Full Text of HJR0033 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, African Americans represent 14.7% of the total | 3 | | population of Illinois
residents; the unemployment rate for | 4 | | African Americans in Illinois is projected to be 13.5%,
nearly | 5 | | double the rate for the total State population; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, African Americans represent 9.5% of the ownership | 7 | | of total Illinois
businesses; the total value of State | 8 | | contracts awarded to African American-owned businesses in 2013 | 9 | | was less
than 1% of total Central Management Services spending; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Unemployment leads to a decline in communities, | 12 | | resulting in
foreclosures, abandoned buildings, violence, | 13 | | depression, and poverty; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
| 16 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN,
that there is created a Fair | 17 | | Practices in Contracting Task Force to: | 18 | | (1) thoroughly survey African American-owned business | 19 | | participation in State procurement; | 20 | | (2) research solutions and methods to address the | 21 | | disparity in procurement awards; and | 22 | | (3) produce a final report summarizing the task force's |
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| 1 | | findings and detailing recommended
statutory or constitutional | 2 | | strategies to recognize best practices; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 4 | | following members: 4
members appointed by the Speaker of the | 5 | | House, 2 of whom must be State Representatives, and 2 who are | 6 | | from Central Management Services, the Illinois Department of | 7 | | Transportation, or
Illinois Health and Family Services; 4 | 8 | | members appointed by the President of the
Senate, 2 of whom | 9 | | must be State Senators, and 2 who are from Central Management
| 10 | | Services, the Illinois Department of Transportation, or | 11 | | Illinois Health and Family Services; and 4 members appointed by | 12 | | the Governor, all of whom must be from Central Management | 13 | | Services,
the Illinois Department of Transportation, or | 14 | | Illinois Health and Family Services; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force be appointed and hold its | 16 | | first meeting by March 1,
2015; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Central Management | 18 | | Services shall assist the
Task Force and provide administrative | 19 | | support, but shall have no hand in
guiding its direction or | 20 | | ascertaining its results; and be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet quarterly and | 22 | | report its
findings to the General Assembly and its appropriate |
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| 1 | | committees; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That members of Task Force shall serve without | 3 | | compensation; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its final report | 5 | | to the General Assembly
and the Governor, no later than | 6 | | December 31, 2015.
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