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Full Text of HB0132  102nd General Assembly

HB0132ham002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Eva Dina Delgado

Filed: 3/9/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 132

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 132 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
5and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by changing
6Section 4 and by adding Section 8k as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 575/4)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.604)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2024)
9    Sec. 4. Award of State contracts.
10    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), not less than
1120% of the total dollar amount of State contracts, as defined
12by the Secretary of the Council and approved by the Council,
13shall be established as an aspirational goal to be awarded to
14businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
15disabilities; provided, however, that of the total amount of
16all State contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities,

 

 

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1women, and persons with disabilities pursuant to this Section,
2contracts representing at least 11% shall be awarded to
3businesses owned by minorities, contracts representing at
4least 7% shall be awarded to women-owned businesses, and
5contracts representing at least 2% shall be awarded to
6businesses owned by persons with disabilities.
7    The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount of
8State contracts during each State fiscal year, calculated by
9examining independently each type of contract for each agency
10or public institutions of higher education which lets such
11contracts. Only that percentage of arrangements which
12represents the participation of businesses owned by
13minorities, women, and persons with disabilities on such
14contracts shall be included. State contracts subject to the
15requirements of this Act shall include the requirement that
16only expenditures to businesses owned by minorities, women,
17and persons with disabilities that perform a commercially
18useful function may be counted toward the goals set forth by
19this Act. Contracts shall include a definition of
20"commercially useful function" that is consistent with 49 CFR
2126.55(c).
22    (b) Not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of State
23construction contracts is established as an aspirational goal
24to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and
25persons with disabilities; provided that, contracts
26representing at least 11% of the total dollar amount of State

 

 

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1construction contracts shall be awarded to businesses owned by
2minorities; contracts representing at least 7% of the total
3dollar amount of State construction contracts shall be awarded
4to women-owned businesses; and contracts representing at least
52% of the total dollar amount of State construction contracts
6shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with
7disabilities.
8    (c) (Blank).
9    (d) Within one year after April 28, 2009 (the effective
10date of Public Act 96-8), the Department of Central Management
11Services shall conduct a social scientific study that measures
12the impact of discrimination on minority and women business
13development in Illinois. Within 18 months after April 28, 2009
14(the effective date of Public Act 96-8), the Department shall
15issue a report of its findings and any recommendations on
16whether to adjust the goals for minority and women
17participation established in this Act. Copies of this report
18and the social scientific study shall be filed with the
19Governor and the General Assembly.
20    By December 1, 2020, the Department of Central Management
21Services shall conduct a new social scientific study that
22measures the impact of discrimination on minority and women
23business development in Illinois. By June 1, 2022, the
24Department shall issue a report of its findings and any
25recommendations on whether to adjust the goals for minority
26and women participation established in this Act. Copies of

 

 

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1this report and the social scientific study shall be filed
2with the Governor, the Advisory Board, and the General
3Assembly. By December 1, 2022, the Department of Central
4Management Services Business Enterprise Program shall develop
5a model for social scientific disparity study sourcing for
6local governmental units to adapt and implement to address
7regional disparities in public procurement.
8    (e) All State contract solicitations that include Business
9Enterprise Program participation goals shall require bidders
10and offerors to include utilization plans. Utilization plans
11are due at the time of bid or offer submission. Failure to
12complete and include a utilization plan, including
13documentation demonstrating good faith effort when requesting
14a waiver, shall render the bid or offer non-responsive.
15    Except as permitted under this Act or as otherwise
16mandated by federal law or regulation, in response to those
17who submit bids or proposals for State contracts subject to
18the provisions of this Act, whose bids or proposals are
19successful but and include a utilization plan but that fails
20to demonstrate good faith efforts fail to meet the contract
21goals set forth in the solicitation subsection (b) of this
22Section, the procuring agency or public institution of higher
23education may elect to notify the bidder or offeror shall be
24notified of that deficiency and may allow the bidder or
25offeror shall be afforded a period not to exceed 10 calendar
26days from the date of notification to cure that deficiency in

 

 

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1the bid or proposal. The deficiency in the bid or proposal may
2only be cured by contracting with additional subcontractors
3who are certified or accepted by the Business Enterprise
4Program at the time of bid submission owned by minorities or
5women. Any increase in cost to a contract for the addition of a
6subcontractor to cure a bid's deficiency or to ensure
7diversity participation on the contract shall not affect the
8bid price, shall not be used in the request for an exemption in
9this Act, and in no case shall an identified subcontractor
10with a certification made pursuant to this Act be terminated
11from the contract without the written consent of the State
12agency or public institution of higher education entering into
13the contract. Submission of a blank utilization plan renders a
14bid or offer non-responsive and is not curable.
15    (f) (Blank). Non-construction solicitations that include
16Business Enterprise Program participation goals shall require
17bidders and offerors to include utilization plans. Utilization
18plans are due at the time of bid or offer submission. Failure
19to complete and include a utilization plan, including
20documentation demonstrating good faith effort when requesting
21a waiver, shall render the bid or offer non-responsive.
22(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17; 101-170, eff. 1-1-20;
23101-601, eff. 1-1-20; revised 10-26-20.)
 
24    (30 ILCS 575/8k new)
25    Sec. 8k. State agency certification recognition.

 

 

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1Notwithstanding any rule or provision of law to the contrary,
2the Business Enterprise Program shall accept the
3certifications of businesses that have been certified as
4minority-owned businesses or women-owned businesses by the
5City of Chicago, Cook County, or other entities approved by
6the Business Enterprise Program for purposes of participating
7in the Business Enterprise Program, provided that the City of
8Chicago, Cook County, or other entities approved by the
9Business Enterprise Program have certification requirements
10more restrictive than that required by the Business Enterprise
11Program under this Act, including, but not limited to, an
12income level requirement.".