102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2959

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
30 ILCS 105/45

    Creates the Park and Museum District Business Enterprise Act. Creates the Park and Museum District Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities comprised of members appointed by the Governor, including individuals representing businesses that are minority-owned or women-owned or owned by persons with disabilities, an individual representing the business community, and individuals representing park districts and museum districts. Provides for an aspirational goal in park districts and museum districts of not less than 30% of the total dollar amount of specified park and museum district contracts to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Provides, however, that of the total amount of all park and museum district contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, contracts representing at least 16% shall be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, contracts representing at least 10% shall be awarded to women-owned businesses, and contracts representing at least 3% shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities. Provides for duties of the Secretary of the Council and for annual report requirements of the Council. Provides for compliance, exemptions, waivers, and other requirements. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall conduct studies that measures the impact of discrimination on minority and women business development in park and museum districts in Illinois. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Park
5and Museum District Business Enterprise Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions.As used in this Act:
7    "Board" means the board of commissioners of a governmental
8unit.
9    "Business", "business Enterprise Program", "business owned
10by a person with a disability", "certification", "minority
11person", "minority-owned business", "person with a
12disability", "utilization plan", "woman", and "women-owned
13business" have the meanings given to those terms in Section 2
14of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons
15with Disabilities Act.
16    "Chief executive officer" means the president of the board
17of a museum district, the chairperson of a board of
18commissioners of a park district, or the General
19Superintendent of the Chicago Park District.
20    "Council" means the Park and Museum District Business
21Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
22Disabilities created under Section 10 of this Act.
23    "Governmental unit" or "unit" means a: (i) park district

 

 

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1organized under the Park District Code or Chicago Park
2District Act; or (ii) museum district organized under the
3Museum District Act.
4    "Sheltered market" means a procurement procedure whereby
5certain contracts are selected and specifically set aside for
6businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
7disabilities on a competitive bid or negotiated basis.
8    "Unit construction contracts" means all contracts entered
9into by a single governmental unit for the repair, remodeling,
10renovation or construction of a building or structure, or for
11the construction or maintenance of a highway defined in
12Article 2 of the Illinois Highway Code.
13    "Unit contracts" means all contracts entered into by a
14single governmental unit, regardless of the source of the
15funds with which the contracts are paid, which are not subject
16to federal reimbursement.
 
17    Section 10. Park and Museum District Business Enterprise
18Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities.
19    (a) To help implement, monitor, and enforce the goals of
20this Act, there is created the Park and Museum District
21Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons
22with Disabilities composed of the following individuals
23appointed by the Governor: 6 individuals representing
24businesses that are minority-owned or women-owned or owned by
25persons with disabilities, one individual representing the

 

 

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1business community, and 2 individuals representing each of the
2following: park districts, other than the Chicago Park
3District; the Chicago Park District; and museum districts.
4These members shall serve 2 year terms and shall be eligible
5for reappointment. Any vacancy occurring on the Council shall
6also be filled by the Governor. Any member appointed to fill a
7vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for
8which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed
9for the remainder of such term. Members of the Council shall
10serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any
11ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
12their duties.
13    The Council shall select one of the Council members
14representing a park district or museum district as chairperson
15and the chairperson shall select a Secretary responsible for
16the operation of the program.
17    The board of every governmental unit shall appoint a
18liaison to the Council. Each liaison shall be responsible for
19submitting to the Council any reports and documents necessary
20under this Act.
21    (b) The Council's authority and responsibility shall be
22to:
23        (1) Devise a certification procedure to assure that
24    businesses taking advantage of this Act are legitimately
25    classified as businesses owned by minorities, women, or
26    persons with disabilities and a registration procedure to

 

 

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1    recognize, without additional evidence of Business
2    Enterprise Program eligibility, the certification of
3    businesses owned by minorities, women, or persons with
4    disabilities certified by the City of Chicago, Cook
5    County, or other jurisdictional programs with requirements
6    and procedures equaling or exceeding those in this Act.
7        (2) Maintain a list of all businesses legitimately
8    classified as businesses owned by minorities, women, or
9    persons with disabilities to provide to governmental
10    units.
11        (3) Review rules and regulations for the
12    implementation of the program for businesses owned by
13    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
14        (4) Review compliance plans submitted by each
15    governmental unit pursuant to this Act.
16        (5) Make annual reports as provided in Section 35 to
17    the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of the
18    program.
19        (6) Serve as a central clearinghouse for information
20    on unit contracts, including the maintenance of a list of
21    all pending unit contracts upon which businesses owned by
22    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities may bid.
23    At the Council's discretion, maintenance of the list may
24    include 24-hour electronic access to the list along with
25    the bid and application information.
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1    facilitate information requests concerning the
2    certification process and pending contracts.
3    (c) No premium bond rate of a surety company for a bond
4required of a business owned by a minority, woman, or person
5with a disability bidding for a unit contract shall be higher
6than the lowest rate charged by that surety company for a
7similar bond in the same classification of work that would be
8written for a business not owned by a minority, woman, or
9person with a disability.
10    (d) Any Council member who has direct financial or
11personal interest in any measure pending before the Council
12shall disclose this fact to the Council and refrain from
13participating in the determination upon such measure.
14    (e) The Secretary shall have the following duties and
15responsibilities:
16        (1) To be responsible for the day-to-day operation of
17    the Council.
18        (2) To serve as a coordinator for all of the Council's
19    programs for businesses owned by minorities, women, and
20    persons with disabilities and as the information and
21    referral center for all Council initiatives for businesses
22    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
23        (3) To establish an enforcement procedure whereby the
24    Council may recommend to the appropriate unit legal
25    officer that the unit exercise its legal remedies which
26    shall include (i) termination of the contract involved,

 

 

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1    (ii) prohibition of participation by the respondent in
2    unit contracts for a period not to exceed 3 years, (iii)
3    imposition of a penalty not to exceed any profit acquired
4    as a result of violation, or (iv) any combination thereof.
5    Such procedures shall require prior approval by Council.
6    All funds collected as penalties under this subsection
7    shall be used exclusively for maintenance and further
8    development of the Business Enterprise Program and
9    encouragement of participation in unit procurement by
10    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
11        (4) To devise appropriate policies, regulations and
12    procedures for including participation by businesses owned
13    by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as
14    prime contractors including, but not limited to, (i)
15    encouraging the inclusions of qualified businesses owned
16    by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities on
17    solicitation lists, (ii) investigating the potential of
18    blanket bonding programs for small construction jobs, or
19    (iii) investigating and making recommendations concerning
20    the use of the sheltered market process.
21        (5) To devise procedures for the waiver of the
22    participation goals in appropriate circumstances.
23        (6) To accept donations and, with the approval of the
24    Council, grants related to the purposes of this Act.
25        (7) To conduct seminars related to the purpose of this
26    Act and to charge reasonable registration fees.

 

 

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1        (8) To sell directories, vendor lists, and other such
2    information to interested parties, except that forms
3    necessary to become eligible for the program shall be
4    provided free of charge to a business or individual
5    applying for the program.
6    (f) The Council shall conduct regular meetings to carry
7out its responsibilities under this Act. At each of the
8regularly scheduled meetings, time shall be allocated for the
9Council to receive, review, and discuss any evidence regarding
10past or present racial, ethnic, or gender based discrimination
11which directly impacts the unit contracting with businesses
12owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. If
13after reviewing such evidence the Council finds that there is
14or has been such discrimination against a specific group,
15race, or sex, the Council shall establish sheltered markets or
16adjust existing sheltered markets tailored to address the
17Council's specific findings.
18     As part of the annual report which the Council must file
19pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (b), the Council shall
20report on any findings made pursuant to this subsection.
21    (g) The Department of Central Management Services shall
22provide administrative and other support to the Council.
 
23    Section 15. Governmental unit compliance plans.
24    (a) Each unit shall file with the Council an annual
25compliance plan which shall outline the goals of the unit for

 

 

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1contracting with businesses owned by minorities, women, and
2persons with disabilities for the then current fiscal year,
3the manner in which the unit intends to reach these goals, and
4a timetable for reaching these goals. The Council shall review
5and approve the plan of each unit and may reject any plan that
6does not comply with this Act or any rules adopted by the
7Council or the Department of Central Management Services
8pursuant to this Act.
9    (b) The compliance plan shall also include, but not be
10limited to, (i) a policy statement, signed by the chief
11executive officer of the unit, expressing a commitment to
12encourage the use of businesses owned by minorities, women,
13and persons with disabilities, (ii) the designation of the
14liaison officer provided for in Section 10, (iii) procedures
15to distribute to potential contractors and vendors the list of
16all businesses legitimately classified as businesses owned by
17minorities, women, and persons with disabilities and so
18certified under this Act, (iv) procedures to set separate
19contract goals on specific prime contracts and purchase orders
20with subcontracting possibilities based upon the type of work
21or services and subcontractor availability, (v) procedures to
22assure that contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to
23meet contract goals, (vi) procedures for contract goal
24exemption, modification, and waiver, and (vii) the delineation
25of separate contract goals for businesses owned by minorities,
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1    (c) Approval of the compliance plans shall include such
2delegation of responsibilities to the requesting unit as the
3Council deems necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purpose
4of this Act. Such responsibilities may include, but need not
5be limited to, those outlined in subsections (a), (b), and (c)
6of Section 25, paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 35,
7and Section 40.
8    (d) Each unit shall file with the Council an annual report
9of its utilization of businesses owned by minorities, women,
10and persons with disabilities during the preceding fiscal year
11including lapse period spending and a mid-fiscal year report
12of its utilization to date for the then current fiscal year.
13The reports shall include a self-evaluation of the efforts of
14the unit to meet its goals under the Act.
15    (e) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
16Act, any unit which administers a construction program, for
17which federal law or regulations establish standards and
18procedures for the utilization of minority-owned and
19women-owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses, shall
20implement a disadvantaged business enterprise program to
21include minority-owned and women-owned businesses and
22disadvantaged businesses, using the federal standards and
23procedures for the establishment of goals and utilization
24procedures for the State-funded, as well as the federally
25assisted, portions of the program. In such cases, these goals
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1federal statutes or regulations. Notwithstanding the
2provisions of subsection (f) of Section 10, the Illinois
3Department of Transportation is authorized to establish
4sheltered markets for the State-funded portions of the program
5consistent with federal law and regulations. Additionally, a
6compliance plan which is filed by such unit pursuant to this
7Act, which incorporates equivalent terms and conditions of its
8federally-approved compliance plan, shall be deemed approved
9under this Act.
 
10    Section 20. Notice of contracts to Council. Except in case
11of emergency, as that term is defined in Section 20-30 of the
12Illinois Procurement Code, each unit shall notify the
13Secretary of the Council of proposed contracts for
14professional and artistic services and provide the information
15in the form and detail as required the Secretary of the
16Council. Notification may be made through direct written
17communication to the Secretary to be received at least 14 days
18before execution of the contract (or the solicitation response
19date, if applicable). The unit must consider any vendor
20referred by the Secretary before execution of the contract.
21The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any unit that
22has awarded contracts for professional and artistic services
23to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
24disabilities totaling in the aggregate $40,000,000 or more
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1    Section 25. Exemptions; waivers; posting of data.
2    (a) The Council, at the written request of the affected
3unit or recipient of a grant or loan of State funds of $250,000
4or more complying with Section 45 of the State Finance Act, may
5permit an individual contract or contract package (related
6contracts being bid or awarded simultaneously for the same
7project or improvements) be made wholly or partially exempt
8from unit contracting goals for businesses owned by
9minorities, women, and persons with disabilities prior to the
10advertisement for bids or solicitation of proposals whenever
11there has been a determination, reduced to writing and based
12on the best information available at the time of the
13determination, that there is an insufficient number of
14businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
15disabilities to ensure adequate competition and an expectation
16of reasonable prices on bids or proposals solicited for the
17individual contract or contract package in question.
18        (1) The following procedures shall be followed for
19    individual exemptions:
20            (A) A written request for an individual contract
21        exemption must include, but is not limited to, the
22        following:
23                (i) a list of eligible businesses owned by
24            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;
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1            eligible businesses identified in subdivision (i)
2            above is insufficient to ensure adequate
3            competition;
4                (iii) the difference in cost between the
5            contract proposals being offered by businesses
6            owned by minorities, women, and persons with
7            disabilities and the unit's expectations of
8            reasonable prices on bids or proposals within that
9            class; and
10                (iv) a list of eligible businesses owned by
11            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
12            that the contractor has used in the current and
13            prior fiscal years.
14            (B) The Council's determination concerning an
15        individual contract exemption must consider, at a
16        minimum, the following:
17                (i) the justification for the requested
18            exemption, including whether diligent efforts were
19            undertaken to identify and solicit eligible
20            businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
21            with disabilities;
22                (ii) the total number of exemptions granted to
23            the affected unit or recipient of a grant or loan
24            of State funds of $250,000 or more complying with
25            Section 45 of the State Finance Act that have been
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1            fiscal years; and
2                (iii) the percentage of contracts awarded by
3            the unit to eligible businesses owned by
4            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
5            in the current and prior fiscal years.
6        (2) The following procedures shall be followed for
7    class exemptions:
8            (A) The Council, at the written request of an
9        affected unit, may permit an entire class of contracts
10        be made exempt from unit contracting goals for
11        businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
12        with disabilities whenever there has been a
13        determination, reduced to writing and based on the
14        best information available at the time of the
15        determination, that there is an insufficient number of
16        qualified businesses owned by minorities, women, and
17        persons with disabilities to ensure adequate
18        competition and an expectation of reasonable prices on
19        bids or proposals within that class.
20            (B) A written request for a class exemption must
21        include, but is not limited to, the following:
22                (i) a list of eligible businesses owned by
23            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;
24                (ii) a clear demonstration that the number of
25            eligible businesses identified in subdivision (i)
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1            competition;
2                (iii) the difference in cost between the
3            contract proposals being offered by eligible
4            businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
5            with disabilities and the unit's expectations of
6            reasonable prices on bids or proposals within that
7            class; and
8                (iv) the number of class exemptions the
9            affected unit requested in the current and prior
10            fiscal years.
11            (C) The Council's determination concerning class
12        exemptions must consider, at a minimum, the following:
13                (i) the justification for the requested
14            exemption, including whether diligent efforts were
15            undertaken to identify and solicit eligible
16            businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
17            with disabilities;
18                (ii) the total number of class exemptions
19            granted to the requesting unit that have been
20            granted by the Council in the current and prior
21            fiscal years; and
22                (iii) the percentage of contracts awarded by
23            the unit to eligible businesses owned by
24            minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
25            the current and prior fiscal years.
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1        permitted for a period of more than one year at a time.
2    (b) Where a particular contract requires a contractor to
3meet a goal established pursuant to this Act, the contractor
4shall have the right to request a waiver from such
5requirement. The Council shall grant the waiver where the
6contractor demonstrates that there has been made a good faith
7effort to comply with the goals for participation by
8businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
9disabilities. The following procedures shall be followed for
10waivers:
11        (1) A contractor's request for a waiver under this
12    subsection must include, but is not limited to, the
13    following, if available:
14            (A) a list of eligible businesses owned by
15        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that
16        pertain to the class of contracts in the requested
17        waiver;
18            (B) a clear demonstration that the number of
19        eligible businesses identified in subparagraph (A)
20        above is insufficient to ensure competition;
21            (C) the difference in cost between the contract
22        proposals being offered by businesses owned by
23        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities and
24        the unit's expectations of reasonable prices on bids
25        or proposals within that class; and
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1        women, and persons with disabilities that the
2        contractor has used in the current and prior fiscal
3        years.
4        (2) The Council's determination concerning waivers
5    must include following:
6            (A) the justification for the requested waiver,
7        including whether the requesting contractor made a
8        good faith effort to identify and solicit eligible
9        businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
10        with disabilities;
11            (B) the total number of waivers the contractor has
12        been granted by the Council in the current and prior
13        fiscal years;
14            (C) the percentage of contracts awarded by the
15        unit to eligible businesses owned by minorities,
16        women, and persons with disabilities in the current
17        and prior fiscal years; and
18            (D) the contractor's use of businesses owned by
19        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in
20        the current and prior fiscal years.
21    (c) If any unit contract, which otherwise would be subject
22to the provisions of this Act, is or becomes subject to federal
23laws or regulations which conflict with the provisions of this
24Act or actions of the State taken pursuant hereto, the
25provisions of the federal laws or regulations shall apply and
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1    (d) Each unit shall post and maintain on its website a
2database of the following: (i) waivers granted under this
3Section with respect to contracts under his or her
4jurisdiction; (ii) a unit's written request for an exemption
5of an individual contract or an entire class of contracts; and
6(iii) the Council's written determination granting or denying
7a request for an exemption of an individual contract or an
8entire class of contracts. The database, which shall be
9updated periodically as necessary, shall be searchable by
10contractor name and by contracting unit.
11    (e) Each unit shall post and maintain on its website a list
12of all firms that have been prohibited from bidding, offering,
13or entering into a contract with the unit as a result of
14violations of this Act.
15    Each public notice required by law of the award of a unit
16contract shall include, for each bid or offer submitted for
17that contract, the following: (i) the bidder's or offeror's
18name, (ii) the bid amount, (iii) the name or names of the
19certified firms identified in the bidder's or offeror's
20submitted utilization plan, and (iv) the bid's amount and
21percentage of the contract awarded to businesses owned by
22minorities, women, and persons with disabilities identified in
23the utilization plan.
 
24    Section 30. Award of unit contracts.
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130% of the total dollar amount of unit contracts, as defined by
2the Secretary of the Council and approved by the Council,
3shall be established as an aspirational goal to be awarded to
4businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
5disabilities; provided, however, that of the total amount of
6all unit contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities,
7women, and persons with disabilities pursuant to this Section,
8contracts representing at least 16% shall be awarded to
9businesses owned by minorities, contracts representing at
10least 10% shall be awarded to women-owned businesses, and
11contracts representing at least 3% shall be awarded to
12businesses owned by persons with disabilities.
13    The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount of
14unit contracts during each unit's fiscal year, calculated by
15examining independently each type of contract for each unit
16which lets such contracts. Only that percentage of
17arrangements which represents the participation of businesses
18owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities on
19such contracts shall be included. Unit contracts subject to
20the requirements of this Act shall include the requirement
21that only expenditures to businesses owned by minorities,
22women, and persons with disabilities that perform a
23commercially useful function may be counted toward the goals
24set forth by this Act. Contracts shall include a definition of
25"commercially useful function" that is consistent with 49 CFR
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1    (b) Not less than 30% of the total dollar amount of unit
2construction contracts is established as an aspirational goal
3to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and
4persons with disabilities; provided that, contracts
5representing at least 16% of the total dollar amount of unit
6construction contracts shall be awarded to businesses owned by
7minorities; contracts representing at least 10% of the total
8dollar amount of unit construction contracts shall be awarded
9to women-owned businesses; and contracts representing at least
103% of the total dollar amount of unit construction contracts
11shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with
12disabilities.
13    (c) By July 1, 2023, the Department of Central Management
14Services shall conduct a social scientific study that measures
15the impact of discrimination on minority and women business
16development in governmental units in Illinois. By December 1,
172024, the Department shall issue a report of its findings and
18any recommendations on whether to adjust the goals for
19minority and women participation established in this Act.
20Copies of this report and the social scientific study shall be
21filed with the Council, the Governor, and the General
22Assembly.
23    By December 1, 2030, the Department of Central Management
24Services shall conduct a new social scientific study that
25measures the impact of discrimination on minority and women
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1June 1, 2032, the Department shall issue a report of its
2findings and any recommendations on whether to adjust the
3goals for minority and women participation established in this
4Act. Copies of this report and the social scientific study
5shall be filed with the Council, the Governor, and the General
6Assembly. By December 1, 2032, the Department of Central
7Management Services Business Enterprise Program shall develop
8a model for social scientific disparity study sourcing for
9units to adapt and implement to address regional disparities
10in public procurement.
11    (d) Except as permitted under this Act or as otherwise
12mandated by federal law or regulation, those who submit bids
13or proposals for unit contracts subject to the provisions of
14this Act, whose bids or proposals are successful and include a
15utilization plan but that fail to meet the goals set forth in
16subsection (b), shall be notified of that deficiency and shall
17be afforded a period not to exceed 10 calendar days from the
18date of notification to cure that deficiency in the bid or
19proposal. The deficiency in the bid or proposal may only be
20cured by contracting with additional subcontractors who are
21owned by minorities or women. Any increase in cost to a
22contract for the addition of a subcontractor to cure a bid's
23deficiency shall not affect the bid price, shall not be used in
24the request for an exemption in this Act, and in no case shall
25an identified subcontractor with a certification made pursuant
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1written consent of the unit entering into the contract.
2    (e) Non-construction solicitations that include park and
3museum district Business Enterprise Program participation
4goals shall require bidders and offerors to include
5utilization plans. Utilization plans are due at the time of
6bid or offer submission. Failure to complete and include a
7utilization plan, including documentation demonstrating good
8faith effort when requesting a waiver, shall render the bid or
9offer nonresponsive.
 
10    Section 35. Enforcement.
11    (a) The Council shall make such findings, recommendations
12and proposals to the Governor and General Assembly as are
13necessary and appropriate to enforce this Act. If, as a result
14of its monitoring activities, the Council determines that its
15goals and policies are not being met by any unit, the Council
16may recommend any or all of the following actions:
17        (1) Establish enforcement procedures whereby the
18    Council may recommend to the appropriate unit or law
19    enforcement agency that legal or administrative remedies
20    be initiated for violations of contract provisions or
21    rules adopted hereunder or by a contracting unit. Units
22    may adopt remedies for such violations, which may include
23    (i) termination of the contract involved, (ii) prohibition
24    of participation of the respondents in public contracts
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1    penalty not to exceed any profit acquired as a result of
2    violation, or (iv) any combination of items (i), (ii), or
3    (iii).
4        (2) If the Council concludes that a compliance plan
5    submitted under Section 15 is unlikely to produce the
6    participation goals for businesses owned by minorities,
7    women, and persons with disabilities within the then
8    current fiscal year, the Council may recommend that the
9    unit revise its plan to provide additional opportunities
10    for participation by businesses owned by minorities,
11    women, and persons with disabilities. Such recommended
12    revisions may include, but are not limited to, the
13    following:
14            (A) Assurances of stronger and better focused
15        solicitation efforts to obtain more businesses owned
16        by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as
17        potential sources of supply.
18            (B) Division of job or project requirements, when
19        economically feasible, into tasks or quantities to
20        permit participation of businesses owned by
21        minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
22            (C) Elimination of extended experience or
23        capitalization requirements, when programmatically
24        feasible, to permit participation of businesses owned
25        by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
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1        as particularly attractive or appropriate for
2        participation by businesses owned by minorities,
3        women, and persons with disabilities, such
4        identification to result from and be coupled with the
5        efforts of subparagraphs (A) through (C).
6            (E) Implementation of those regulations
7        established for the use of the sheltered market
8        process.
9    (b) Units shall review a vendor's compliance with its
10utilization plan and the terms of its contract. Without
11limitation, a vendor's failure to comply with its contractual
12commitments as contained in the utilization plan; failure to
13cooperate in providing information regarding its compliance
14with its utilization plan; or the provision of false or
15misleading information or statements concerning compliance,
16certification status, or eligibility of the Business
17Enterprise Program-certified vendor, good faith efforts, or
18any other material fact or representation shall constitute a
19material breach of the contract and entitle the unit to
20declare a default, terminate the contract, or exercise those
21remedies provided for in the contract, at law, or in equity.
22    (c) A vendor shall be in breach of the contract and may be
23subject to penalties for failure to meet contract goals
24established under this Act, unless the vendor can show that it
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1    Section 40. Annual report.
2    (a) The Council shall post and file an annual report that
3shall detail the level of achievement toward the goals
4specified in this Act over the 3 most recent calendar or fiscal
5years. The annual report shall include, but need not be
6limited to, the following:
7        (1) a summary detailing expenditures subject to the
8    goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals attained
9    by each unit;
10        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and
11    the average contract amount by each unit;
12        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
13    achievement concerning purchases from minority-owned
14    businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned
15    by persons with disabilities;
16        (4) an analysis of the number of businesses owned by
17    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that are
18    certified under the program as well as the number of those
19    businesses that received State procurement contracts; and
20        (5) a summary of the number of contracts awarded to
21    businesses with annual gross sales of less than $100,000;
22    of $100,000 or more, but less than $250,000; of $250,000
23    or more, but less than $500,000; of $500,000 or more, but
24    less than $1,000,000; of $1,000,000 or more, but less than
25    $5,000,000; of $5,000,000 or more, but less than
26    $10,000,000; and of $10,000,000 or more.

 

 

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1    (b) Each annual report must be posted publicly on the
2website of the unit and filed with the General Assembly and
3Governor no later than January 31 for units that choose
4calendar year annual reporting or no later than 30 days
5following the conclusion of the unit's fiscal year for units
6that choose fiscal year annual reporting. A unit may extend
7the due date of its annual report by 15 days by posting a
8public notice on the website of the entity and filing the
9notice with the General Assembly and Governor. If an annual
10report is posted and filed beyond the 15-day extension, units
11will be issued a fine of $10,000 by the Council, enforceable by
12the State Comptroller through withholding or reducing any form
13of State funding to the entity, including, but not limited to,
14grants, revenue sharing, and line-item appropriations. The
15Comptroller shall transfer the amount withheld due to the
16fines issued under this subsection to the Business Enterprise
17Program and those amounts shall be used exclusively for
18maintenance and further development of the Business Enterprise
19Program.
 
20    Section 45. Ownership requirement for combination of
21minority persons, women, or persons with disabilities. When a
22business is owned at least 51% by any combination of minority
23persons, women, or persons with disabilities, even though none
24of the 3 classes alone holds at least a 51% interest, the
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1to be met. The certification category for the business is that
2of the class holding the largest ownership interest in the
3business. If 2 or more classes have equal ownership interests,
4the certification category shall be determined by the
5business.
 
6    Section 50. Advance and progress payments. Any contract
7awarded to a business owned by a minority, woman, or person
8with a disability pursuant to this Act may contain a provision
9for advance or progress payments, or both, except that a unit
10construction contract awarded to a minority-owned or
11women-owned business pursuant to this Act may contain a
12provision for progress payments but may not contain a
13provision for advance payments.
 
14    Section 55. Posting on website. If a governmental unit
15does not have a website, any posting requirement by the unit
16under this Act is satisfied by posting on the county website or
17on the several county websites in which the unit is located to
18satisfy the posting requirements of the Act.
 
19    Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
20Section 45 as follows:
 
21    (30 ILCS 105/45)
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1loan of State funds of $250,000 or more for capital
2construction costs or professional services is conditioned
3upon the recipient's written certification that the recipient
4shall comply with the business enterprise program practices
5for minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
6businesses owned by persons with disabilities of the Business
7Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
8Disabilities Act, the Park and Museum District Business
9Enterprise Act, (30 ILCS 575/) and the equal employment
10practices of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act
11(775 ILCS 5/2-105). This Section, however, does not apply to
12any grant or loan (i) for which a grant or loan agreement was
13executed before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
14the 96th General Assembly, (ii) for which prior-incurred costs
15are being reimbursed, or (iii) for a federally funded program
16under which the requirement of this Section would contravene
17federal law. Each recipient shall submit the written
18certification and business enterprise program plan for
19minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
20businesses owned by persons with disabilities before signing
21the relevant grant or loan agreement. Each grant or loan
22agreement shall include a provision that the grant or loan
23recipient agrees to comply with the provisions of the Business
24Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
25Disabilities Act, the Park and Museum District Business
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1practices of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act
2(775 ILCS 5/2-105).
3    Each business enterprise program plan shall apply only to
4the State-funded portion of the relevant capital project and
5must be in compliance with all certification and other
6requirements of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
7and Persons with Disabilities Act.
8(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)