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92_HB4444

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning business.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Business  Enterprise  for   Minorities,
 5    Females,  and  Persons  with  Disabilities  Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 2 as follows:

 7        (30 ILCS 575/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.602)
 8        (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 6, 2004)
 9        Sec. 2.  Definitions.
10        (A)  For the purpose of this  Act,  the  following  terms
11    shall have the following definitions:
12        (1)  "Minority  person"  shall  mean  a  person  who is a
13    citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and
14    who is:
15             (a)  African American (a person  having  origins  in
16        any of the black racial groups in Africa);
17             (b)  Hispanic  (a  person  of  Spanish or Portuguese
18        culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
19        or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race);
20             (c)  Asian American (a person having origins in  any
21        of  the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,
22        the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands); or
23             (d)  Native American or  Alaskan  Native  (a  person
24        having  origins  in  any of the original peoples of North
25        America).
26        (2)  "Female" shall mean a person who  is  a  citizen  or
27    lawful  permanent resident of the United States and who is of
28    the female gender.
29        (2.05)  "Person with a disability" means a person who  is
30    a  citizen  or  lawful resident of the United States and is a
31    person qualifying as being disabled under  subdivision  (2.1)
 
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 1    of this subsection (A).
 2        (2.1)  "Disabled"  means  a  severe  physical  or  mental
 3    disability that:
 4        (a)  results from:
 5        amputation,
 6        arthritis,
 7        autism,
 8        blindness,
 9        burn injury,
10        cancer,
11        cerebral palsy,
12        cystic fibrosis,
13        deafness,
14        head injury,
15        heart disease,
16        hemiplegia,
17        hemophilia,
18        respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction,
19        mental retardation,
20        mental illness,
21        multiple sclerosis,
22        muscular dystrophy,
23        musculoskeletal disorders,
24        neurological disorders, including stroke and epilepsy,
25        paraplegia,
26        quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions,
27        sickle cell anemia,
28        specific learning disabilities, or
29        end stage renal failure disease; and
30        (b)  substantially  limits  one  or  more of the person's
31    major life activities.
32        Another disability or  combination  of  disabilities  may
33    also be considered as a severe disability for the purposes of
34    item  (a) of this subdivision (2.1) if it is determined by an
 
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 1    evaluation of rehabilitation potential to cause a  comparable
 2    degree  of  substantial  functional limitation similar to the
 3    specific list of disabilities listed  in  item  (a)  of  this
 4    subdivision (2.1).
 5        (3)  "Minority  owned  business" means a business concern
 6    which is at least 51% owned by one or more minority  persons,
 7    or in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in
 8    which  is  owned  by  one  or  more minority persons; and the
 9    management  and  daily  business  operations  of  which   are
10    controlled by one or more of the minority individuals who own
11    it.
12        (4)  "Female  owned  business"  means  a business concern
13    which is at least 51% owned by one or more  females,  or,  in
14    the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in which
15    is owned by one or more females; and the management and daily
16    business operations of which are controlled by one or more of
17    the females who own it.
18        (4.1)  "Business  owned  by  a  person with a disability"
19    means a business concern that is at least 51% owned by one or
20    more persons with a disability and the management  and  daily
21    business operations of which are controlled by one or more of
22    the  persons  with disabilities who own it.  A not-for-profit
23    agency for persons with  disabilities  that  is  exempt  from
24    taxation  under  Section  501 of the Internal Revenue Code of
25    1986 is also considered a "business owned by a person with  a
26    disability".
27        (4.2)  "Council"  means  the  Business Enterprise Council
28    for  Minorities,  Females,  and  Persons  with   Disabilities
29    created under Section 5 of this Act.
30        (5)  "State  contracts"  shall  mean all State contracts,
31    funded exclusively with State funds which are not subject  to
32    federal   reimbursement,   whether   competitively   bid   or
33    negotiated  as  defined  by  the Secretary of the Council and
34    approved by the Council.
 
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 1        "State construction contracts" means all State  contracts
 2    entered  into   by a State agency or State university for the
 3    repair, remodeling, renovation or construction of a  building
 4    or  structure,  or  for  the construction or maintenance of a
 5    highway defined in Article 2 of the Illinois Highway Code.
 6        (6)  "State  agencies"  shall   mean   all   departments,
 7    officers,   boards,   commissions,  institutions  and  bodies
 8    politic and corporate of the State, but does not include  the
 9    Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of
10    Trustees  of  Southern  Illinois  University,  the  Board  of
11    Trustees  of  Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees
12    of Eastern Illinois University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of
13    Governors State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois
14    State  University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of Northeastern
15    Illinois  University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Northern
16    Illinois  University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of   Western
17    Illinois    University,   municipalities   or   other   local
18    governmental units, or other State constitutional officers.
19        (7)  "State  universities"  shall  mean  the   Board   of
20    Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees
21    of  Southern  Illinois  University,  the Board of Trustees of
22    Chicago State University, the Board of  Trustees  of  Eastern
23    Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
24    University,   the   Board   of  Trustees  of  Illinois  State
25    University, the Board of Trustees  of  Northeastern  Illinois
26    University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Northern  Illinois
27    University,  and  the  Board  of Trustees of Western Illinois
28    University.
29        (8)  "Certification"  means a determination made  by  the
30    Council  or  by  one  delegated authority from the Council to
31    make certifications, or by  a  State  agency  with  statutory
32    authority  to  make  such  a  certification,  that a business
33    entity is a business owned by a minority, female,  or  person
34    with a disability for whatever purpose.
 
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 1        (9)  "Control"  means  the exclusive or ultimate and sole
 2    control of  the  business  including,  but  not  limited  to,
 3    capital investment and all other financial matters, property,
 4    acquisitions,    contract    negotiations,   legal   matters,
 5    officer-director-employee selection and comprehensive hiring,
 6    operating responsibilities, cost-control matters, income  and
 7    dividend  matters, financial transactions and rights of other
 8    shareholders  or  joint  partners.  Control  shall  be  real,
 9    substantial and continuing,  not  pro  forma.  Control  shall
10    include  the  power  to  direct or cause the direction of the
11    management and policies of  the  business  and  to  make  the
12    day-to-day  as  well as major decisions in matters of policy,
13    management and operations.  Control shall be  exemplified  by
14    possessing  the  requisite knowledge and expertise to run the
15    particular business and  control  shall  not  include  simple
16    majority or absentee ownership.
17        (10)  "Business  concern  or  business"  means a business
18    which has annual gross sales for the most recent fiscal  year
19    of  less  than  an  amount established by rule by the Council
20    $14,000,000, except that a firm with gross sales in excess of
21    that  amount  $14,000,000  may  apply  to  the  Council   for
22    certification  for  a  particular  contract  if  the firm can
23    demonstrate that the contract would have  significant  impact
24    on  businesses  owned by minorities, females, or persons with
25    disabilities as suppliers or subcontractors or in  employment
26    of minorities, females, or persons with disabilities.
27        (B)  When a business concern is owned at least 51% by any
28    combination  of  minority  persons,  females, or persons with
29    disabilities, even though none of the 3 classes  alone  holds
30    at  least  a  51%  interest,  the  ownership  requirement for
31    purposes  of  this  Act  is  considered  to  be   met.    The
32    certification  category for the business is that of the class
33    holding the largest ownership interest in the business.  If 2
34    or  more  classes  have  equal   ownership   interests,   the
 
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 1    certification  category shall be determined by the Department
 2    of Central Management Services.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-377;   88-597,  eff.  8-28-94;   89-4,  eff.
 4    1-1-96.)

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

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