HB4969 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4969

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Cyril Nichols

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 595/10

Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(30 ILCS 595/10)

Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm or food products.

(a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including, without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and public universities, shall, by 2020 onward, be local farm or food products.

(a-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies under subsection (a), at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers.

(b) The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council established under this Act shall require that at least 20% support and encourage that 10% of food and food products purchased by entities funded in part or in whole by State dollars, which spend funds more than $25,000 per year on food or food products for its students, residents, or clients, including, without limitation, public schools, child care facilities, after-school programs, and hospitals, shall, by 2023 onward 2020, be local farm or food products.

(b-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State-funded entities under subsection (b), at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers.

(c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of local farm or food products may be given preference over other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid of local farm or food products is not more than 10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is not for local farm or food products.

(d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that purchase food and food products shall, with the assistance of the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council, develop a system for (i) identifying the percentage of local farm or food products purchased for fiscal year 2011 as the baseline; and (ii) tracking and reporting local farm or food products purchases on an annual basis.

(Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09.)

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