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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities,
5Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by
6changing Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 7, 8, and 8f and by adding
7Section 4f as follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 575/2)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
10    Sec. 2. Definitions.
11    (A) For the purpose of this Act, the following terms shall
12have the following definitions:
13        (1) "Minority person" shall mean a person who is a
14    citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States
15    and who is any of the following:
16            (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
17        having origins in any of the original peoples of North
18        and South America, including Central America, and who
19        maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
20            (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
21        original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
22        the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
23        to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,

 

 

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1        Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
2        Vietnam).
3            (c) Black or African American (a person having
4        origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
5        Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in
6        addition to "Black or African American".
7            (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
8        Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other
9        Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
10            (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
11        person having origins in any of the original peoples of
12        Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
13        (2) "Female" shall mean a person who is a citizen or
14    lawful permanent resident of the United States and who is
15    of the female gender.
16        (2.05) "Person with a disability" means a person who is
17    a citizen or lawful resident of the United States and is a
18    person qualifying as being disabled under subdivision
19    (2.1) of this subsection (A).
20        (2.1) "Disabled" means a severe physical or mental
21    disability that:
22            (a) results from:
23            amputation,
24            arthritis,
25            autism,
26            blindness,

 

 

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1            burn injury,
2            cancer,
3            cerebral palsy,
4            Crohn's disease,
5            cystic fibrosis,
6            deafness,
7            head injury,
8            heart disease,
9            hemiplegia,
10            hemophilia,
11            respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction,
12            an intellectual disability,
13            mental illness,
14            multiple sclerosis,
15            muscular dystrophy,
16            musculoskeletal disorders,
17            neurological disorders, including stroke and
18        epilepsy,
19            paraplegia,
20            quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions,
21            sickle cell anemia,
22            ulcerative colitis,
23            specific learning disabilities, or
24            end stage renal failure disease; and
25            (b) substantially limits one or more of the
26        person's major life activities.

 

 

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1        Another disability or combination of disabilities may
2    also be considered as a severe disability for the purposes
3    of item (a) of this subdivision (2.1) if it is determined
4    by an evaluation of rehabilitation potential to cause a
5    comparable degree of substantial functional limitation
6    similar to the specific list of disabilities listed in item
7    (a) of this subdivision (2.1).
8        (3) "Minority owned business" means a business concern
9    which is at least 51% owned by one or more minority
10    persons, or in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of
11    the stock in which is owned by one or more minority
12    persons; and the management and daily business operations
13    of which are controlled by one or more of the minority
14    individuals who own it.
15        (4) "Female owned business" means a business concern
16    which is at least 51% owned by one or more females, or, in
17    the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in
18    which is owned by one or more females; and the management
19    and daily business operations of which are controlled by
20    one or more of the females who own it.
21        (4.1) "Business owned by a person with a disability"
22    means a business concern that is at least 51% owned by one
23    or more persons with a disability and the management and
24    daily business operations of which are controlled by one or
25    more of the persons with disabilities who own it. A
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1    is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal
2    Revenue Code of 1986 is also considered a "business owned
3    by a person with a disability".
4        (4.2) "Council" means the Business Enterprise Council
5    for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities
6    created under Section 5 of this Act.
7        (5) "State contracts" means all State contracts,
8    regardless of the source of the funds with which the
9    contracts are paid, which are not subject to federal
10    reimbursement. This definition shall control over any
11    existing definition under this Act or applicable
12    administrative rule. "State contracts" shall mean all
13    State contracts, funded exclusively with State funds which
14    are not subject to federal reimbursement, whether
15    competitively bid or negotiated as defined by the Secretary
16    of the Council and approved by the Council.
17        "State construction contracts" means all State
18    contracts entered into by a State agency or public
19    institution of higher education State university for the
20    repair, remodeling, renovation or construction of a
21    building or structure, or for the construction or
22    maintenance of a highway defined in Article 2 of the
23    Illinois Highway Code.
24        (6) "State agencies" shall mean all departments,
25    officers, boards, commissions, institutions and bodies
26    politic and corporate of the State, but does not include

 

 

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1    the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the
2    Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the
3    Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of
4    Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of
5    Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of
6    Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
7    Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of
8    Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
9    Trustees of Western Illinois University, municipalities or
10    other local governmental units, or other State
11    constitutional officers.
12        (7) "Public institutions of higher education" means
13    the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
14    Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
15    Governors State University, Illinois State University,
16    Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
17    University, Western Illinois University, the public
18    community colleges of the State, and any other public
19    universities, colleges and community colleges now or
20    hereafter established or authorized by the General
21    Assembly. "State universities" shall mean the Board of
22    Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of
23    Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of
24    Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees
25    of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of
26    Governors State University, the Board of Trustees of

 

 

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1    Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees of
2    Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of
3    Northern Illinois University, and the Board of Trustees of
4    Western Illinois University.
5        (8) "Certification" means a determination made by the
6    Council or by one delegated authority from the Council to
7    make certifications, or by a State agency with statutory
8    authority to make such a certification, that a business
9    entity is a business owned by a minority, female, or person
10    with a disability for whatever purpose. A business owned
11    and controlled by females shall be certified as a "female
12    owned business". A business owned and controlled by females
13    who are also minorities shall be certified as both a
14    "female owned business" and a "minority owned business".
15        (9) "Control" means the exclusive or ultimate and sole
16    control of the business including, but not limited to,
17    capital investment and all other financial matters,
18    property, acquisitions, contract negotiations, legal
19    matters, officer-director-employee selection and
20    comprehensive hiring, operating responsibilities,
21    cost-control matters, income and dividend matters,
22    financial transactions and rights of other shareholders or
23    joint partners. Control shall be real, substantial and
24    continuing, not pro forma. Control shall include the power
25    to direct or cause the direction of the management and
26    policies of the business and to make the day-to-day as well

 

 

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1    as major decisions in matters of policy, management and
2    operations. Control shall be exemplified by possessing the
3    requisite knowledge and expertise to run the particular
4    business and control shall not include simple majority or
5    absentee ownership.
6        (10) (Blank). "Business concern or business" means a
7    business that has annual gross sales of less than
8    $75,000,000 as evidenced by the federal income tax return
9    of the business. A firm with gross sales in excess of this
10    cap may apply to the Council for certification for a
11    particular contract if the firm can demonstrate that the
12    contract would have significant impact on businesses owned
13    by minorities, females, or persons with disabilities as
14    suppliers or subcontractors or in employment of
15    minorities, females, or persons with disabilities.
16    (B) When a business concern is owned at least 51% by any
17combination of minority persons, females, or persons with
18disabilities, even though none of the 3 classes alone holds at
19least a 51% interest, the ownership requirement for purposes of
20this Act is considered to be met. The certification category
21for the business is that of the class holding the largest
22ownership interest in the business. If 2 or more classes have
23equal ownership interests, the certification category shall be
24determined by the business concern.
25(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-396, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813,
26eff. 7-13-12; 98-95, eff. 7-17-13.)
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 575/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.603)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
3    Sec. 3. Implementation and applicability. This Act shall be
4applied to all State agencies and public institutions of higher
5education State universities.
6(Source: P.A. 85-729.)
 
7    (30 ILCS 575/4)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.604)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
9    Sec. 4. Award of State contracts.
10    (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), not less
11than 20% of the total dollar amount of State contracts, as
12defined by the Secretary of the Council and approved by the
13Council, shall be established as a goal to be awarded to
14businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with
15disabilities; provided, however, that of the total amount of
16all State contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities,
17females, and persons with disabilities pursuant to this
18Section, contracts representing at least 11% shall be awarded
19to businesses owned by minorities, contracts representing at
20least 7% shall be awarded to female-owned businesses, and
21contracts representing at least 2% shall be awarded to
22businesses owned by persons with disabilities.
23    The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount of
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1examining independently each type of contract for each agency
2or public institutions of higher education university which
3lets such contracts. Only that percentage of arrangements which
4represents the participation of businesses owned by
5minorities, females, and persons with disabilities on such
6contracts shall be included.
7    (b) In the case of State construction contracts, the
8provisions of subsection (a) requiring a portion of State
9contracts to be awarded to businesses owned and controlled by
10persons with disabilities do not apply. Not less than 20% 10%
11of the total dollar amount of State construction contracts is
12established as a goal to be awarded to minority and female
13owned businesses, and contracts representing 50% of the amount
14of all State construction contracts awarded to minority and
15female owned businesses shall be awarded to female owned
16businesses.
17    (c) In the case of all work undertaken by the University of
18Illinois related to the planning, organization, and staging of
19the games, the University of Illinois shall establish a goal of
20awarding not less than 25% of the annual dollar value of all
21contracts, purchase orders, and other agreements (collectively
22referred to as "the contracts") to minority-owned businesses or
23businesses owned by a person with a disability and 5% of the
24annual dollar value the contracts to female-owned businesses.
25For purposes of this subsection, the term "games" has the
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1(2016) Law.
2    (d) Within one year after April 28, 2009 (the effective
3date of Public Act 96-8), the Department of Central Management
4Services shall conduct a social scientific study that measures
5the impact of discrimination on minority and female business
6development in Illinois. Within 18 months after April 28, 2009
7(the effective date of Public Act 96-8), the Department shall
8issue a report of its findings and any recommendations on
9whether to adjust the goals for minority and female
10participation established in this Act. Copies of this report
11and the social scientific study shall be filed with the
12Governor and the General Assembly.
13    (e) Those who submit bids or proposals for State contracts
14shall not be given a period after the bid or proposal is
15submitted to cure deficiencies in the bid or proposal under
16this Act unless mandated by federal law or regulation.
17(Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-8, eff. 4-28-09; 96-706,
18eff. 8-25-09; 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793
19for the effective date of changes made by P.A. 96-795);
2096-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
21    (30 ILCS 575/4f new)
22    Sec. 4f. Award of State contracts.
23        (1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of
24    the State of Illinois to promote and encourage each State
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1    businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with
2    disabilities in the area of goods and services, including,
3    but not limited to, insurance services, investment
4    management services, information technology services,
5    accounting services, cost containment and auditing
6    services, architectural and engineering services, and
7    legal services. Furthermore, each State agency and public
8    institution of higher education shall utilize such firms to
9    the greatest extent feasible within the bounds of financial
10    and fiduciary prudence, and take affirmative steps to
11    remove any barriers to the full participation of such firms
12    in the procurement and placement opportunities afforded.
13            (a) When a State agency and public institution of
14        higher education enters into a contract for insurance
15        services, for each State agency and public institution
16        of higher education, it shall be the goal to use
17        insurance brokers owned by minorities, females, and
18        persons with disabilities as defined by this Act, for
19        not less than 20% of the total annual premiums or fees.
20            (b) When a State agency and public institution of
21        higher education enters into a contract for investment
22        services, for each State agency and public institution
23        of higher education, it shall be the goal to use
24        emerging investment managers owned by minorities,
25        females, and persons with disabilities as defined by
26        this Act, for not less than 20% of the total funds

 

 

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1        under management. Furthermore, it is the goal that not
2        less than 20% of the direct asset managers of the State
3        funds be minorities, females, and persons with
4        disabilities.
5            (c) When a State agency or public institution of
6        higher education enters into contracts for information
7        technology services, accounting services,
8        architectural and engineering services, and legal
9        services, for each State agency and public institution
10        of higher education, it shall be the goal to use such
11        firms owned by minorities, females, and persons with
12        disabilities as defined by this Act and lawyers who are
13        minorities, females, and persons with disabilities as
14        defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of State
15        contracts.
16        (2) As used in this Section:
17            "Accounting services" means the measurement,
18        processing and communication of financial information
19        about economic entities including, but is not limited
20        to, financial accounting, management accounting,
21        auditing, cost containment and auditing services,
22        taxation and accounting information systems.
23            "Architectural and engineering services" means
24        professional services of an architectural or
25        engineering nature, or incidental services, that
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1        professions, and individuals in their employ, may
2        logically or justifiably perform, including studies,
3        investigations, surveying and mapping, tests,
4        evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning,
5        program management, conceptual designs, plans and
6        specifications, value engineering, construction phase
7        services, soils engineering, drawing reviews,
8        preparation of operating and maintenance manuals, and
9        other related services.
10            "Emerging investment manager" means an investment
11        manager or claims consultant having assets under
12        management below $20 billion or otherwise adjudicating
13        claims.
14            "Information technology services" means, but is
15        not limited to, specialized technology-oriented
16        solutions by combining the processes and functions of
17        software, hardware, networks, telecommunications, web
18        designers, cloud developing resellers, and
19        electronics.
20            "Insurance broker" means an insurance brokerage
21        firm, claims administrator, or both, that procures,
22        places all lines of insurance, or administers claims
23        with annual premiums or fees of at least $5,000,000 but
24        not more than $10,000,000.
25            "Legal services" means work performed by a lawyer
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1        anticipation of litigation, enforcement actions, or
2        investigations.
3        (3) Each State agency and public institutions of higher
4    education shall adopt policies that identify its plan and
5    implementation procedures for increasing the use of
6    service firms owned by minorities, females, and persons
7    with disabilities.
8        (4) The Council shall file no later than March 1 of
9    each year an annual report to the Governor and the General
10    Assembly. This report shall: (i) identify the services
11    firms used by each State agency and public institution of
12    higher education, (ii) identify the actions it has
13    undertaken to increase the use of service firms owned by
14    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities,
15    including encouraging non-minority owned firms to use
16    other service firms owned by minorities, females, and
17    persons with disabilities as subcontractors when the
18    opportunities arise, (iii) state any recommendations made
19    by the Council to each State agency and public institution
20    of higher education to increase participation by the use of
21    service firms owned by minorities, females, and persons
22    with disabilities, and (iv) include the following:
23            (A) For insurance services: the names of the
24        insurance brokers or claims consultants used, the
25        total of risk managed by each State agency and public
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1        the total commissions, fees paid, or both, the lines or
2        insurance policies placed, and the amount of premiums
3        placed; and the percentage of the risk managed by
4        insurance brokers, the percentage of total commission,
5        fees paid, or both, the lines or insurance policies
6        placed, and the amount of premiums placed with each by
7        the insurance brokers owned by minorities, females,
8        and persons with disabilities by each State agency and
9        public institution of higher education.
10            (B) For investment management services: the names
11        of the investment managers used, the total funds under
12        management of investment managers; the total
13        commissions, fees paid, or both; the total and
14        percentage of funds under management of emerging
15        investment managers owned by minorities, females, and
16        persons with disabilities, including the total and
17        percentage of total commissions, fees paid, or both by
18        each State agency and public institution of higher
19        education.
20            (C) The names of service firms, the percentage and
21        total dollar amount paid for professional services by
22        category by each State agency and public institution of
23        higher education.
24            (D) The names of service firms, the percentage and
25        total dollar amount paid for services by category to
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1        disabilities by each State agency and public
2        institution of higher education.
3            (E) The total number of contracts awarded for
4        services by category and the total number of contracts
5        awarded to firms owned by minorities, females, and
6        persons with disabilities by each State agency and
7        public institution of higher education.
8        (5) The status of the utilization of services shall be
9    discussed at each of the regularly scheduled Business
10    Enterprise Council meetings. Time shall be allotted for the
11    Council to receive, review, and discuss the progress of the
12    use of service firms owned by minorities, females, and
13    persons with disabilities by each State agency and public
14    institutions of higher education; and any evidence
15    regarding past or present racial, ethnic, or gender-based
16    discrimination which directly impacts State agency or
17    public institutions of higher education contracting with
18    such firms. If after reviewing such evidence the Council
19    finds that there is or has been such discrimination against
20    a specific group, race or sex, the Council shall establish
21    sheltered markets or adjust existing sheltered markets
22    tailored to address the Council's specific findings for
23    these divisions of work.
 
24    (30 ILCS 575/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.605)
25    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)

 

 

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1    Sec. 5. Business Enterprise Council.
2    (1) To help implement, monitor and enforce the goals of
3this Act, there is created the Business Enterprise Council for
4Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities,
5hereinafter referred to as the Council, composed of the
6Secretary of Human Services and the Directors of the Department
7of Human Rights, the Department of Commerce and Economic
8Opportunity, the Department of Central Management Services,
9the Department of Transportation and the Capital Development
10Board, or their duly appointed representatives. Ten
11individuals representing businesses that are minority or
12female owned or owned by persons with disabilities, 2
13individuals representing the business community, and a
14representative of public institutions of higher education
15public universities shall be appointed by the Governor. These
16members shall serve 2 year terms and shall be eligible for
17reappointment. Any vacancy occurring on the Council shall also
18be filled by the Governor. Any member appointed to fill a
19vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which
20his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
21remainder of such term. Members of the Council shall serve
22without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any ordinary
23and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
24duties.
25    The Director of the Department of Central Management
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1select, subject to approval of the council, a Secretary
2responsible for the operation of the program who shall serve as
3the Division Manager of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
4Females, and Persons with Disabilities Division of the
5Department of Central Management Services.
6    The Director of each State agency and the chief executive
7officer of each public institutions of higher education State
8university shall appoint a liaison to the Council. The liaison
9shall be responsible for submitting to the Council any reports
10and documents necessary under this Act.
11    (2) The Council's authority and responsibility shall be to:
12        (a) Devise a certification procedure to assure that
13    businesses taking advantage of this Act are legitimately
14    classified as businesses owned by minorities, females, or
15    persons with disabilities.
16        (b) Maintain a list of all businesses legitimately
17    classified as businesses owned by minorities, females, or
18    persons with disabilities to provide to State agencies and
19    public institutions of higher education State
20    universities.
21        (c) Review rules and regulations for the
22    implementation of the program for businesses owned by
23    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities.
24        (d) Review compliance plans submitted by each State
25    agency and public institutions of higher education State
26    university pursuant to this Act.

 

 

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1        (e) Make annual reports as provided in Section 8f to
2    the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of the
3    program.
4        (f) Serve as a central clearinghouse for information on
5    State contracts, including the maintenance of a list of all
6    pending State contracts upon which businesses owned by
7    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities may
8    bid. At the Council's discretion, maintenance of the list
9    may include 24-hour electronic access to the list along
10    with the bid and application information.
11        (g) Establish a toll free telephone number to
12    facilitate information requests concerning the
13    certification process and pending contracts.
14    (3) No premium bond rate of a surety company for a bond
15required of a business owned by a minority, female, or person
16with a disability bidding for a State contract shall be higher
17than the lowest rate charged by that surety company for a
18similar bond in the same classification of work that would be
19written for a business not owned by a minority, female, or
20person with a disability.
21    (4) Any Council member who has direct financial or personal
22interest in any measure pending before the Council shall
23disclose this fact to the Council and refrain from
24participating in the determination upon such measure.
25    (5) The Secretary shall have the following duties and
26responsibilities:

 

 

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1        (a) To be responsible for the day-to-day operation of
2    the Council.
3        (b) To serve as a coordinator for all of the State's
4    programs for businesses owned by minorities, females, and
5    persons with disabilities and as the information and
6    referral center for all State initiatives for businesses
7    owned by minorities, females, and persons with
8    disabilities.
9        (c) To establish an enforcement procedure whereby the
10    Council may recommend to the appropriate State legal
11    officer that the State exercise its legal remedies which
12    shall include (1) termination of the contract involved, (2)
13    prohibition of participation by the respondent in public
14    contracts for a period not to exceed one year, (3)
15    imposition of a penalty not to exceed any profit acquired
16    as a result of violation, or (4) any combination thereof.
17    Such procedures shall require prior approval by Council.
18        (d) To devise appropriate policies, regulations and
19    procedures for including participation by businesses owned
20    by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities as
21    prime contractors including, but not limited to, (i)
22    encouraging the inclusions of qualified businesses owned
23    by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities on
24    solicitation lists, (ii) investigating the potential of
25    blanket bonding programs for small construction jobs,
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1    the use of the sheltered market process.
2        (e) To devise procedures for the waiver of the
3    participation goals in appropriate circumstances.
4        (f) To accept donations and, with the approval of the
5    Council or the Director of Central Management Services,
6    grants related to the purposes of this Act; to conduct
7    seminars related to the purpose of this Act and to charge
8    reasonable registration fees; and to sell directories,
9    vendor lists and other such information to interested
10    parties, except that forms necessary to become eligible for
11    the program shall be provided free of charge to a business
12    or individual applying for the program.
13(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
14    (30 ILCS 575/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.606)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
16    Sec. 6. Agency compliance plans. Each State agency and
17public institutions of higher education State university under
18the jurisdiction of this Act shall file with the Council an
19annual compliance plan which shall outline the goals of the
20State agency or public institutions of higher education State
21university for contracting with businesses owned by
22minorities, females, and persons with disabilities for the then
23current fiscal year, the manner in which the agency intends to
24reach these goals and a timetable for reaching these goals. The
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1and public institutions of higher education State university
2and may reject any plan that does not comply with this Act or
3any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act.
4    (a) The compliance plan shall also include, but not be
5limited to, (1) a policy statement, signed by the State agency
6or public institution of higher education State university
7head, expressing a commitment to encourage the use of
8businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with
9disabilities, (2) the designation of the liaison officer
10provided for in Section 5 of this Act, (3) procedures to
11distribute to potential contractors and vendors the list of all
12businesses legitimately classified as businesses owned by
13minorities, females, and persons with disabilities and so
14certified under this Act, (4) procedures to set separate
15contract goals on specific prime contracts and purchase orders
16with subcontracting possibilities based upon the type of work
17or services and subcontractor availability, (5) procedures to
18assure that contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to
19meet contract goals, (6) procedures for contract goal
20exemption, modification and waiver, and (7) the delineation of
21separate contract goals for businesses owned by minorities,
22females, and persons with disabilities.
23    (b) Approval of the compliance plans shall include such
24delegation of responsibilities to the requesting State agency
25or public institution of higher education State university as
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1purpose of this Act. Such responsibilities may include, but
2need not be limited to those outlined in subsections (1), (2)
3and (3) of Section 7 and paragraph (a) of Section 8.
4    (c) Each State agency and public institution of higher
5education State university under the jurisdiction of this Act
6shall file with the Council an annual report of its utilization
7of businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with
8disabilities during the preceding fiscal year including lapse
9period spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization
10to date for the then current fiscal year. The reports shall
11include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the State agency or
12public institution of higher education State university to meet
13its goals under the Act.
14    (d) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
15Act, any State agency or public institution of higher education
16State university which administers a construction program, for
17which federal law or regulations establish standards and
18procedures for the utilization of minority, disadvantaged, and
19female-owned business, shall implement a disadvantaged
20business enterprise program to include minority, disadvantaged
21and female-owned businesses, using the federal standards and
22procedures for the establishment of goals and utilization
23procedures for the State-funded, as well as the federally
24assisted, portions of the program. In such cases, these goals
25shall not exceed those established pursuant to the relevant
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1provisions of Section 8b, the Illinois Department of
2Transportation is authorized to establish sheltered markets
3for the State-funded portions of the program consistent with
4federal law and regulations. Additionally, a compliance plan
5which is filed by such State agency or public institution of
6higher education State university pursuant to this Act, which
7incorporates equivalent terms and conditions of its
8federally-approved compliance plan, shall be deemed approved
9under this Act.
10(Source: P.A. 88-377; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)
 
11    (30 ILCS 575/6a)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.606a)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
13    Sec. 6a. Notice of contracts to Council. Except in case of
14emergency as defined in the Illinois Procurement Code
15Purchasing Act, or as authorized by rule promulgated by the
16Department of Central Management Services, each agency and
17public institution of higher education State university under
18the jurisdiction of this Act shall notify the Secretary of the
19Council of proposed contracts for professional and artistic
20services and provide the information in the form and detail as
21required by rule promulgated by the Department of Central
22Management Services. Notification may be made through direct
23written communication to the Secretary to be received at least
2414 days before execution of the contract (or the solicitation
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1State newspaper for at least 3 days, the last of which must be
2at least 10 days after the first publication. The agency or
3public institution of higher education university must
4consider any vendor referred by the Secretary before execution
5of the contract. The provisions of this Section shall not apply
6to any State agency or public institution of higher education
7State university that has awarded contracts for professional
8and artistic services to businesses owned by minorities,
9females, and persons with disabilities totalling in the
10aggregate $40,000,000 $5,000,000 or more during the preceding
11fiscal year.
12(Source: P.A. 87-628; 88-377; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)
 
13    (30 ILCS 575/7)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.607)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
15    Sec. 7. Exemptions and waivers; publication of data.
16    (1) Individual contract exemptions. The Council, on its own
17initiative or at the request of the affected agency, public
18institution of higher education university, or recipient of a
19grant or loan of State funds of $250,000 or more complying with
20Section 45 of the State Finance Act, may permit an individual
21contract or contract package, (related contracts being bid or
22awarded simultaneously for the same project or improvements) be
23made wholly or partially exempt from State contracting goals
24for businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with
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1solicitation of proposals whenever there has been a
2determination, reduced to writing and based on the best
3information available at the time of the determination, that
4there is an insufficient number of businesses owned by
5minorities, females, and persons with disabilities to ensure
6adequate competition and an expectation of reasonable prices on
7bids or proposals solicited for the individual contract or
8contract package in question.
9    (2) Class exemptions.
10        (a) Creation. The Council, on its own initiative or at
11    the request of the affected agency or public institution of
12    higher education university, may permit an entire class of
13    contracts be made exempt from State contracting goals for
14    businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with
15    disabilities whenever there has been a determination,
16    reduced to writing and based on the best information
17    available at the time of the determination, that there is
18    an insufficient number of qualified businesses owned by
19    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities to
20    ensure adequate competition and an expectation of
21    reasonable prices on bids or proposals within that class.
22        (b) Limitation. Any such class exemption shall not be
23    permitted for a period of more than one year at a time.
24    (3) Waivers. Where a particular contract requires a
25contractor to meet a goal established pursuant to this Act, the
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1requirements. The Council shall grant the waiver where the
2contractor demonstrates that there has been made a good faith
3effort to comply with the goals for participation by businesses
4owned by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities.
5    (4) Conflict with other laws. In the event that any State
6contract, which otherwise would be subject to the provisions of
7this Act, is or becomes subject to federal laws or regulations
8which conflict with the provisions of this Act or actions of
9the State taken pursuant hereto, the provisions of the federal
10laws or regulations shall apply and the contract shall be
11interpreted and enforced accordingly.
12    (5) Each chief procurement officer, as defined in the
13Illinois Procurement Code, shall maintain on his or her
14official Internet website a database of waivers granted under
15this Section with respect to contracts under his or her
16jurisdiction. The database, which shall be updated
17periodically as necessary, shall be searchable by contractor
18name and by contracting State agency.
19    Each public notice required by law of the award of a State
20contract shall include for each bid submitted for that contract
21the following: (i) the bidder's name, (ii) the bid amount,
22(iii) the bid's percentage of disadvantaged business
23utilization plan, and (iv) the bid's percentage of business
24enterprise program utilization plan.
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1    (30 ILCS 575/8)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.608)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
3    Sec. 8. Enforcement. The Council shall make such findings,
4recommendations and proposals to the Governor as are necessary
5and appropriate to enforce this Act. If, as a result of its
6monitoring activities, the Council determines that its goals
7and policies are not being met by any State agency or public
8institution of higher education State university, the Council
9may recommend any or all of the following actions:
10    (a) Establish enforcement procedures whereby the Council
11may recommend to the appropriate State agency, public
12institutions of higher education State university, or law
13enforcement officer that legal or administrative remedies be
14initiated for violations of contract provisions or rules issued
15hereunder or by a contracting State agency or public
16institutions of higher education State university. State
17agencies and public institutions of higher education State
18universities shall be authorized to adopt remedies for such
19violations which shall include (1) termination of the contract
20involved, (2) prohibition of participation of the respondents
21in public contracts for a period not to exceed one year, (3)
22imposition of a penalty not to exceed any profit acquired as a
23result of violation, or (4) any combination thereof.
24    (b) If the Council concludes that a compliance plan
25submitted under Section 6 is unlikely to produce the
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1females, and persons with disabilities within the then current
2fiscal year, the Council may recommend that the State agency or
3public institution of higher education State university revise
4its plan to provide additional opportunities for participation
5by businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with
6disabilities. Such recommended revisions may include, but
7shall not be limited to, the following:
8        (i) assurances of stronger and better focused
9    solicitation efforts to obtain more businesses owned by
10    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities as
11    potential sources of supply;
12        (ii) division of job or project requirements, when
13    economically feasible, into tasks or quantities to permit
14    participation of businesses owned by minorities, females,
15    and persons with disabilities;
16        (iii) elimination of extended experience or
17    capitalization requirements, when programmatically
18    feasible, to permit participation of businesses owned by
19    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities;
20        (iv) identification of specific proposed contracts as
21    particularly attractive or appropriate for participation
22    by businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons
23    with disabilities, such identification to result from and
24    be coupled with the efforts of subparagraphs (i) through
25    (iii);
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1    for the use of the sheltered market process.
2(Source: P.A. 88-377; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)
 
3    (30 ILCS 575/8f)
4    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016)
5    Sec. 8f. Annual report. The Council shall file no later
6than March 1 of each year, an annual report that shall detail
7the level of achievement toward the goals specified in this Act
8over the 3 most recent fiscal years. The annual report shall
9include, but need not be limited to the following:
10        (1) a summary detailing expenditures State
11    appropriations subject to the goals, the actual goals
12    specified, and the goals attained by each State agency and
13    public institution of higher education State university;
14        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and
15    the average contract amount by each State agency and public
16    institution of higher education State university;
17        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
18    achievement concerning purchases from minority businesses,
19    female-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons
20    with disabilities;
21        (4) an analysis of the number of businesses owned by
22    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities that
23    are certified under the program as well as the number of
24    those businesses that received State procurement
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1        (5) a summary of the number of contracts awarded to
2    businesses with annual gross sales of less than $1,000,000;
3    of $1,000,000 or more, but less than $5,000,000; of
4    $5,000,000 or more, but less than $10,000,000; and of
5    $10,000,000 or more.
6(Source: P.A. 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.