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90_HB2264
20 ILCS 605/46.13 from Ch. 127, par. 46.13
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
Provides that the Business Assistance Office of the
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall provide
assistance to small businesses interested in obtaining
procurement contracts with private Illinois businesses.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
2 by changing Section 46.13.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 46.13 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 605/46.13) (from Ch. 127, par. 46.13)
8 Sec. 46.13. To create a Business Assistance Office to:
9 (a) provide information to new and existing businesses
10 for all State government forms and applications and make this
11 information readily available through a business permit
12 center. The Office shall not assume any regulatory function.
13 All State agencies shall cooperate with the business permit
14 center to provide the necessary information, materials and
15 assistance to enable the center to carry out its function in
16 an effective manner. Each agency shall designate an
17 individual to serve as liaison to the center to provide
18 information and materials and to respond to requests for
19 assistance from businesses.
20 (b) provide technical and managerial assistance to
21 entrepreneurs and small businesses by (1) contracting with
22 local development organizations, chambers of commerce, and
23 industry or trade associations with technical and managerial
24 expertise located in the State, whenever possible, and (2)
25 establishing a network of small business development centers
26 throughout the State.
27 (c) assess the fiscal impact of proposed rules upon
28 small business and work with agencies in developing flexible
29 regulations through a regulatory review program.
30 (d) provide detailed and comprehensive assistance to
31 businesses interested in obtaining federal or state
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1 government contracts or contracts with private Illinois
2 businesses through a network of local procurement centers.
3 The Department shall make a special and continuing effort to
4 assist minority and female owned businesses including but not
5 limited to the designation of special minority and female
6 business advocates and shall make additional efforts to
7 assist those located in labor surplus areas. The Department
8 shall, through its network of local procurement centers, make
9 every effort to provide opportunities for small businesses to
10 participate in the procurement process. The Department shall
11 utilize one or more of the following techniques. These
12 techniques are to be in addition to any other procurement
13 requirements imposed by this amendatory Act of 1984 or by any
14 other Act.
15 (1) Advance notice by the Department or other
16 appropriate state entity of possible procurement
17 opportunities should be made available to interested
18 small businesses.
19 (2) Publication of procurement opportunities in
20 publications likely to be obtained by small businesses.
21 (3) Direct notification, whenever the Department
22 deems it feasible, of interested small businesses.
23 (4) Conduct of public hearings and training
24 sessions, when possible, regarding state and federal
25 government procurement policies and procurement policies
26 of private Illinois businesses.
27 (5) The Department of Central Management Services
28 shall cooperate with the Department in providing
29 information on the method and procedure by which a small
30 business becomes involved in the state or federal
31 government procurement process or procurement policies of
32 private Illinois businesses.
33 (e) study the total number of registrations, licenses
34 and reports which must be filed in order to do business in
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1 this State, seek input from the directors of all regulatory
2 agencies and submit a report on how this paperwork might be
3 reduced to the Governor and the General Assembly no later
4 than January 1, 1985.
5 (f) obtain information about contract opportunities in
6 the public and private sector using all available
7 communication and networking sources.
8 (Source: P.A. 86-808; 87-235.)