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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 17-29 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/17-29)
7     Sec. 17-29. Businesses owned by minorities, females, and
8 persons with disabilities; fraudulent contracts with
9 governmental units.
10     (a) In this Section:
11         "Minority person" means a person who is: (1) African
12     American (a person having origins in any of the black
13     racial groups in Africa); (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish
14     or Portuguese culture with origins in Mexico, South or
15     Central America, or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of
16     race); (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any
17     of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,
18     the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands); or (4)
19     Native American or Alaskan Native (a person having origins
20     in any of the original peoples of North America).
21         "Female" means a person who is of the female gender.
22         "Person with a disability" means a person who is a
23     person qualifying as being disabled.
24         "Disabled" means a severe physical or mental
25     disability that: (1) results from: amputation, arthritis,
26     autism, blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy,
27     cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, heart disease,
28     hemiplegia, hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary
29     dysfunction, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple
30     sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculoskeletal disorders,
31     neurological disorders, including stroke and epilepsy,
32     paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions,

 

 

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1     sickle cell anemia, specific learning disabilities, or end
2     stage renal failure disease; and (2) substantially limits
3     one or more of the person's major life activities.
4         "Minority owned business" means a business concern
5     that is at least 51% owned by one or more minority persons,
6     or in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock
7     in which is owned by one or more minority persons; and the
8     management and daily business operations of which are
9     controlled by one or more of the minority individuals who
10     own it.
11         "Female owned business" means a business concern that
12     is at least 51% owned by one or more females, or, in the
13     case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in which
14     is owned by one or more females; and the management and
15     daily business operations of which are controlled by one or
16     more of the females who own it.
17         "Business owned by a person with a disability" means a
18     business concern that is at least 51% owned by one or more
19     persons with a disability and the management and daily
20     business operations of which are controlled by one or more
21     of the persons with disabilities who own it. A
22     not-for-profit agency for persons with disabilities that
23     is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal
24     Revenue Code of 1986 is also considered a "business owned
25     by a person with a disability".
26         "Governmental unit" means the State, a unit of local
27     government, or school district.
28     (b) In addition to any other penalties imposed by law or by
29 an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government or
30 school district, any individual or entity that knowingly
31 obtains, or knowingly assists another to obtain, a contract
32 with a governmental unit, or a subcontract or written
33 commitment for a subcontract under a contract with a
34 governmental unit, by falsely representing that the individual
35 or entity, or the individual or entity assisted, is a minority
36 owned business, female owned business, or business owned by a

 

 

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1 person with a disability is guilty of a Class 2 felony,
2 regardless of whether the preference for awarding the contract
3 to a minority owned business, female owned business, or
4 business owned by a person with a disability was established by
5 statute or by local ordinance or resolution.
6     (c) In addition to any other penalties authorized by law,
7 the court shall order that an individual or entity convicted of
8 a violation of this Section must pay to the governmental unit
9 that awarded the contract a penalty equal to one and one-half
10 times the amount of the contract obtained because of the false
11 representation.
12 (Source: P.A. 94-126, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.