Full Text of SB0113 97th General Assembly
SB0113 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB0113 Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| New Act | | 20 ILCS 605/605-45 | |
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Creates the Small Business Contracts Act. Provides that not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded to small businesses. Provides for compliance plans and annual reports to help monitor the implementation of the 10% goal. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that not less than 25% of the total dollar amount available to the Department for awarding grants shall be awarded to small businesses. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Small | 5 | | Business Contracts Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the | 7 | | following terms shall have the following definitions: | 8 | | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | 9 | | Opportunity. | 10 | | "Small business" means an independently owned and operated | 11 | | business that has fewer than 50 full-time employees. | 12 | | "State contract" means a State contract, funded | 13 | | exclusively with State funds which are not subject to federal | 14 | | reimbursement, whether competitively bid or negotiated, as | 15 | | defined by the Department. | 16 | | "State official or agency" means a department, officer, | 17 | | board, commission, institution, or body politic or corporate of | 18 | | the State. | 19 | | Section 10. Award of State contracts. | 20 | | (a) Not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State | 21 | | contracts, as defined by the Department, shall be established | 22 | | as a goal to be awarded to small businesses. |
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| 1 | | (b) The percentage in subsection (a) relates to the total | 2 | | dollar amount of State contracts during each State fiscal year, | 3 | | calculated by examining independently each type of contract for | 4 | | each State official or agency which lets such contracts. | 5 | | Section 15. Compliance plans. | 6 | | (a) Each State official or agency shall file with the | 7 | | Department an annual compliance plan which shall outline the | 8 | | goals of the State official or agency for contracting with | 9 | | small businesses for the then current fiscal year, the manner | 10 | | in which the official or agency intends to reach these goals, | 11 | | and a timetable for reaching these goals. The Department shall | 12 | | review and approve the plan of each State official or agency | 13 | | and may reject any plan that does not comply with this Act or | 14 | | any rules promulgated pursuant to this Act. | 15 | | (b) Each State official or agency shall file with the | 16 | | Department an annual report of its utilization of small | 17 | | businesses during the preceding fiscal year including lapse | 18 | | period spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization | 19 | | to date for the then current fiscal year. The reports shall | 20 | | include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the State official | 21 | | or agency to meet its goals under the Act. | 22 | | Section 20. Annual report. The Department shall file no | 23 | | later than March 1 of each year, an annual report that shall | 24 | | detail the level of achievement toward the goals specified in |
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| 1 | | this Act over the 3 most recent fiscal years. The annual report | 2 | | shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: | 3 | | (1) a summary detailing State appropriations subject | 4 | | to the goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals | 5 | | attained by each State official or agency; | 6 | | (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and | 7 | | the average contract amount by each State official or | 8 | | agency; and | 9 | | (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal | 10 | | achievement concerning purchases from small businesses. | 11 | | Section 905. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 12 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 13 | | amended by changing Section 605-45 as follows: | 14 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-45) | 15 | | Sec. 605-45. Economic development grants; policy | 16 | | considerations. | 17 | | (a) When awarding grants for any economic development | 18 | | purpose, the Department must consider (i) reserving and | 19 | | targeting State business incentives to areas with high | 20 | | unemployment or low income and (ii) if the applicant seeking | 21 | | the grant is located in a metropolitan area, whether that | 22 | | metropolitan area meets location efficiency standards. | 23 | | (b) In a fiscal year, not less than 25% of the total dollar | 24 | | amount available to the Department for awarding grants under |
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| 1 | | this Article shall be awarded to small businesses that are | 2 | | independently owned and operated and have fewer than 50 | 3 | | full-time employees.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 95-56, eff. 8-10-07.)
| 5 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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