 | | higher education and EDGE tax credit recipients shall contain |
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| 1 | | the following provisions: | 2 | | (1) the name, address, phone number and email address | 3 | | of the point of contact for potential vendors to register | 4 | | with the entity; | 5 | | (2) local, State, or private certifications that the | 6 | | entity accepts or recognizes for minority- and women-owned | 7 | | businesses; | 8 | | (3) the voluntary supplier diversity goals, if any, for | 9 | | the next fiscal year for the entire budget of the entity; | 10 | | (4) for the last fiscal year, the actual contractual | 11 | | spending for the entire budget of the entity and the actual | 12 | | spending for minority-owned and women-owned businesses, | 13 | | expressed both as actual dollars and as a percentage of the | 14 | | total budget for actual spending for the entity; | 15 | | (5) narrative explaining the results of the report and | 16 | | the tactics to be employed to achieve the voluntary goals | 17 | | for the next fiscal year; and | 18 | | (6) the particular areas of spending in the next fiscal | 19 | | year that the entity intends to procure that are most | 20 | | relevant to minority-owned and women-owned businesses. | 21 | | (d) In addition, the Office shall compile and publish on | 22 | | its website a master database for all points of contract, | 23 | | certifications accepted, and links to the most recent supplier | 24 | | diversity reports submitted to the Department under: | 25 | | (1) Section 405-530 of the Department of Central | 26 | | Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of |
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| 1 | | Illinois; | 2 | | (2) Section 5.3 of the Illinois Health Facilities | 3 | | Planning Act; | 4 | | (3) Section 8f of the Business Enterprise for | 5 | | Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act; | 6 | | (4) Section 5-57 of the Economic Development for a | 7 | | Growing Economy Tax Credit Act; | 8 | | (5) Section 5-117 of the Public Utilities Act; | 9 | | (6) Section 12.2 of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of | 10 | | 1975; and | 11 | | (7) Section 10 of the Railroad Supplier Diversity Act. | 12 | | (e) The Office shall administer programs established by the | 13 | | Department, the General Assembly, or both and shall provide | 14 | | grants to minority-owned business, woman-owned businesses, | 15 | | veteran-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with | 16 | | disabilities. The Office may establish applications, | 17 | | notifications, contracts, and other forms or procedures and may | 18 | | use vendors or contract work to carry out the purposes of this | 19 | | Act. The Office may coordinate assistance for businesses with | 20 | | other State agencies. | 21 | | (f) The Department shall provide staff, administrative | 22 | | support, and related support to the Office as required to | 23 | | administer this Section and may adopt rules to administer this | 24 | | Section. | 25 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1035 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 605-1035. Higher education supplier diversity report. | 2 | | Every private institution of higher education approved by the | 3 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the purposes of the | 4 | | Monetary Award Program shall submit a 2-page report on its | 5 | | voluntary supplier diversity program to the Department in the | 6 | | form and manner required by the Department by April 1 of every | 7 | | year. The Department shall hold an annual workshop open to the | 8 | | public with leaders of private institutions of higher education | 9 | | and minority-owned and women-owned businesses in July of every | 10 | | year.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.".
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