HB2924ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Justin Slaughter

Filed: 3/22/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2924

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2924 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by adding Section 8k as follows:

(30 ILCS 575/8k new)

Sec. 8k. Municipal and sports facility diversity report.

(a) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter, (1) any museum under the authority of a park district in a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more and (2) any sports facility under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority shall submit an annual diversity report to the Council which includes information and data on diversity goals, and progress toward achieving those goals, by certified businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.

(b) The diversity report shall include the following information from the previous fiscal year:

(1) the percentage of total annual spending on contracts with businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, or the total number of contracts let to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;

(2) the type of contracts awarded or let to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;

(3) a narrative description of contracting diversity goals and plans for meeting those goals; and

(4) the percentage of total annual spending in professional services with certified businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, including, but not limited to, the following professional services categories: (A) accounting; (B) architecture and engineering; (C) consulting; (D) information technology; (E) insurance; (F) financial, legal, and marketing services; and (G) any other professional service.

The diversity report shall be submitted in a format and time as prescribed by the Council by rule. The Council shall publish each annual report on its website. In November of each year, the Council shall transmit to the General Assembly a report including a summary of the information reported to the Council for the previous fiscal year, and a cumulative summary for all previous years in which reports were filed.

(c) Museums required to submit reports under this Section are encouraged to hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2020, and each year thereafter, on the state of contracting diversity goals, and collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to achieving State goals. Museums may hold this workshop together or separately.

(d) Sports facilities required to submit reports under this Section are encouraged to hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2020, and each year thereafter, on the state of contracting diversity goals, and collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to achieving State goals. Sports facilities may hold this workshop together or separately.

(e) The Council shall publish a database on its website of the point of contact for each museum and sports facility for contracting diversity, along with a list of certifications each recognizes for contracting diversity.

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