102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0378

 

Introduced 1/29/2021, by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 115/3  from Ch. 85, par. 613
30 ILCS 500/35-45 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that for any State agency subject to the provisions of the Code, no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated for or used by that State agency for the purchase of media services shall be used to procure the services of black-owned media. Requires units of local government to adopt an ordinance or resolution for the procurement of black-owned media services. Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act. Allows municipalities and counties to use moneys allocated under the Act for the procurement of black-owned media services. Defines "black-owned media". Makes conforming changes.


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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 State Revenue Sharing Act is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 115/3)  (from Ch. 85, par. 613)
7    Sec. 3. Use of Fund.
8    (a) The amounts allocated and paid to the municipalities
9and counties of this State pursuant to the provisions of this
10Act shall be used solely for the general welfare of the people
11of the State of Illinois, including financial assistance to
12school districts, any part of which lie within the
13municipality or county, through unrestricted block grants for
14school purposes carried out within the municipality or county
15making the grant, and also including, but not limited to,
16mental health programs, wastewater projects, road and bridge
17construction and repair and social service programs.
18    (b) Beginning on and after the effective date of this
19amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the amounts
20allocated and paid to municipalities and counties under this
21Act may also be used for the procurement of black-owned media
22services as provided under subsection (b) of Section 35-45 of
23the Illinois Procurement Code.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 86-18.)
 
2    Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
3adding Section 35-45 as follows:
 
4    (30 ILCS 500/35-45 new)
5    Sec. 35-45. Purchase of black-owned media services.
6    (a) For any State agency subject to the provisions of this
7Code, no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated for or used
8by that State agency for the purchase of media services shall
9be used to procure the services of black-owned media.
10    (b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of
11this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, each unit
12of local government, including school districts and community
13college distracts, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that
14requires no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated or used
15for the purchase of media services to be used to procure the
16services of black-owned media. Municipalities and counties may
17use moneys allocated and disbursed under Section 2 of the
18State Revenue Sharing Act for the purposes of this subsection
19(b).
20    (c) For the purposes of this Section, "black-owned media"
21means a newspaper or other periodical issued at regular
22intervals whether in print or electronic format, a news
23service whether in print or electronic format, a radio
24station, a television station, a television network, a

 

 

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1community antenna television service, or any other person,
2business, or corporation that is majority owned by black or
3African American persons, and is engaged in making any
4written, oral, or electronic communication that contains news,
5promotion, or inducement.