(30 ILCS 575/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.601)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2024)
Sec. 1. Purpose. The State of Illinois declares that it is the public
policy of the State to promote and encourage the continuing economic
development of minority-owned and women-owned and operated businesses
and that minority-owned
and women-owned and operated businesses participate in the
State's procurement process as both prime and subcontractors.
The State
of Illinois has observed that the goals established in this
Act have served to increase the
participation of minority and women businesses
in contracts awarded by the
State. The State hereby declares that
the adoption of this amendatory Act of 1989 shall serve the State's
continuing interest in promoting open access in the awarding of State
contracts to disadvantaged small business enterprises victimized by
discriminatory
practices. Furthermore, after reviewing evidence of the high level of
attainment of the 10% minimum goals established under this Act, and, after
considering evidence that minority and women businesses, as established in
1982, constituted and continue to constitute more than 10% of the
businesses operating in this State, the State declares that the
continuation of such 10% minimum goals under this amendatory Act of 1989 is
a narrowly tailored means of promoting open access and thus the further
growth and development of minority and women businesses.
The State of Illinois further declares that it is the public policy of this
State to promote and encourage the continuous economic development of
businesses
owned by persons with disabilities and a 2% contracting goal is a narrowly
tailored means of promoting open access and thus the further growth and
development of those businesses.
(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
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