Full Text of SB0534 101st General Assembly
SB0534sam004 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Emil Jones, III Filed: 5/23/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 534
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 534, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. | 4 | | 3, by replacing line 18 on page 21 though line 5 on page 22 with | 5 | | the following:
| 6 | | "Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | 7 | | changing Section 17-10.3 as follows: | 8 | | (720 ILCS 5/17-10.3) | 9 | | Sec. 17-10.3. Deception relating to certification of | 10 | | disadvantaged business enterprises. | 11 | | (a) Fraudulently obtaining or retaining certification. A | 12 | | person
who, in the course of business, fraudulently obtains or | 13 | | retains
certification as a minority-owned business, | 14 | | women-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned small | 15 | | business, or veteran-owned small business commits
a Class 1 2 | 16 | | felony. |
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| 1 | | (b) Willfully making a false statement. A person who, in | 2 | | the
course of business, willfully makes a false statement | 3 | | whether by affidavit,
report or other representation, to an | 4 | | official or employee of a State
agency or the Business | 5 | | Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | 6 | | Disabilities for the
purpose of influencing the certification | 7 | | or denial of certification of any
business entity as a | 8 | | minority-owned business, women-owned business, | 9 | | service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or | 10 | | veteran-owned small business
commits a Class 1 2 felony. | 11 | | (c) Willfully obstructing or impeding an official or | 12 | | employee of
any agency in his or her investigation.
Any person | 13 | | who, in the course of business, willfully obstructs or impedes
| 14 | | an official or employee of any State agency or the
Business | 15 | | Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | 16 | | Disabilities
who is investigating the qualifications of a | 17 | | business
entity which has requested certification as a | 18 | | minority-owned business, women-owned
business, | 19 | | service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or | 20 | | veteran-owned small business commits a Class 1 2 felony. | 21 | | (d) Fraudulently obtaining public moneys reserved for
| 22 | | disadvantaged business enterprises. Any person who, in the | 23 | | course of
business, fraudulently obtains public moneys | 24 | | reserved for, or allocated or
available to, minority-owned | 25 | | businesses, women-owned businesses, service-disabled | 26 | | veteran-owned small businesses, or veteran-owned small |
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| 1 | | businesses commits a
Class 1 2 felony. | 2 | | (e) Definitions. As used in this Article, "minority-owned
| 3 | | business", "women-owned business", "State agency" with respect | 4 | | to minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses, and | 5 | | "certification" with respect to minority-owned businesses and | 6 | | women-owned businesses shall
have the meanings ascribed to them | 7 | | in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Women, | 8 | | and
Persons with Disabilities Act. As used in this Article, | 9 | | "service-disabled veteran-owned small business", | 10 | | "veteran-owned small business", "State agency" with respect to | 11 | | service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and | 12 | | veteran-owned small businesses, and "certification" with | 13 | | respect to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and | 14 | | veteran-owned small businesses have the same meanings as in | 15 | | Section 45-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)".
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