(20 ILCS 405/405-105) (was 20 ILCS 405/64.1)
Sec. 405-105. Fidelity, surety, property, and casualty insurance. The Department
shall establish and implement a program to coordinate
the handling of all fidelity, surety, property, and casualty insurance
exposures of the State and the departments, divisions, agencies,
branches,
and universities of the State. In performing this responsibility, the
Department shall have the power and duty to do the following:
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(2) Study the feasibility of establishing a
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| self-insurance plan for State property and prepare estimates of the costs of reinsurance for risks beyond the realistic limits of the self-insurance.
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(3) Prepare a plan for centralizing the purchase of
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| property and casualty insurance on State property under a master policy or policies and purchase the insurance contracted for as provided in the Illinois Purchasing Act.
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(4) Evaluate existing provisions for fidelity bonds
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| required of State employees and recommend changes that are appropriate commensurate with risk experience and the determinations respecting self-insurance or reinsurance so as to permit reduction of costs without loss of coverage.
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(5) Investigate procedures for inclusion of school
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| districts, public community college districts, and other units of local government in programs for the centralized purchase of insurance.
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(6) Implement recommendations of the State Property
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| Insurance Study Commission that the Department finds necessary or desirable in the performance of its powers and duties under this Section to achieve efficient and comprehensive risk management.
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(7) Prepare and, in the discretion of the Director,
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| implement a plan providing for the purchase of public liability insurance or for self-insurance for public liability or for a combination of purchased insurance and self-insurance for public liability (i) covering the State and drivers of motor vehicles owned, leased, or controlled by the State of Illinois pursuant to the provisions and limitations contained in the Illinois Vehicle Code, (ii) covering other public liability exposures of the State and its employees within the scope of their employment, and (iii) covering drivers of motor vehicles not owned, leased, or controlled by the State but used by a State employee on State business, in excess of liability covered by an insurance policy obtained by the owner of the motor vehicle or in excess of the dollar amounts that the Department shall determine to be reasonable. Any contract of insurance let under this Law shall be by bid in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Illinois Purchasing Act. Any provisions for self-insurance shall conform to subdivision (11).
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The term "employee" as used in this subdivision (7)
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| and in subdivision (11) means a person while in the employ of the State who is a member of the staff or personnel of a State agency, bureau, board, commission, committee, department, university, or college or who is a State officer, elected official, commissioner, member of or ex officio member of a State agency, bureau, board, commission, committee, department, university, or college, or a member of the National Guard while on active duty pursuant to orders of the Governor of the State of Illinois, or any other person while using a licensed motor vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the State of Illinois with the authorization of the State of Illinois, provided the actual use of the motor vehicle is within the scope of that authorization and within the course of State service.
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Subsequent to payment of a claim on behalf of an
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| employee pursuant to this Section and after reasonable advance written notice to the employee, the Director may exclude the employee from future coverage or limit the coverage under the plan if (i) the Director determines that the claim resulted from an incident in which the employee was grossly negligent or had engaged in willful and wanton misconduct or (ii) the Director determines that the employee is no longer an acceptable risk based on a review of prior accidents in which the employee was at fault and for which payments were made pursuant to this Section.
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The Director is authorized to promulgate
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| administrative rules that may be necessary to establish and administer the plan.
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Appropriations from the Road Fund shall be used to
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| pay auto liability claims and related expenses involving employees of the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police, and the Secretary of State.
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(8) Charge, collect, and receive from all other
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| agencies of the State government fees or monies equivalent to the cost of purchasing the insurance.
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(9) Establish, through the Director, charges for risk
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| management services rendered to State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities by the Department. The State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities so charged shall reimburse the Department by vouchers drawn against their respective appropriations. The reimbursement shall be determined by the Director as amounts sufficient to reimburse the Department for expenditures incurred in rendering the service.
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The Department shall charge the employing State
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| agency, officer, board, commission, or university for workers' compensation payments for temporary total disability paid to any employee after the employee has received temporary total disability payments for 120 days if the employee's treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant has issued a release to return to work with restrictions and the employee is able to perform modified duty work but the employing State agency, officer, board, commission, or university does not return the employee to work at modified duty. Modified duty shall be duties assigned that may or may not be delineated as part of the duties regularly performed by the employee. Modified duties shall be assigned within the prescribed restrictions established by the treating physician and the physician who performed the independent medical examination. The amount of all reimbursements shall be deposited into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund which is hereby created as a revolving fund in the State treasury. In addition to any other purpose authorized by law, moneys in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, to pay these or other temporary total disability claims of employees of State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities.
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Beginning with fiscal year 1996, all amounts
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| recovered by the Department through subrogation in workers' compensation and workers' occupational disease cases shall be deposited into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund created under this subdivision (9).
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(10) Establish rules, procedures, and forms to be
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| used by State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities in the administration and payment of workers' compensation claims. For claims filed prior to July 1, 2013, the Department shall initially evaluate and determine the compensability of any injury that is the subject of a workers' compensation claim and provide for the administration and payment of such a claim for all State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities. For claims filed on or after July 1, 2013, the Department shall retain responsibility for certain administrative payments including, but not limited to, payments to the private vendor contracted to perform services under subdivision (10b) of this Section, payments related to travel expenses for employees of the Office of the Attorney General, and payments to internal Department staff responsible for the oversight and management of any contract awarded pursuant to subdivision (10b) of this Section. Through December 31, 2012, the Director may delegate to any agency with the agreement of the agency head the responsibility for evaluation, administration, and payment of that agency's claims. Neither the Department nor the private vendor contracted to perform services under subdivision (10b) of this Section shall be responsible for providing workers' compensation services to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority or to State universities that maintain self-funded workers' compensation liability programs.
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(10a) By April 1 of each year prior to calendar year
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| 2013, the Director must report and provide information to the State Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Board concerning the status of the State workers' compensation program for the next fiscal year. Information that the Director must provide to the State Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Board includes, but is not limited to, documents, reports of negotiations, bid invitations, requests for proposals, specifications, copies of proposed and final contracts or agreements, and any other materials concerning contracts or agreements for the program. By the first of each month prior to calendar year 2013, the Director must provide updated, and any new, information to the State Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Board until the State workers' compensation program for the next fiscal year is determined.
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(10b) No later than January 1, 2013, the chief
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| procurement officer appointed under paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code (hereinafter "chief procurement officer"), in consultation with the Department of Central Management Services, shall procure one or more private vendors to administer the program providing payments for workers' compensation liability with respect to the employees of all State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities. The chief procurement officer may procure a single contract applicable to all State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities, or multiple contracts applicable to one or more State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities. If the chief procurement officer procures a single contract applicable to all State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities, then the Department of Central Management Services shall be designated as the agency that enters into the contract and shall be responsible for the contract. If the chief procurement officer procures multiple contracts applicable to one or more State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and universities, each agency, officer, board, commission, or university to which the contract applies shall be designated as the agency, officer, board, commission, or university that shall enter into the contract and shall be responsible for the contract. If the chief procurement officer procures contracts applicable to an individual State agency, officer, board, commission, or university, the agency, officer, board, commission, or university subject to the contract shall be designated as the agency, officer, board, commission, or university responsible for the contract.
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(10c) The procurement of private vendors for the
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| administration of the workers' compensation program for State employees is subject to the provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code and administration by the chief procurement officer.
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(10d) Contracts for the procurement of private
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| vendors for the administration of the workers' compensation program for State employees shall be based upon, but limited to, the following criteria: (i) administrative cost, (ii) service capabilities of the vendor, and (iii) the compensation (including premiums, fees, or other charges). A vendor for the administration of the workers' compensation program for State employees shall provide services, including, but not limited to:
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(A) providing a web-based case management
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| system and provide access to the Office of the Attorney General;
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(B) ensuring claims adjusters are available to
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| provide testimony or information as requested by the Office of the Attorney General;
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(C) establishing a preferred provider program
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| for all State agencies, officers, boards, commissions, universities, and facilities; and
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(D) authorizing the payment of medical bills at
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| the preferred provider discount rate.
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(10e) By September 15, 2012, the Department of
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| Central Management Services shall prepare a plan to effectuate the transfer of responsibility and administration of the workers' compensation program for State employees to the selected private vendors. The Department shall submit a copy of the plan to the General Assembly.
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(11) Any plan for public liability self-insurance
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| implemented under this Section shall provide that (i) the Department shall attempt to settle and may settle any public liability claim filed against the State of Illinois or any public liability claim filed against a State employee on the basis of an occurrence in the course of the employee's State employment; (ii) any settlement of such a claim is not subject to fiscal year limitations and must be approved by the Director and, in cases of settlements exceeding $100,000, by the Governor; and (iii) a settlement of any public liability claim against the State or a State employee shall require an unqualified release of any right of action against the State and the employee for acts within the scope of the employee's employment giving rise to the claim.
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Whenever and to the extent that a State employee
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| operates a motor vehicle or engages in other activity covered by self-insurance under this Section, the State of Illinois shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the employee against any claim in tort filed against the employee for acts or omissions within the scope of the employee's employment in any proper judicial forum and not settled pursuant to this subdivision (11), provided that this obligation of the State of Illinois shall not exceed a maximum liability of $2,000,000 for any single occurrence in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle or $100,000 per person per occurrence for any other single occurrence, or $500,000 for any single occurrence in connection with the provision of medical care by a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant employee.
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Any claims against the State of Illinois under a
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| self-insurance plan that are not settled pursuant to this subdivision (11) shall be heard and determined by the Court of Claims and may not be filed or adjudicated in any other forum. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois or the Attorney General's designee shall be the attorney with respect to all public liability self-insurance claims that are not settled pursuant to this subdivision (11) and therefore result in litigation. The payment of any award of the Court of Claims entered against the State relating to any public liability self-insurance claim shall act as a release against any State employee involved in the occurrence.
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(12) Administer a plan the purpose of which is to
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| make payments on final settlements or final judgments in accordance with the State Employee Indemnification Act. The plan shall be funded through appropriations from the General Revenue Fund specifically designated for that purpose, except that indemnification expenses for employees of the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police, and the Secretary of State, which result from the Road Fund portion of their normal operations, shall be paid from the Road Fund. The term "employee" as used in this subdivision (12) has the same meaning as under subsection (b) of Section 1 of the State Employee Indemnification Act. Subject to sufficient appropriation, the Director shall approve payment of any claim, without regard to fiscal year limitations, presented to the Director that is supported by a final settlement or final judgment when the Attorney General and the chief officer of the public body against whose employee the claim or cause of action is asserted certify to the Director that the claim is in accordance with the State Employee Indemnification Act and that they approve of the payment. In no event shall an amount in excess of $150,000 be paid from this plan to or for the benefit of any claimant.
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(13) Administer a plan the purpose of which is to
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| make payments on final settlements or final judgments for employee wage claims in situations where there was an appropriation relevant to the wage claim, the fiscal year and lapse period have expired, and sufficient funds were available to pay the claim. The plan shall be funded through appropriations from the General Revenue Fund specifically designated for that purpose.
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Subject to sufficient appropriation, the Director is
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| authorized to pay any wage claim presented to the Director that is supported by a final settlement or final judgment when the chief officer of the State agency employing the claimant certifies to the Director that the claim is a valid wage claim and that the fiscal year and lapse period have expired. Payment for claims that are properly submitted and certified as valid by the Director shall include interest accrued at the rate of 7% per annum from the forty-fifth day after the claims are received by the Department or 45 days from the date on which the amount of payment is agreed upon, whichever is later, until the date the claims are submitted to the Comptroller for payment. When the Attorney General has filed an appearance in any proceeding concerning a wage claim settlement or judgment, the Attorney General shall certify to the Director that the wage claim is valid before any payment is made. In no event shall an amount in excess of $150,000 be paid from this plan to or for the benefit of any claimant.
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Nothing in Public Act 84-961 shall be construed to
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| affect in any manner the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims concerning wage claims made against the State of Illinois.
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(14) Prepare and, in the discretion of the Director,
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| implement a program for self-insurance for official fidelity and surety bonds for officers and employees as authorized by the Official Bond Act.
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(Source: P.A. 102-767, eff. 5-13-22.)
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(20 ILCS 405/405-270) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)
Sec. 405-270. Broadcast communications services. To provide for and
coordinate broadcast communications services
for State agencies and, when requested and when in the best interests of
the State, for units of federal or local governments and public and
not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education.
The Department may make use of its satellite uplink available to interested
parties not associated with State government provided that State government
usage shall have first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have
the power and duty to do all of the following:
(1) Provide for and control the procurement, |
| retention, installation, and maintenance of video recording, satellite uplink, public information, and broadcast communications equipment or services used by State agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy.
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(2) (Blank).
(3) Establish charges (i) for video recording,
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| satellite uplink, public information, and broadcast communication services for State agencies and, when requested, for units of federal or local government and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, or higher education and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by parties not associated with State government. Entities charged for these services shall reimburse the Department.
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(4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage
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| of video recording, satellite uplink, public information, and broadcast communication services regularly to the Department in the manner the Director may prescribe.
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(5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of
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| all State agencies in the area of video recording, satellite uplink, public information, and broadcast communications services and plan to serve those aims and needs in the most effective and efficient manner.
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(6) Provide video recording, satellite uplink, public
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(7) Establish the administrative organization within
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| the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose of this Section.
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The Department is authorized, in consultation with the Department of Innovation and Technology, to
conduct a study for the purpose of determining technical, engineering, and
management specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or
shared use of existing and future public and private owned television
broadcast and reception facilities, including but not limited to
terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and satellite, for broadcast and
reception of educational, governmental, and business programs, and to
implement those specifications.
However, the Department may not control or interfere with the input
of content into the broadcast communications systems by the several State
agencies or units of federal or local government, or public or
not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education, or
users of the Department's satellite uplink.
As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means all
departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions, and bodies
politic and corporate of the State except (i) the judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and (ii) the General Assembly,
legislative service agencies, and all officers of the General Assembly.
This Section does not apply to the procurement of Next Generation 9-1-1 service as governed by Section 15.6b of the Emergency Telephone System Act.
In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Section and any provision of the Department of Innovation and Technology Act, the Department of Innovation and Technology Act shall be controlling.
(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
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(20 ILCS 405/405-300) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.02) Sec. 405-300. Lease or purchase of facilities; training programs. (a) To lease or purchase office and storage space, buildings, land, and other facilities for all State agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, and bodies politic and all other administrative units or outgrowths of the executive branch of State government except the Constitutional officers, the State Board of Education and the State colleges and universities and their governing bodies. However, before leasing or purchasing any office or storage space, buildings, land or other facilities in any municipality the Department shall survey the existing State-owned and State-leased property to make a determination of need. The leases shall be for a term not to exceed 5 years, except that the leases may contain a renewal clause subject to acceptance by the State after that date or an option to purchase. The purchases shall be made through contracts that (i) may provide for the title to the property to transfer immediately to the State or a trustee or nominee for the benefit of the State, (ii) shall provide for the consideration to be paid in installments to be made at stated intervals during a certain term not to exceed 30 years from the date of the contract, and (iii) may provide for the payment of interest on the unpaid balance at a rate that does not exceed a rate determined by adding 3 percentage points to the annual yield on United States Treasury obligations of comparable maturity as most recently published in the Wall Street Journal at the time such contract is signed. The leases and purchase contracts shall be and shall recite that they are subject to termination and cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation to pay the rent or purchase installments payable under the terms of the lease or purchase contract. Additionally, the purchase contract shall specify that title to the office and storage space, buildings, land, and other facilities being acquired under the contract shall revert to the Seller in the event of the failure of the General Assembly to appropriate suitable funds. However, this limitation on the term of the leases does not apply to leases to and with the Illinois Building Authority, as provided for in the Building Authority Act. Leases to and with that Authority may be entered into for a term not to exceed 30 years and shall be and shall recite that they are subject to termination and cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation to pay the rent payable under the terms of the lease. These limitations do not apply if the lease or purchase contract contains a provision limiting the liability for the payment of the rentals or installments thereof solely to funds received from the Federal government. (b) To lease from an airport authority office, aircraft hangar, and service buildings constructed upon a public airport under the Airport Authorities Act for the use and occupancy of the State Department of Transportation. The lease may be entered into for a term not to exceed 30 years. (c) To establish training programs for teaching State leasing procedures and practices to new employees of the Department and to keep all employees of the Department informed about current leasing practices and developments in the real estate industry. (d) To enter into an agreement with a municipality or county to construct, remodel, or convert a structure for the purposes of its serving as a correctional institution or facility pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 3-2-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. (e) To enter into an agreement with a private individual, trust, partnership, or corporation or a municipality or other unit of local government, when authorized to do so by the Department of Corrections, whereby that individual, trust, partnership, or corporation or municipality or other unit of local government will construct, remodel, or convert a structure for the purposes of its serving as a correctional institution or facility and then lease the structure to the Department for the use of the Department of Corrections. A lease entered into pursuant to the authority granted in this subsection shall be for a term not to exceed 30 years but may grant to the State the option to purchase the structure outright. The leases shall be and shall recite that they are subject to termination and cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation to pay the rent payable under the terms of the lease. (f) On and after September 17, 1983, the powers granted to the Department under this Section shall be exercised exclusively by the Department, and no other State agency may concurrently exercise any such power unless specifically authorized otherwise by a later enacted law. This subsection is not intended to impair any contract existing as of September 17, 1983. (g) To develop and implement, in cooperation with the Interagency Energy Conservation Committee, a system for evaluating energy consumption in facilities leased by the Department, and to develop energy consumption standards for use in evaluating prospective lease sites. (h) (1) After June 1, 1998 (the effective date of Public |
| Act 90-520), the Department shall not enter into an agreement for the installment purchase or lease purchase of buildings, land, or facilities unless:
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(A) the using agency certifies to the Department
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| that the agency reasonably expects that the building, land, or facilities being considered for purchase will meet a permanent space need;
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(B) the building or facilities will be
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| substantially occupied by State agencies after purchase (or after acceptance in the case of a build to suit);
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(C) the building or facilities shall be in new or
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| like new condition and have a remaining economic life exceeding the term of the contract;
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(D) no structural or other major building
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| component or system has a remaining economic life of less than 10 years;
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(E) the building, land, or facilities:
(i) is free of any identifiable environmental
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(ii) is subject to a management plan,
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| provided by the seller and acceptable to the State, to address the known environmental hazard;
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(F) the building, land, or facilities satisfy
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(G) the State's cost to lease purchase or
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| installment purchase the building, land, or facilities is less than the cost to lease space of comparable quality, size, and location over the lease purchase or installment purchase term.
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(2) The Department shall establish the methodology
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| for comparing lease costs to the costs of installment or lease purchases. The cost comparison shall take into account all relevant cost factors, including, but not limited to, debt service, operating and maintenance costs, insurance and risk costs, real estate taxes, reserves for replacement and repairs, security costs, and utilities. The methodology shall also provide:
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(A) that the comparison will be made using level
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(B) that a purchase price must not exceed the
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| fair market value of the buildings, land, or facilities and that the purchase price must be substantiated by an appraisal or by a competitive selection process.
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(3) If the Department intends to enter into an
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| installment purchase or lease purchase agreement for buildings, land, or facilities under circumstances that do not satisfy the conditions specified by this Section, it must issue a notice to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House. The notice shall contain (i) specific details of the State's proposed purchase, including the amounts, purposes, and financing terms; (ii) a specific description of how the proposed purchase varies from the procedures set forth in this Section; and (iii) a specific justification, signed by the Director, stating why it is in the State's best interests to proceed with the purchase. The Department may not proceed with such an installment purchase or lease purchase agreement if, within 60 calendar days after delivery of the notice, the General Assembly, by joint resolution, disapproves the transaction. Delivery may take place on a day and at an hour when the Senate and House are not in session so long as the offices of Secretary and Clerk are open to receive the notice. In determining the 60-day period within which the General Assembly must act, the day on which delivery is made to the Senate and House shall not be counted. If delivery of the notice to the 2 houses occurs on different days, the 60-day period shall begin on the day following the later delivery.
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(4) On or before February 15 of each year, the
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| Department shall submit an annual report to the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the General Assembly regarding installment purchases or lease purchases of buildings, land, or facilities that were entered into during the preceding calendar year. The report shall include a summary statement of the aggregate amount of the State's obligations under those purchases; specific details pertaining to each purchase, including the amounts, purposes, and financing terms and payment schedule for each purchase; and any other matter that the Department deems advisable. The report shall also contain an analysis of all leases that meet both of the following criteria: (1) the lease contains a purchase option clause; and (2) the third full year of the lease has been completed. That analysis shall include, without limitation, a recommendation of whether it is in the State's best interest to exercise the purchase option or to seek to renew the lease without exercising the clause.
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The requirement for reporting shall be satisfied by
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| filing copies of the report with each of the following: (1) the Auditor General; (2) the Chairs of the Appropriations Committees; (3) the General Assembly and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organizations Act; and (4) the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
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(Source: P.A. 103-570, eff. 1-1-24.)
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(20 ILCS 405/405-317) Sec. 405-317. Bird-safe State buildings. (a) Each State building constructed, acquired, or of which more than 50% of the facade is substantially altered, in the opinion of the Department's Bureau of Property Management, shall meet, as determined by the Director, the following standards: (1) at least 90% of the exposed façade material |
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(A) shall not be composed of glass; or
(B) shall be composed of glass employing: (i)
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| elements that preclude bird collisions without completely obscuring vision, such as secondary facades, netting, screens, shutters, and exterior shades; (ii) ultraviolet (UV) patterned glass that contains UV-reflective or contrasting patterns that are visible to birds; (iii) patterns on glass designed in accordance with a rule that restricts horizontal spaces to less than 2 inches high and vertical spaces to less than 4 inches wide; (iv) opaque, etched, stained, frosted, or translucent glass; or (v) any combination of the methods described in this subparagraph (B);
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(2) at least 60% of the exposed facade material
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(3) there shall not be any transparent passageways
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(4) all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards
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| containing water features, plants, and other materials attractive to birds shall meet the standard described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1); and
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(5) outside lighting shall be appropriately
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(b) The Director shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at each State building.
(c) The Director, where practicable and consistent with security and other mission related requirements, shall reduce exterior building and site lighting for each State building. This subsection (c) shall not apply to buildings in which the Director does not have control of the exterior building and site lighting. In implementing the requirements of this subsection (c), the Director shall make use of automatic control technologies, including timers, photo-sensors, and infrared and motion detectors.
(d) In implementing the requirements of this Section, the Director may employ any available methods and strategies that are in accordance with existing effective best practices to reduce bird mortality.
(e) The requirements of this Section shall not apply to any acquisition or substantial alteration described in subsection (a) if the Director, after consideration of multiple options, determines that the use of the required building materials and design features would result in a significant additional cost for the project.
(f) Any construction which may be required as a result of
the requirements of this Section shall be under the authority
of the Capital Development Board in consultation with the
Department.
(g) The requirements of this Section shall only apply to
State buildings under the management or control of the
Department, but does not include buildings leased by the
Department.
(h) The requirements of this Section shall not apply to any project in the design or construction phase as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
(i) This Section shall not apply to the following buildings:
(1) any building or site listed, or eligible for
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(2) the Executive Mansion and its grounds;
(3) the Illinois Supreme Court Building and its
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(4) the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield,
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(5) the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and
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(6) the Illinois State Capitol Building and its
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(Source: P.A. 102-119, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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(20 ILCS 405/405-335) Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP).
(a) The Department, within 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall establish and maintain a website, known as the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP), with a full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the ITAP database with information received from all State agencies as defined in this Section. Subject to appropriation, the full-time webmaster must also compile and update the ITAP database with information received from all counties, townships, library districts, and municipalities. (b) For purposes of this Section: "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution, executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and Authorities under the Governor. "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value). "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by object of expenditure. "Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll. "Recipients" means State agencies receiving appropriations. (c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the following: (1) A database of all current State employees and |
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(i) Name.
(ii) Employing State agency.
(iii) Employing State division.
(iv) Employment position title.
(v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
(2) A database of all current State expenditures,
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(3) A database of all development assistance
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| reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit category, taxpayer, and Representative District.
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(4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of
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| State occupation and use tax certificates of registration and all revocations and suspensions of State professional licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location, and certificate of registration number or license number, as applicable. Professional license revocations and suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support.
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(5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted
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| separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, contract value, and goods or services provided.
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(6) A database of all employees hired after the
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted searchably by each of the following at the time of employment:
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(i) Name.
(ii) Employing State agency.
(iii) Employing State division.
(iv) Employment position title.
(v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
(vi) County of employment location.
(vii) Rutan status.
(viii) Status of position as subject to
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(ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee,
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(x) Status as a military veteran.
(7) A searchable database of all current county,
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(i) Employing unit of local government.
(ii) Employment position title.
(iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
(8) A searchable database of all county, township,
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| and municipal employees hired on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, sorted separately by each of the following at the time of employment:
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(i) Employing unit of local government.
(ii) Employment position title.
(iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
(9) A searchable database of all library district
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| employees hired on or after August 9, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-246), sorted separately by each of the following at the time of employment:
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(i) Employing unit of local government.
(ii) Employment position title.
(iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
(10) A link to a website maintained by the
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| Department that contains a list of contact information for each State agency, including a telephone number and a link to the Agency's website. Each State agency shall be responsible for providing and updating the Department with this information.
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(d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available to the Department in a format the Department can compile and publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as additional information becomes available in a format that can be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department.
(e) Each State agency, county, township, library district, and municipality shall cooperate with the Department in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department.
(f) Each county, township, library district, or municipality submitting information to be displayed on the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.
(g) The Department, within 6 months after January 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-283), shall distribute a spreadsheet or otherwise make data entry available to each State agency to facilitate the collection of data on the State's annual workforce characteristics, workforce compensation, and employee mobility. The Department shall determine the data to be collected by each State agency. Each State agency shall cooperate with the Department in furnishing the data necessary for the implementation of this subsection within the timeframe specified by the Department. The Department shall publish the data received from each State agency on the ITAP or another open data site annually.
(Source: P.A. 97-744, eff. 1-1-13; 98-246, eff. 8-9-13; 98-283, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1084, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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(20 ILCS 405/405-411) Sec. 405-411. Consolidation of workers' compensation functions. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Director of Central Management Services, working in cooperation with the Director of any other agency, department, board, or commission directly responsible to the Governor, may direct the consolidation, within the Department of Central Management Services, of those workers' compensation functions at that agency, department, board, or commission that are suitable for centralization. Upon receipt of the written direction to transfer workers' compensation functions to the Department of Central Management Services, the personnel, equipment, and property (both real and personal) directly relating to the transferred functions shall be transferred to the Department of Central Management Services, and the relevant documents, records, and correspondence shall be transferred or copied, as the Director may prescribe. (b) Upon receiving written direction from the Director of Central Management Services, the Comptroller and Treasurer are authorized to transfer the unexpended balance of any appropriations related to the workers' compensation functions transferred to the Department of Central Management Services and shall make the necessary fund transfers from the General Revenue Fund, any special fund in the State treasury, or any other federal or State trust fund held by the Treasurer to the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund for use by the Department of Central Management Services in support of workers' compensation functions or any other related costs or expenses of the Department of Central Management Services. (c) The rights of employees and the State and its agencies under the Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining agreements or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan shall not be affected by any transfer under this Section. (d) The functions transferred to the Department of Central Management Services by this Section shall be vested in and shall be exercised by the Department of Central Management Services. Each act done in the exercise of those functions shall have the same legal effect as if done by the agencies, offices, divisions, departments, bureaus, boards and commissions from which they were transferred. Every person or other entity shall be subject to the same obligations and duties and any penalties, civil or criminal, arising therefrom, and shall have the same rights arising from the exercise of such rights, powers, and duties as had been exercised by the agencies, offices, divisions, departments, bureaus, boards, and commissions from which they were transferred. Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made or given or papers or documents furnished or served by any person in regards to the functions transferred to or upon the agencies, offices, divisions, departments, bureaus, boards, and commissions from which the functions were transferred, the same shall be made, given, furnished or served in the same manner to or upon the Department of Central Management Services. This Section does not affect any act done, ratified, or cancelled or any right occurring or established or any action or proceeding had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or criminal cause regarding the functions transferred, but those proceedings may be continued by the Department of Central Management Services. This Section does not affect the legality of any rules in the Illinois Administrative Code regarding the functions transferred in this Section that are in force on the effective date of this Section. If necessary, however, the affected agencies shall propose, adopt, or repeal rules, rule amendments, and rule recodifications as appropriate to effectuate this Section.
(e) There is hereby created within the Department of Central Management Services an advisory body to be known as the State Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Board to review, assess, and provide recommendations to improve the State workers' compensation program and to ensure that the State manages the program in the interests of injured workers and taxpayers. The Governor shall appoint one person to the Board, who shall serve as the Chairperson. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint one person to the Board. Each member initially appointed to the Board shall serve a term ending December 31, 2013, and each Board member appointed thereafter shall serve a 3-year term. A Board member shall continue to serve on the Board until his or her successor is appointed. In addition, the Director of the Department of Central Management Services, the Attorney General, the Director of the Department of Insurance, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, the Director of the Department of Corrections, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, the Director of the Department of Revenue, and the Chairman of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio, non-voting members of the Board. Members of the Board shall not receive compensation but shall be reimbursed from the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund for reasonable expenses incurred in the necessary performance of their duties, and the Department of Central Management Services shall provide administrative support to the Board. The Board shall meet at least 3 times per year or more often if the Board deems it necessary or proper. By September 30, 2011, the Board shall issue a written report, to be delivered to the Governor, the Director of the Department of Central Management Services, and the General Assembly, with a recommended set of best practices for the State workers' compensation program. By July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board shall issue a written report, to be delivered to those same persons or entities, with recommendations on how to improve upon such practices. (f) The Director of Central Management Services shall take all appropriate actions with respect to the State's workers' compensation obligations necessary to transfer administration of those obligations to an independent private vendor as provided by Section 405-105. (Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11; 97-895, eff. 8-3-12.) |
(20 ILCS 405/405-515)
Sec. 405-515. High-Volume Transaction Processing System study. (a) As used in this Act: "Department" means the Department of Central Management Services. "High-Volume Transaction Processing System (HVTPS)" means a computer, or designated network of computers, that, in daily operations (i) supports, or is capable of supporting, more than 15,000,000 transactions per hour and (ii) is used for critical computing needs, including, but not limited to, bulk data processing, transaction processing, resource planning, statistic generation, process monitoring, and process modeling. "HVTPS" also includes the applications, operating systems, and other support software, hardware add-ons, and maintenance services required by a system. "Overall value" is to be derived from factors including, but not limited to, total cost of ownership, the quality of the hardware, software, or services to be delivered by the contractor, the contractor's responsiveness and account service record, and the contractor's willingness to share risk. (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall study the cost of and the State's current use of and reliance on HVTPS. The study shall consider, without limitation: (1) The nature of the operations supported by |
| existing HVTPS, including the State's need to conduct those operations in a reliable, secure, scalable, and end-user-friendly manner.
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(2) For existing HVTPS, employee costs, one-time
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| charges, recurring charges, and average maintenance charges associated with the components of an HVTPS.
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(3) For existing HVTPS, the State's reliance on
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| non-employees for system maintenance and support, and the feasibility of having those functions performed by State employees, new or existing.
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(4) An assessment of the overall value of existing
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(5) Whether HVTPS of comparable capacity and
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| performance characteristics are available in the marketplace and, if not, in what manner the marketplace is failing to offer such comparable systems.
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(6) If comparable HVTPS exist in the marketplace, the
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| study must indicate what good-faith estimates exist for cost components that are comparable to those identified in item (2) of this subsection.
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(7) If comparable HVTPS exist in the marketplace, the
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| feasibility of having system maintenance and support functions performed by State employees.
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(8) The study shall include public comments from
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(c) The Department shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than 6 months after the completion of the study. Sensitive or confidential material, such as technical trade secrets (excluding pricing), may be redacted from the public version of the report.
(Source: P.A. 95-992, eff. 6-1-09 .)
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(20 ILCS 405/405-540) Sec. 405-540. African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission. (a) The African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission is hereby established within the Department of Central Management Services. (b) The Commission shall include the following members: (1) the Governor or his or her designee; (2) one member of the House of Representatives |
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(3) one member of the Senate appointed by the
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(4) one member of the House of Representatives
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(5) one member of the Senate appointed by the
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(6) three representatives of a national coalition
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(7) ten members of the public appointed by the
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| Governor, at least 8 of whom are African American descendants of slavery.
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(c) Appointment of members to the Commission shall be made within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, with the first meeting of the Commission to be held at a reasonable period of time thereafter. The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected from among the members during the first meeting. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel expenses. The 10 members of the public appointed by the Governor shall be from diverse backgrounds, including businesspersons and persons without high school diplomas.
(d) Administrative support and staffing for the Commission shall be provided by the Department of Central Management Services. Any State agency under the jurisdiction of the Governor shall provide testimony and documents as directed by the Department.
(e) The Commission shall perform the following duties:
(1) develop and implement measures to ensure equity,
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(2) hold hearings to discuss the implementation of
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| measures to ensure equity, equality, and parity for African American descendants of slavery;
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(3) educate the public on reparations for African
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(4) report to the General Assembly information and
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| findings regarding the work of the Commission under this Section and the feasibility of reparations for Illinois African American descendants of slavery, including any recommendations on the subject; and
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(5) discuss and perform actions regarding the
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(i) Preservation of African American
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| neighborhoods and communities through investment in business development, home ownership, and affordable housing at the median income of each neighborhood, with a full range of housing services and strengthening of institutions, which shall include, without limitation, schools, parks, and community centers.
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(ii) Building and development of a Vocational
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| Training Center for People of African Descent-Citizens, with satellite centers throughout the State, to address the racial disparity in the building trades and the de-skilling of African American labor through the historic discrimination in the building trade unions. The Center shall also have departments for legitimate activities in the informal economy and apprenticeship.
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(iii) Ensuring proportional economic
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| representation in all State contracts, including reviews and recommendations for changes to the State procurement and contracting requirements and procedures with the express goal of increasing the number of African American vendors and contracts for services to an equitable level reflecting their population in the State.
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(iv) Creation and enforcement of an Illinois
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| Slavery Era Disclosure Bill mandating that in addition to disclosure, an affidavit must be submitted entitled "Statement of Financial Reparations" that has been negotiated between the Commission established under this Section and a corporation or institution that disclosed ties to the enslavement or injury of people of African descent in the United States of America.
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(f) Beginning January 1, 2022, and for each year thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report regarding its actions and any information as required under this Section to the Governor and the General Assembly. The report of the Commission shall also be made available to the public on the Internet website of the Department of Central Management Services.
(Source: P.A. 101-657, Article 15, Section 15-5, eff. 3-23-21; 102-29, eff. 6-25-21.)
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