Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 4/1/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 445

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 445 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Department of Minority and Women Inclusion Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide
7for diversity in the employment, management, and business
8activities of State Executive Branch agencies and to increase
9the level of participation by minorities and women in such
10employment, management, and business activities.
 
11    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
12    "Department" means the Department of Minority and Women
13Inclusion.
14    "Director" means the Director of Minority and Women
15Inclusion.

 

 

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1    "Minority person" means a person who is a citizen or lawful
2permanent resident of the United States and who is:
3        (1) African American (a person having origins in any of
4    the black racial groups in Africa);
5        (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese culture
6    with origins in Mexico, South or Central America, or the
7    Caribbean Islands, regardless of race);
8        (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of
9    the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the
10    Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands); or
11        (4) Native American or Alaskan Native (a person having
12    origins in any of the original peoples of North America).
13    "Minority-owned business" means a business concern (i)
14which is at least 51% owned by one or more minority persons,
15or, in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in
16which is owned by one or more minority persons, and (ii) the
17management and daily business operations of which are
18controlled by one or more of the minority individuals who own
19it.
20    "State Executive Branch agency" means each State agency,
21department, board, and commission directly responsible to the
22Governor. The term does not include any State university.
23    "Woman" means a person who is a citizen or lawful permanent
24resident of the United States and who is of the female gender.
25    "Women-owned business" means a business concern (i) which
26is at least 51% owned by one or more women, or, in the case of a

 

 

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1corporation, at least 51% of the stock in which is owned by one
2or more women, and (ii) the management and daily business
3operations of which are controlled by one or more of the women
4who own it.
 
5    Section 15. Creation of Department; Director.
6    (a) The Department of Minority and Women Inclusion is
7created as a department of State government. The Department
8shall be responsible for all matters of the State Executive
9Branch agencies relating to diversity in management,
10employment, and business activities. The Department shall
11monitor the activities of the Business Enterprise Council for
12Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities created
13under the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and
14Persons with Disabilities Act.
15    (b) The Governor shall appoint the Director as the head of
16the Department.
 
17    Section 20. Director's duties.
18    (a) The Director shall develop standards for the following:
19        (1) Equal employment opportunity and the racial,
20    ethnic, and gender diversity of the workforce and senior
21    management of each State Executive Branch agency.
22        (2) Increased participation of minority-owned and
23    women-owned businesses in the programs and contracts of
24    each State Executive Branch agency, including standards

 

 

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1    for coordinating technical assistance to such businesses.
2        (3) Assessing the diversity policies and practices of
3    entities regulated by each State Executive Branch agency.
4    (b) The Director shall develop and implement standards and
5procedures to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the fair
6inclusion and utilization of minority persons, women, and
7minority-owned and women-owned businesses in all business and
8activities of each State Executive Branch agency at all levels,
9including in procurement, insurance, and all types of
10contracts.
11    (c) The Director shall ensure that each State Executive
12Branch agency establishes procedures for review and evaluation
13of contract proposals and for hiring service providers that
14include, to the extent consistent with applicable law, a
15component that gives consideration to the diversity of the
16applicant. The procedures shall include a written statement, in
17the form and with the content prescribed by the Director, that
18a contractor shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the
19fair inclusion of women and minority persons in the workforce
20of the contractor and, as applicable, subcontractors.
21    (d) The standards and procedures developed and implemented
22under this Section shall include a procedure for the Director
23to determine whether a State Executive Branch agency contractor
24or subcontractor has failed to make a good faith effort to
25include minority persons and women in its workforce. If the
26Director determines that a State Executive Branch agency

 

 

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1contractor or subcontractor has failed to make a good faith
2effort to include minority persons and women in its workforce,
3the Director shall recommend to the head of the State Executive
4Branch agency that the contract be terminated. Upon receiving
5such a recommendation from the Director, the head of the
6affected agency may terminate the contract or take other
7appropriate action.
 
8    Section 25. Diversity in agency workforce. The Director
9shall ensure that each State Executive Branch agency takes
10affirmative steps to seek diversity in the workforce of the
11agency at all levels of the agency in a manner consistent with
12applicable law. These steps shall include the following:
13        (1) Recruiting at historically black colleges and
14    universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, women's
15    colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority
16    minority populations.
17        (2) Sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban
18    communities.
19        (3) Placing employment advertisements in newspapers
20    and magazines oriented toward minorities and women.
21        (4) Partnering with organizations that are focused on
22    developing opportunities for minorities and women to place
23    talented young minority persons and women in industry
24    internships, summer employment, and full-time positions.
25        (5) When feasible, partnering with inner-city high

 

 

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1    schools, girls' high schools, and high schools with
2    majority minority populations to establish or enhance
3    economic literacy programs and provide mentoring.
4        (6) Producing any other mass media communications that
5    the Director deems necessary.
 
6    Section 30. Application of Act. This Act applies to all
7contracts of a State Executive Branch agency for services of
8any kind and for all business and activities of the agency,
9including contracts for implementing the agency's programs.
10The requirements of this Act are in addition to the
11requirements of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
12Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act and all other
13applicable laws.
 
14    Section 35. Reports. Each year, on or before March 1, the
15Director shall report the following to the Governor and the
16General Assembly for the preceding calendar year:
17        (1) A statement of the total amounts paid by each State
18    Executive Branch agency to contractors since the previous
19    report.
20        (2) The percentage of the amounts described in
21    paragraph (1) that were paid to minority-owned and
22    women-owned businesses.
23        (3) The successes achieved and the challenges faced by
24    each State Executive Branch agency in operating minority

 

 

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1    and women outreach programs.
2        (4) The challenges each State Executive Branch agency
3    may face in hiring qualified minority and women employees
4    and contracting with qualified minority-owned and
5    women-owned businesses.
6        (5) Any other information, findings, conclusions, and
7    recommendations for legislative or agency action, as the
8    Director deems appropriate.
 
9    Section 40. Fee; Minority and Women Inclusion Fund. A
10minority-owned or women-owned business, as certified by the
11Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Females, and
12Persons with Disabilities under the Business Enterprise for
13Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act,
14awarded a contract under the Illinois Procurement Code on or
15after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
16General Assembly shall pay a fee of $15. The fee shall be
17deducted by the Comptroller from the first check issued to the
18business under the contract and deposited into the Minority and
19Women Inclusion Fund, which is created as a special fund in the
20State treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the
21Department, subject to appropriation, to cover expenses
22related to the administration and implementation of this Act.
 
23    Section 90. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
24amended by changing Sections 5-15 and 5-20 and by adding

 

 

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1Sections 5-195 and 5-425 as follows:
 
2    (20 ILCS 5/5-15)  (was 20 ILCS 5/3)
3    Sec. 5-15. Departments of State government. The
4Departments of State government are created as follows:
5    The Department on Aging.
6    The Department of Agriculture.
7    The Department of Central Management Services.
8    The Department of Children and Family Services.
9    The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
10    The Department of Corrections.
11    The Department of Employment Security.
12    The Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
13    The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
14    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
15    The Department of Human Rights.
16    The Department of Human Services.
17    The Illinois Power Agency.
18    The Department of Juvenile Justice.
19    The Department of Labor.
20    The Department of the Lottery.
21    The Department of Minority and Women Inclusion.
22    The Department of Natural Resources.
23    The Department of Public Health.
24    The Department of Revenue.
25    The Department of State Police.

 

 

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1    The Department of Transportation.
2    The Department of Veterans' Affairs.
3(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07;
495-777, eff. 8-4-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
 
5    (20 ILCS 5/5-20)  (was 20 ILCS 5/4)
6    Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments. Each department shall have
7an officer as its head who shall be known as director or
8secretary and who shall, subject to the provisions of the Civil
9Administrative Code of Illinois, execute the powers and
10discharge the duties vested by law in his or her respective
11department.
12    The following officers are hereby created:
13    Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.
14    Director of Agriculture, for the Department of
15Agriculture.
16    Director of Central Management Services, for the
17Department of Central Management Services.
18    Director of Children and Family Services, for the
19Department of Children and Family Services.
20    Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, for the
21Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
22    Director of Corrections, for the Department of
23Corrections.
24    Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, for
25the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

 

 

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1    Director of Employment Security, for the Department of
2Employment Security.
3    Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, for
4the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
5    Director of Healthcare and Family Services, for the
6Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
7    Director of Human Rights, for the Department of Human
8Rights.
9    Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of Human
10Services.
11    Director of the Illinois Power Agency, for the Illinois
12Power Agency.
13    Director of Juvenile Justice, for the Department of
14Juvenile Justice.
15    Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.
16    Director of the Lottery, for the Department of the Lottery.
17    Director of Minority and Women Inclusion, for the
18Department of Minority and Women Inclusion.
19    Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of
20Natural Resources.
21    Director of Public Health, for the Department of Public
22Health.
23    Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.
24    Director of State Police, for the Department of State
25Police.
26    Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of

 

 

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1Transportation.
2    Director of Veterans' Affairs, for the Department of
3Veterans' Affairs.
4(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07;
595-777, eff. 8-4-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
 
6    (20 ILCS 5/5-195 new)
7    Sec. 5-195. In the Department of Minority and Women
8Inclusion. Assistant Director of Minority and Women Inclusion.
 
9    (20 ILCS 5/5-425 new)
10    Sec. 5-425. In the Department of Minority and Women
11Inclusion. The Director of Minority and Women Inclusion shall
12receive an annual salary as set by the Governor from time to
13time or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
14greater.
 
15    Section 91. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
16Section 5.786 as follows:
 
17    (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
18    Sec. 5.786. The Minority and Women Inclusion Fund.
 
19    Section 92. The Business Enterprise for Minorities,
20Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by
21changing Section 5 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 575/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.605)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2012)
3    Sec. 5. Business Enterprise Council.
4    (1) To help implement, monitor and enforce the goals of
5this Act, there is created the Business Enterprise Council for
6Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities,
7hereinafter referred to as the Council, composed of the
8Secretary of Human Services and the Directors of the Department
9of Human Rights, the Department of Commerce and Economic
10Opportunity, the Department of Central Management Services,
11the Department of Transportation and the Capital Development
12Board, or their duly appointed representatives. Ten
13individuals representing businesses that are minority or
14female owned or owned by persons with disabilities, 2
15individuals representing the business community, and a
16representative of public universities shall be appointed by the
17Governor. These members shall serve 2 year terms and shall be
18eligible for reappointment. Any vacancy occurring on the
19Council shall also be filled by the Governor. Any member
20appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration
21of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be
22appointed for the remainder of such term. Members of the
23Council shall serve without compensation but shall be
24reimbursed for any ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in
25the performance of their duties.

 

 

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1    The Director of the Department of Central Management
2Services shall serve as the Council chairperson and shall
3select, subject to approval of the council, a Secretary
4responsible for the operation of the program who shall serve as
5the Division Manager of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
6Females, and Persons with Disabilities Division of the
7Department of Central Management Services.
8    The Director of each State agency and the chief executive
9officer of each State university shall appoint a liaison to the
10Council. The liaison shall be responsible for submitting to the
11Council any reports and documents necessary under this Act.
12    (2) The Council's authority and responsibility shall be to:
13        (a) Devise a certification procedure to assure that
14    businesses taking advantage of this Act are legitimately
15    classified as businesses owned by minorities, females, or
16    persons with disabilities.
17        (b) Maintain a list of all businesses legitimately
18    classified as businesses owned by minorities, females, or
19    persons with disabilities to provide to State agencies and
20    State universities.
21        (c) Review rules and regulations for the
22    implementation of the program for businesses owned by
23    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities.
24        (d) Review compliance plans submitted by each State
25    agency and State university pursuant to this Act.
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1    the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of the
2    program.
3        (f) Serve as a central clearinghouse for information on
4    State contracts, including the maintenance of a list of all
5    pending State contracts upon which businesses owned by
6    minorities, females, and persons with disabilities may
7    bid. At the Council's discretion, maintenance of the list
8    may include 24-hour electronic access to the list along
9    with the bid and application information.
10        (g) Establish a toll free telephone number to
11    facilitate information requests concerning the
12    certification process and pending contracts.
13    (3) No premium bond rate of a surety company for a bond
14required of a business owned by a minority, female, or person
15with a disability bidding for a State contract shall be higher
16than the lowest rate charged by that surety company for a
17similar bond in the same classification of work that would be
18written for a business not owned by a minority, female, or
19person with a disability.
20    (4) Any Council member who has direct financial or personal
21interest in any measure pending before the Council shall
22disclose this fact to the Council and refrain from
23participating in the determination upon such measure.
24    (5) The Secretary shall have the following duties and
25responsibilities:
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1    the Council.
2        (b) To serve as a coordinator for all of the State's
3    programs for businesses owned by minorities, females, and
4    persons with disabilities and as the information and
5    referral center for all State initiatives for businesses
6    owned by minorities, females, and persons with
7    disabilities.
8        (c) To establish an enforcement procedure whereby the
9    Council may recommend to the appropriate State legal
10    officer that the State exercise its legal remedies which
11    shall include (1) termination of the contract involved, (2)
12    prohibition of participation by the respondent in public
13    contracts for a period not to exceed one year, (3)
14    imposition of a penalty not to exceed any profit acquired
15    as a result of violation, or (4) any combination thereof.
16    Such procedures shall require prior approval by Council.
17        (d) To devise appropriate policies, regulations and
18    procedures for including participation by businesses owned
19    by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities as
20    prime contractors including, but not limited to, (i)
21    encouraging the inclusions of qualified businesses owned
22    by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities on
23    solicitation lists, (ii) investigating the potential of
24    blanket bonding programs for small construction jobs,
25    (iii) investigating and making recommendations concerning
26    the use of the sheltered market process.

 

 

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1        (e) To devise procedures for the waiver of the
2    participation goals in appropriate circumstances.
3        (f) To accept donations and, with the approval of the
4    Council or the Director of Central Management Services,
5    grants related to the purposes of this Act; to conduct
6    seminars related to the purpose of this Act and to charge
7    reasonable registration fees; and to sell directories,
8    vendor lists and other such information to interested
9    parties, except that forms necessary to become eligible for
10    the program shall be provided free of charge to a business
11    or individual applying for the program.
12    (6) The Department of Minority and Women Inclusion shall
13monitor the Council's activities, as provided in the Department
14of Minority and Women Inclusion Act.
15(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.".