SB3933 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3933

Introduced 11/14/2012, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/18c-7505 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require all regulated railroads under its authority to submit an annual report on all procurement goals and actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises. Provides that each regulated railroad shall submit the rules, regulations, and definitions used for its procurement goals in each report. Provides that the Commission, working in consultation with the Capital Development Board, shall develop and issue a proposed format for each report. Provides that the Commission shall publish each report on its website and shall maintain each report for at least 5 years. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 18c-7505 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/18c-7505 new)

Sec. 18c-7505. Minority, female, veterans, small business reports and spending. The Commission shall require all regulated railroads under its authority to submit an annual report by December 1, 2014 and each December 1 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated railroad, and the actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated railroad.

Each regulated railroad shall submit the rules, regulations, and definitions used for the railroad's procurement goals and the name and contact information for the staff person responsible for administering the programs associated with the goals in the railroad's annual report.

The Commission, working in consultation with the Capital Development Board, shall develop and issue a proposed format for each report.

The Commission shall publish each annual report on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at least 5 years.

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