Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Filed: 3/27/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 142

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 142 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
5and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by changing
6Sections 4f, 6, and 8f as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 575/4f)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
9    Sec. 4f. Award of State contracts to professional service
10firms.
11    (1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the
12State of Illinois to promote and encourage each State agency
13and public institution of higher education to use businesses
14owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in
15the area of goods and services, including, but not limited to,
16insurance services, investment management services,

 

 

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1information technology services, accounting services,
2architectural and engineering services, and legal services.
3Furthermore, each State agency and public institution of higher
4education shall utilize such firms to the greatest extent
5feasible within the bounds of financial and fiduciary prudence,
6and take affirmative steps to remove any barriers to the full
7participation of such firms in the procurement and contracting
8opportunities afforded.
9        (a) When a State agency or public institution of higher
10    education, other than a community college, awards a
11    contract for insurance services, for each State agency or
12    public institution of higher education, it shall be the
13    aspirational goal to use insurance brokers owned by
14    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as
15    defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total
16    annual premiums or fees.
17        (b) When a State agency or public institution of higher
18    education, other than a community college, awards a
19    contract for investment services, for each State agency or
20    public institution of higher education, it shall be the
21    aspirational goal to use emerging investment managers
22    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
23    as defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total
24    funds under management. Furthermore, it is the
25    aspirational goal that not less than 20% of the direct
26    asset managers of the State funds be minorities, women, and

 

 

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1    persons with disabilities.
2        (c) When a State agency or public institution of higher
3    education, other than a community college, awards
4    contracts for information technology services, accounting
5    services, architectural and engineering services, and
6    legal services, for each State agency and public
7    institution of higher education, it shall be the
8    aspirational goal to use such firms owned by minorities,
9    women, and persons with disabilities as defined by this Act
10    and lawyers who are minorities, women, and persons with
11    disabilities as defined by this Act, for not less than 20%
12    of the total dollar amount of State contracts.
13        (d) When a community college awards a contract for
14    insurance services, investment services, information
15    technology services, accounting services, architectural
16    and engineering services, and legal services, it shall be
17    the aspirational goal of each community college to use
18    businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
19    disabilities as defined in this Act for not less than 20%
20    of the total amount spent on contracts for these services
21    collectively. When a community college awards contracts
22    for investment services, contracts awarded to investment
23    managers who are not emerging investment managers as
24    defined in this Act shall not be considered businesses
25    owned by minorities, women, or persons with disabilities
26    for the purposes of this Section.

 

 

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1    (2) As used in this Section:
2        "Accounting services" means the measurement,
3    processing and communication of financial information
4    about economic entities including, but is not limited to,
5    financial accounting, management accounting, auditing,
6    cost containment and auditing services, taxation and
7    accounting information systems.
8        "Architectural and engineering services" means
9    professional services of an architectural or engineering
10    nature, or incidental services, that members of the
11    architectural and engineering professions, and individuals
12    in their employ, may logically or justifiably perform,
13    including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping,
14    tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning,
15    program management, conceptual designs, plans and
16    specifications, value engineering, construction phase
17    services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation
18    of operating and maintenance manuals, and other related
19    services.
20        "Emerging investment manager" means an investment
21    manager or claims consultant having assets under
22    management below $10 billion or otherwise adjudicating
23    claims.
24        "Information technology services" means, but is not
25    limited to, specialized technology-oriented solutions by
26    combining the processes and functions of software,

 

 

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1    hardware, networks, telecommunications, web designers,
2    cloud developing resellers, and electronics.
3        "Insurance broker" means an insurance brokerage firm,
4    claims administrator, or both, that procures, places all
5    lines of insurance, or administers claims with annual
6    premiums or fees of at least $5,000,000 but not more than
7    $10,000,000.
8        "Legal services" means work performed by a lawyer
9    including, but not limited to, contracts in anticipation of
10    litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations.
11    (3) Each State agency and public institution of higher
12education shall adopt policies that identify its plan and
13implementation procedures for increasing the use of service
14firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
15disabilities.
16    (4) The Except as provided in subsection (5), the Council
17shall file no later than March 1 of each year an annual report
18to the Governor and the General Assembly. The report filed with
19the General Assembly shall be filed as required in Section 3.1
20of the General Assembly Organization Act. This report shall:
21(i) identify the service firms used by each State agency and
22public institution of higher education, (ii) identify the
23actions it has undertaken to increase the use of service firms
24owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities,
25including encouraging non-minority-owned firms to use other
26service firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with

 

 

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1disabilities as subcontractors when the opportunities arise,
2(iii) state any recommendations made by the Council to each
3State agency and public institution of higher education to
4increase participation by the use of service firms owned by
5minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, and (iv)
6include the following:
7        (A) For insurance services: the names of the insurance
8    brokers or claims consultants used, the total of risk
9    managed by each State agency and public institution of
10    higher education by insurance brokers, the total
11    commissions, fees paid, or both, the lines or insurance
12    policies placed, and the amount of premiums placed; and the
13    percentage of the risk managed by insurance brokers, the
14    percentage of total commission, fees paid, or both, the
15    lines or insurance policies placed, and the amount of
16    premiums placed with each by the insurance brokers owned by
17    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities by each
18    State agency and public institution of higher education.
19        (B) For investment management services: the names of
20    the investment managers used, the total funds under
21    management of investment managers; the total commissions,
22    fees paid, or both; the total and percentage of funds under
23    management of emerging investment managers owned by
24    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities,
25    including the total and percentage of total commissions,
26    fees paid, or both by each State agency and public

 

 

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1    institution of higher education.
2        (C) The names of service firms, the percentage and
3    total dollar amount paid for professional services by
4    category by each State agency and public institution of
5    higher education.
6        (D) The names of service firms, the percentage and
7    total dollar amount paid for services by category to firms
8    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
9    by each State agency and public institution of higher
10    education.
11        (E) The total number of contracts awarded for services
12    by category and the total number of contracts awarded to
13    firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
14    disabilities by each State agency and public institution of
15    higher education.
16    (5) (Blank). For community college districts, the Business
17Enterprise Council shall only report the following information
18for each community college district: (i) the name of the
19community colleges in the district, (ii) the name and contact
20information of a person at each community college appointed to
21be the single point of contact for vendors owned by minorities,
22women, or persons with disabilities, (iii) the policy of the
23community college district concerning certified vendors, (iv)
24the certifications recognized by the community college
25district for determining whether a business is owned or
26controlled by a minority, woman, or person with a disability,

 

 

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1(v) outreach efforts conducted by the community college
2district to increase the use of certified vendors, (vi) the
3total expenditures by the community college district in the
4prior fiscal year in the divisions of work specified in
5paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section
6and the amount paid to certified vendors in those divisions of
7work, and (vii) the total number of contracts entered into for
8the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
9of subsection (1) of this Section and the total number of
10contracts awarded to certified vendors providing these
11services to the community college district. The Business
12Enterprise Council shall not make any utilization reports under
13this Act for community college districts for Fiscal Year 2015
14and Fiscal Year 2016, but shall make the report required by
15this subsection for Fiscal Year 2017 and for each fiscal year
16thereafter. The Business Enterprise Council shall report the
17information in items (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this
18subsection beginning in September of 2016. The Business
19Enterprise Council may collect the data needed to make its
20report from the Illinois Community College Board.
21    (6) The status of the utilization of services shall be
22discussed at each of the regularly scheduled Business
23Enterprise Council meetings. Time shall be allotted for the
24Council to receive, review, and discuss the progress of the use
25of service firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
26disabilities by each State agency and public institution of

 

 

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1higher education; and any evidence regarding past or present
2racial, ethnic, or gender-based discrimination which directly
3impacts a State agency or public institution of higher
4education contracting with such firms. If after reviewing such
5evidence the Council finds that there is or has been such
6discrimination against a specific group, race or sex, the
7Council shall establish sheltered markets or adjust existing
8sheltered markets tailored to address the Council's specific
9findings for the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a),
10(b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section.
11(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
12100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
13    (30 ILCS 575/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.606)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
15    Sec. 6. Agency compliance plans. Each State agency and
16public institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction
17of this Act shall file with the Council an annual compliance
18plan which shall outline the goals of the State agency or
19public institutions of higher education for contracting with
20businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
21disabilities for the then current fiscal year, the manner in
22which the agency intends to reach these goals and a timetable
23for reaching these goals. The Council shall review and approve
24the plan of each State agency and public institutions of higher
25education and may reject any plan that does not comply with

 

 

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1this Act or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to
2this Act.
3    (a) The compliance plan shall also include, but not be
4limited to, (1) a policy statement, signed by the State agency
5or public institution of higher education head, expressing a
6commitment to encourage the use of businesses owned by
7minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, (2) the
8designation of the liaison officer provided for in Section 5 of
9this Act, (3) procedures to distribute to potential contractors
10and vendors the list of all businesses legitimately classified
11as businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
12disabilities and so certified under this Act, (4) procedures to
13set separate contract goals on specific prime contracts and
14purchase orders with subcontracting possibilities based upon
15the type of work or services and subcontractor availability,
16(5) procedures to assure that contractors and vendors make good
17faith efforts to meet contract goals, (6) procedures for
18contract goal exemption, modification and waiver, and (7) the
19delineation of separate contract goals for businesses owned by
20minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
21    (b) Approval of the compliance plans shall include such
22delegation of responsibilities to the requesting State agency
23or public institution of higher education as the Council deems
24necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purpose of this Act.
25Such responsibilities may include, but need not be limited to
26those outlined in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7,

 

 

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1paragraph (a) of Section 8, and Section 8a of this Act.
2    (c) Each State agency and public institution of higher
3education under the jurisdiction of this Act shall file with
4the Council an annual report of its utilization of businesses
5owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
6during the preceding fiscal year including lapse period
7spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization to
8date for the then current fiscal year. The reports shall
9include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the State agency or
10public institution of higher education to meet its goals under
11the Act.
12    (d) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
13Act, any State agency or public institution of higher education
14which administers a construction program, for which federal law
15or regulations establish standards and procedures for the
16utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and
17disadvantaged businesses, shall implement a disadvantaged
18business enterprise program to include minority-owned and
19women-owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses, using the
20federal standards and procedures for the establishment of goals
21and utilization procedures for the State-funded, as well as the
22federally assisted, portions of the program. In such cases,
23these goals shall not exceed those established pursuant to the
24relevant federal statutes or regulations. Notwithstanding the
25provisions of Section 8b, the Illinois Department of
26Transportation is authorized to establish sheltered markets

 

 

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1for the State-funded portions of the program consistent with
2federal law and regulations. Additionally, a compliance plan
3which is filed by such State agency or public institution of
4higher education pursuant to this Act, which incorporates
5equivalent terms and conditions of its federally-approved
6compliance plan, shall be deemed approved under this Act.
7    (e) Each community college district shall file the annual
8compliance plan, mid-fiscal year report, and annual report as
9specified in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this Section with the
10Illinois Community College Board. The Illinois Community
11College Board shall compile and submit the reports required
12under this Section to the Secretary of the Council.
13(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
14    (30 ILCS 575/8f)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
16    Sec. 8f. Annual report. The Council shall file no later
17than March 1 of each year, an annual report that shall detail
18the level of achievement toward the goals specified in this Act
19over the 3 most recent fiscal years. The annual report shall
20include, but need not be limited to the following:
21        (1) a summary detailing expenditures subject to the
22    goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals attained
23    by each State agency and public institution of higher
24    education;
25        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and

 

 

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1    the average contract amount by each State agency and public
2    institution of higher education;
3        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
4    achievement concerning purchases from minority-owned
5    businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned
6    by persons with disabilities;
7        (4) an analysis of the number of businesses owned by
8    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that are
9    certified under the program as well as the number of those
10    businesses that received State procurement contracts; and
11        (5) a summary of the number of contracts awarded to
12    businesses with annual gross sales of less than $1,000,000;
13    of $1,000,000 or more, but less than $5,000,000; of
14    $5,000,000 or more, but less than $10,000,000; and of
15    $10,000,000 or more; and .
16        (6) for community college districts, the Council shall
17    only report the following information for each community
18    college district: (i) the name of the community colleges in
19    the district; (ii) the name and contact information of a
20    person at each community college appointed to be the single
21    point of contact for vendors owned by minorities, women, or
22    persons with disabilities; (iii) the policy of the
23    community college district concerning certified vendors;
24    (iv) the certifications recognized by the community
25    college district for determining whether a business is
26    owned or controlled by a minority, woman, or person with a

 

 

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1    disability; (v) outreach efforts conducted by the
2    community college district to increase the use of certified
3    vendors; (vi) the total expenditures by the community
4    college district in the prior fiscal year in the divisions
5    of work specified in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of
6    Section 4f and the amount paid to certified vendors in
7    those divisions of work; (vii) the total number of
8    contracts entered into for the divisions of work specified
9    in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of Section 4f and the
10    total number of contracts awarded to certified vendors
11    providing these services to the community college
12    district; (viii) the total expenditures and the total
13    number of State contracts entered into by the community
14    college district in the prior fiscal year as specified in
15    paragraph (a) of Section 4, and the amount paid to
16    certified vendors and the total number of contract awarded
17    to vendors; and (ix) the total expenditures and the total
18    number of contracts entered into by the community college
19    district in the prior fiscal year as specified under
20    paragraph (b) of Section 4, and the amount paid to
21    certified vendors and the total number of contracts awarded
22    to certified vendors.
23    Each community college shall file the information required
24under paragraph (6) with the Illinois Community College Board.
25The Illinois Community College Board shall compile and submit
26the reports required under paragraph (6) to the Secretary of

 

 

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1the Council.
2(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)".