101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1911

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 575/2

    Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that the term "business" means a business that has annual gross sales of less than $150,000,000 (currently, $75,000,000) as evidenced by the federal income tax return of the business.


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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 Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
5and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by changing
6Section 2 as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 575/2)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
9    Sec. 2. Definitions.
10    (A) For the purpose of this Act, the following terms shall
11have the following definitions:
12        (1) "Minority person" shall mean a person who is a
13    citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States
14    and who is any of the following:
15            (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
16        having origins in any of the original peoples of North
17        and South America, including Central America, and who
18        maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
19            (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
20        original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
21        the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
22        to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
23        Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1    also be considered as a severe disability for the purposes
2    of item (a) of this subdivision (2.1) if it is determined
3    by an evaluation of rehabilitation potential to cause a
4    comparable degree of substantial functional limitation
5    similar to the specific list of disabilities listed in item
6    (a) of this subdivision (2.1).
7        (3) "Minority-owned business" means a business which
8    is at least 51% owned by one or more minority persons, or
9    in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in
10    which is owned by one or more minority persons; and the
11    management and daily business operations of which are
12    controlled by one or more of the minority individuals who
13    own it.
14        (4) "Women-owned business" means a business which is at
15    least 51% owned by one or more women, or, in the case of a
16    corporation, at least 51% of the stock in which is owned by
17    one or more women; and the management and daily business
18    operations of which are controlled by one or more of the
19    women who own it.
20        (4.1) "Business owned by a person with a disability"
21    means a business that is at least 51% owned by one or more
22    persons with a disability and the management and daily
23    business operations of which are controlled by one or more
24    of the persons with disabilities who own it. A
25    not-for-profit agency for persons with disabilities that
26    is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal

 

 

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1    Revenue Code of 1986 is also considered a "business owned
2    by a person with a disability".
3        (4.2) "Council" means the Business Enterprise Council
4    for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities
5    created under Section 5 of this Act.
6        (5) "State contracts" means all contracts entered into
7    by the State, any agency or department thereof, or any
8    public institution of higher education, including
9    community college districts, regardless of the source of
10    the funds with which the contracts are paid, which are not
11    subject to federal reimbursement. "State contracts" does
12    not include contracts awarded by a retirement system,
13    pension fund, or investment board subject to Section
14    1-109.1 of the Illinois Pension Code. This definition shall
15    control over any existing definition under this Act or
16    applicable administrative rule.
17        "State construction contracts" means all State
18    contracts entered into by a State agency or public
19    institution of higher education for the repair,
20    remodeling, renovation or construction of a building or
21    structure, or for the construction or maintenance of a
22    highway defined in Article 2 of the Illinois Highway Code.
23        (6) "State agencies" shall mean all departments,
24    officers, boards, commissions, institutions and bodies
25    politic and corporate of the State, but does not include
26    the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the

 

 

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1    Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the
2    Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of
3    Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of
4    Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of
5    Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
6    Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of
7    Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
8    Trustees of Western Illinois University, municipalities or
9    other local governmental units, or other State
10    constitutional officers.
11        (7) "Public institutions of higher education" means
12    the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
13    Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
14    Governors State University, Illinois State University,
15    Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
16    University, Western Illinois University, the public
17    community colleges of the State, and any other public
18    universities, colleges, and community colleges now or
19    hereafter established or authorized by the General
20    Assembly.
21        (8) "Certification" means a determination made by the
22    Council or by one delegated authority from the Council to
23    make certifications, or by a State agency with statutory
24    authority to make such a certification, that a business
25    entity is a business owned by a minority, woman, or person
26    with a disability for whatever purpose. A business owned

 

 

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1    and controlled by women shall be certified as a
2    "woman-owned business". A business owned and controlled by
3    women who are also minorities shall be certified as both a
4    "women-owned business" and a "minority-owned business".
5        (9) "Control" means the exclusive or ultimate and sole
6    control of the business including, but not limited to,
7    capital investment and all other financial matters,
8    property, acquisitions, contract negotiations, legal
9    matters, officer-director-employee selection and
10    comprehensive hiring, operating responsibilities,
11    cost-control matters, income and dividend matters,
12    financial transactions and rights of other shareholders or
13    joint partners. Control shall be real, substantial and
14    continuing, not pro forma. Control shall include the power
15    to direct or cause the direction of the management and
16    policies of the business and to make the day-to-day as well
17    as major decisions in matters of policy, management and
18    operations. Control shall be exemplified by possessing the
19    requisite knowledge and expertise to run the particular
20    business and control shall not include simple majority or
21    absentee ownership.
22        (10) "Business" means a business that has annual gross
23    sales of less than $150,000,000 $75,000,000 as evidenced by
24    the federal income tax return of the business. A firm with
25    gross sales in excess of this cap may apply to the Council
26    for certification for a particular contract if the firm can

 

 

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1    demonstrate that the contract would have significant
2    impact on businesses owned by minorities, women, or persons
3    with disabilities as suppliers or subcontractors or in
4    employment of minorities, women, or persons with
5    disabilities.
6        (11) "Utilization plan" means a form and additional
7    documentations included in all bids or proposals that
8    demonstrates a vendor's proposed utilization of vendors
9    certified by the Business Enterprise Program to meet the
10    targeted goal. The utilization plan shall demonstrate that
11    the Vendor has either: (1) met the entire contract goal or
12    (2) requested a full or partial waiver and made good faith
13    efforts towards meeting the goal.
14        (12) "Business Enterprise Program" means the Business
15    Enterprise Program of the Department of Central Management
16    Services.
17    (B) When a business is owned at least 51% by any
18combination of minority persons, women, or persons with
19disabilities, even though none of the 3 classes alone holds at
20least a 51% interest, the ownership requirement for purposes of
21this Act is considered to be met. The certification category
22for the business is that of the class holding the largest
23ownership interest in the business. If 2 or more classes have
24equal ownership interests, the certification category shall be
25determined by the business.
26(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-462, eff. 8-25-15;

 

 

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199-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)