Bill Text: IL HB5058 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a duly appointed member attending a meeting of the Commission may be counted as attending for the purpose of quorum if the member is accessing the meeting virtually via two-way, live communication.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5058 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5058-Introduced.html

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5058

Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 405/405-540

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a duly appointed member attending a meeting of the Commission may be counted as attending for the purpose of quorum if the member is accessing the meeting virtually via two-way, live communication.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
5Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6changing Section 405-540 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 405/405-540)
8 Sec. 405-540. African Descent-Citizens Reparations
9Commission.
10 (a) The African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission is
11hereby established within the Department of Central Management
12Services.
13 (b) The Commission shall include the following members:
14 (1) the Governor or his or her designee;
15 (2) one member of the House of Representatives
16 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
17 (3) one member of the Senate appointed by the
18 President of the Senate;
19 (4) one member of the House of Representatives
20 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
21 Representatives;
22 (5) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority
23 Leader of the Senate;

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1 (6) three representatives of a national coalition that
2 supports reparations for African Americans appointed by
3 the Governor; and
4 (7) ten members of the public appointed by the
5 Governor, at least 8 of whom are African American
6 descendants of slavery.
7 (c) Appointment of members to the Commission shall be made
8within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 101st General Assembly, with the first meeting of the
10Commission to be held at a reasonable period of time
11thereafter. The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected
12from among the members during the first meeting. Members of
13the Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be
14reimbursed for travel expenses. The 10 members of the public
15appointed by the Governor shall be from diverse backgrounds,
16including businesspersons and persons without high school
17diplomas.
18 (c-5) A duly appointed member attending a meeting of the
19Commission may be counted as attending for the purpose of
20quorum if the member is accessing the meeting virtually via
21two-way, live communication.
22 (d) Administrative support and staffing for the Commission
23shall be provided by the Department of Central Management
24Services. Any State agency under the jurisdiction of the
25Governor shall provide testimony and documents as directed by
26the Department.

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1 (e) The Commission shall perform the following duties:
2 (1) develop and implement measures to ensure equity,
3 equality, and parity for African American descendants of
4 slavery;
5 (2) hold hearings to discuss the implementation of
6 measures to ensure equity, equality, and parity for
7 African American descendants of slavery;
8 (3) educate the public on reparations for African
9 American descendants of slavery;
10 (4) report to the General Assembly information and
11 findings regarding the work of the Commission under this
12 Section and the feasibility of reparations for Illinois
13 African American descendants of slavery, including any
14 recommendations on the subject; and
15 (5) discuss and perform actions regarding the
16 following issues:
17 (i) Preservation of African American neighborhoods
18 and communities through investment in business
19 development, home ownership, and affordable housing at
20 the median income of each neighborhood, with a full
21 range of housing services and strengthening of
22 institutions, which shall include, without limitation,
23 schools, parks, and community centers.
24 (ii) Building and development of a Vocational
25 Training Center for People of African
26 Descent-Citizens, with satellite centers throughout

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1 the State, to address the racial disparity in the
2 building trades and the de-skilling of African
3 American labor through the historic discrimination in
4 the building trade unions. The Center shall also have
5 departments for legitimate activities in the informal
6 economy and apprenticeship.
7 (iii) Ensuring proportional economic
8 representation in all State contracts, including
9 reviews and recommendations for changes to the State
10 procurement and contracting requirements and
11 procedures with the express goal of increasing the
12 number of African American vendors and contracts for
13 services to an equitable level reflecting their
14 population in the State.
15 (iv) Creation and enforcement of an Illinois
16 Slavery Era Disclosure Bill mandating that in addition
17 to disclosure, an affidavit must be submitted entitled
18 "Statement of Financial Reparations" that has been
19 negotiated between the Commission established under
20 this Section and a corporation or institution that
21 disclosed ties to the enslavement or injury of people
22 of African descent in the United States of America.
23 (f) Beginning January 1, 2022, and for each year
24thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report regarding its
25actions and any information as required under this Section to
26the Governor and the General Assembly. The report of the

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