98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5281

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 503/10
30 ILCS 503/12 new
30 ILCS 503/25 new

    Amends the Small Business Contract Act. Provides that the State's 10% small business contracting goal can be met by contracts or subcontracts. Provides that the chief procurement officers, individually or as a group, may provide presentations at which small businesses may learn about the State contracting process. Provides each chief procurement officer with rulemaking authority to carry out his or her responsibilities under the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Small Business Contracts Act is amended by
5changing Section 10 and by adding Sections 12 and 25 as
6follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 503/10)
8    Sec. 10. Award of State contracts.
9    (a) Not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State
10contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded as a
11contract or subcontract to small businesses.
12    (b) The percentage in subsection (a) relates to the total
13dollar amount of State contracts during each State fiscal year,
14calculated by examining independently each type of contract for
15each State official or agency which lets such contracts.
16(Source: P.A. 97-307, eff. 8-11-11.)
 
17    (30 ILCS 503/12 new)
18    Sec. 12. Contracting process presentations. During each
19fiscal year, the chief procurement officers appointed pursuant
20to Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code, individually
21or as a group, may provide presentations at which small
22businesses may learn about the contracting process and how to

 

 

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1apply for contracts.
 
2    (30 ILCS 503/25 new)
3    Sec. 25. Rulemaking. Subject to the rulemaking provisions
4of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, each chief
5procurement officer may promulgate rules to implement and
6administer this Act.