Full Text of SB0269 97th General Assembly
SB0269eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 23.9 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 405/23.9 new) | 7 | | Sec. 23.9. Minority Contractor Opportunity Initiative. The | 8 | | State Comptroller Minority Contractor Opportunity Initiative | 9 | | is created to provide greater opportunities for minority-owned | 10 | | businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses owned by | 11 | | persons with disabilities, and small businesses with 20 or | 12 | | fewer employees in this State to participate in the State | 13 | | procurement process. The initiative shall be administered by | 14 | | the Comptroller. Under this initiative, the Comptroller is | 15 | | responsible for the following: (i) outreach to minority-owned | 16 | | businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses owned by | 17 | | persons with disabilities, and small businesses capable of | 18 | | providing services to the State; (ii) education of | 19 | | minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses | 20 | | owned by persons with disabilities, and small businesses | 21 | | concerning State contracting and procurement; (iii) | 22 | | notification of minority-owned businesses, female-owned | 23 | | businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and |
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| 1 | | small businesses of State contracting opportunities; and (iv) | 2 | | maintenance of an online database of State contracts that | 3 | | identifies the contracts awarded to minority-owned businesses, | 4 | | female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with | 5 | | disabilities, and small businesses that includes the total | 6 | | amount paid by State agencies to contractors and the percentage | 7 | | paid to minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, | 8 | | businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and small | 9 | | businesses. | 10 | | The Comptroller shall work with the Business Enterprise | 11 | | Council created under Section 5 of the Business Enterprise for | 12 | | Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act to | 13 | | fulfill the Comptroller's responsibilities under this Section. | 14 | | The Comptroller may rely on the Business Enterprise Council's | 15 | | identification of minority-owned businesses, female-owned | 16 | | businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities. | 17 | | The Comptroller shall annually prepare and submit a report | 18 | | to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the | 19 | | progress of this initiative including the following | 20 | | information for the preceding calendar year: (i) a statement of | 21 | | the total amounts paid by each executive branch agency to | 22 | | contractors since the previous report; (ii) the percentage of | 23 | | the amounts that were paid to minority-owned businesses, | 24 | | female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with | 25 | | disabilities, and small businesses; (iii) the successes | 26 | | achieved and the challenges faced by the Comptroller in |
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| 1 | | operating outreach programs for minorities, women, persons | 2 | | with disabilities, and small businesses; (iv) the challenges | 3 | | each executive branch agency may face in hiring qualified | 4 | | minority, female, disabled, and small business employees and | 5 | | contracting with qualified minority-owned businesses, | 6 | | female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with | 7 | | disabilities, and small businesses; and (iv) any other | 8 | | information, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for | 9 | | legislative or agency action, as the Comptroller deems | 10 | | appropriate. | 11 | | On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 12 | | the 97th General Assembly, any bidder or offeror awarded a | 13 | | contract of $1,000 or more under Section 20-10, 20-15, 20-25, | 14 | | or 20-30 of the Illinois Procurement Code is required to pay a | 15 | | fee of $15 to cover expenses related to the administration of | 16 | | this Section. The Comptroller shall deduct the fee from the | 17 | | first check issued to the vendor under the contract and deposit | 18 | | the fee into the Comptroller's Administrative Fund.
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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