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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
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,
5Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by
6changing Section 6 as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 575/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.606)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2012)
9    Sec. 6. Agency compliance plans. Each State agency and
10State university under the jurisdiction of this Act shall file
11with the Council an annual compliance plan which shall outline
12the goals of the State agency or State university for
13contracting with businesses owned by minorities, females, and
14persons with disabilities for the then current fiscal year, the
15manner in which the agency intends to reach these goals and a
16timetable for reaching these goals. The Council shall review
17and approve the plan of each State agency and State university
18and may reject any plan that does not comply with this Act or
19any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act.
20    (a) The compliance plan shall also include, but not be
21limited to, (1) a policy statement, signed by the State agency
22or State university head, expressing a commitment to encourage
23the use of businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons

 

 

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1with disabilities, (2) the designation of the liaison officer
2provided for in Section 5 of this Act, (3) procedures to
3distribute to potential contractors and vendors the list of all
4businesses legitimately classified as businesses owned by
5minorities, females, and persons with disabilities and so
6certified under this Act, (4) procedures to set separate
7contract goals on specific prime contracts and purchase orders
8with subcontracting possibilities based upon the type of work
9or services and subcontractor availability, (5) procedures to
10assure that contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to
11meet contract goals, (6) procedures for contract goal
12exemption, modification and waiver, and (7) the delineation of
13separate contract goals for businesses owned by minorities,
14females, and persons with disabilities.
15    (b) Approval of the compliance plans shall include such
16delegation of responsibilities to the requesting State agency
17or State university as the Council deems necessary and
18appropriate to fulfill the purpose of this Act. Such
19responsibilities may include, but need not be limited to those
20outlined in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7 and
21paragraph (a) of Section 8.
22    (c) Each State agency and State university under the
23jurisdiction of this Act shall file with the Council an annual
24report of its utilization of businesses owned by minorities,
25females, and persons with disabilities during the preceding
26fiscal year including lapse period spending and a mid-fiscal

 

 

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1year report of its utilization to date for the then current
2fiscal year. The reports shall include a self-evaluation of the
3efforts of the State agency or State university to meet its
4goals under the Act.
5    (d) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
6Act, any State agency or State university which administers a
7construction program, for which federal law or regulations
8establish standards and procedures for the utilization of
9minority, disadvantaged, and female-owned business, may shall
10implement a disadvantaged business enterprise program to
11include minority, disadvantaged and female-owned businesses,
12using the federal standards and procedures for the
13establishment of goals and utilization procedures for the
14State-funded, as well as the federally assisted, portions of
15the program. In such cases, these goals shall not exceed those
16established pursuant to the relevant federal statutes or
17regulations. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8b, the
18Illinois Department of Transportation is authorized to
19establish sheltered markets for the State-funded portions of
20the program consistent with federal law and regulations.
21Additionally, a compliance plan which is filed by such State
22agency or State university pursuant to this Act, which
23incorporates equivalent terms and conditions of its
24federally-approved compliance plan, shall be deemed approved
25under this Act.
26(Source: P.A. 88-377; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.