Rep. William Davis

Filed: 11/16/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1453

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1453 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2012)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

 

 

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1and approve the plan of each State agency and State university
2and may reject any plan that does not comply with this Act or
3any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act.
4    (a) The compliance plan shall also include, but not be
5limited to, (1) a policy statement, signed by the State agency
6or State university head, expressing a commitment to encourage
7the use of businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons
8with disabilities, (2) the designation of the liaison officer
9provided for in Section 5 of this Act, (3) procedures to
10distribute to potential contractors and vendors the list of all
11businesses legitimately classified as businesses owned by
12minorities, females, and persons with disabilities and so
13certified under this Act, (4) procedures to set separate
14contract goals on specific prime contracts and purchase orders
15with subcontracting possibilities based upon the type of work
16or services and subcontractor availability, (5) procedures to
17assure that contractors and vendors make good faith efforts to
18meet contract goals, (6) procedures for contract goal
19exemption, modification and waiver, and (7) the delineation of
20separate contract goals for businesses owned by minorities,
21females, and persons with disabilities.
22    (b) Approval of the compliance plans shall include such
23delegation of responsibilities to the requesting State agency
24or State university as the Council deems necessary and
25appropriate to fulfill the purpose of this Act. Such
26responsibilities may include, but need not be limited to those

 

 

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1outlined in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7 and
2paragraph (a) of Section 8.
3    (c) Each State agency and State university under the
4jurisdiction of this Act shall file with the Council an annual
5report of its utilization of businesses owned by minorities,
6females, and persons with disabilities during the preceding
7fiscal year including lapse period spending and a mid-fiscal
8year report of its utilization to date for the then current
9fiscal year. The reports shall include a self-evaluation of the
10efforts of the State agency or State university to meet its
11goals under the Act.
12    (d) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
13Act, any State agency or State university which administers a
14construction program, for which federal law or regulations
15establish standards and procedures for the utilization of
16minority, disadvantaged, and female-owned business, may shall
17implement a disadvantaged business enterprise program to
18include minority, disadvantaged and female-owned businesses,
19using the federal standards and procedures for the
20establishment of goals and utilization procedures for the
21State-funded, as well as the federally assisted, portions of
22the program. In such cases, these goals shall not exceed those
23established pursuant to the relevant federal statutes or
24regulations. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8b, the
25Illinois Department of Transportation is authorized to
26establish sheltered markets for the State-funded portions of

 

 

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1the program consistent with federal law and regulations.
2Additionally, a compliance plan which is filed by such State
3agency or State university pursuant to this Act, which
4incorporates equivalent terms and conditions of its
5federally-approved compliance plan, shall be deemed approved
6under this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 88-377; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.".