Bill Amendment: IL SB0534 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: BUREAU APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
Status: 2019-07-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0170 [SB0534 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0534-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: BUREAU APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
Status: 2019-07-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0170 [SB0534 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0534-House_Amendment_001.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 534
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 534 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Labor Law of the
Civil | ||||||
| 5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 6 | 1505-215 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 1505/1505-215 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 1505-215. Bureau on Apprenticeship Programs; Advisory | ||||||
| 9 | Board. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) There is created within the Department of Labor a | ||||||
| 11 | Bureau on Apprenticeship Programs. This Bureau shall work to | ||||||
| 12 | increase minority participation in active apprentice programs | ||||||
| 13 | in Illinois that are approved by the United States Department | ||||||
| 14 | of Labor. The Bureau shall identify barriers to minorities | ||||||
| 15 | gaining access to construction careers and make | ||||||
| 16 | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly for | ||||||
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| 1 | policies to remove those barriers. The Department may hire | ||||||
| 2 | staff to perform outreach in promoting diversity in active | ||||||
| 3 | apprenticeship programs approved by the United States | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Labor. The Bureau shall annually compile racial | ||||||
| 5 | and gender workforce diversity information from contractors | ||||||
| 6 | receiving State or other public funds and by labor unions with | ||||||
| 7 | members working on projects receiving State or other public | ||||||
| 8 | funds. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) There is created the Advisory Board for Diversity in | ||||||
| 10 | Active Apprenticeship Programs Approved by the United States | ||||||
| 11 | Department of Labor. This Advisory Board shall be composed of | ||||||
| 12 | 12 legislators; 3 members appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 13 | Senate, 3 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 14 | Representatives, 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader of | ||||||
| 15 | the Senate, and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader of | ||||||
| 16 | the House of Representatives. The President of the Senate and | ||||||
| 17 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint | ||||||
| 18 | a co-chairperson. Members of the Advisory Board shall receive | ||||||
| 19 | no compensation for serving as members of the Advisory Board. | ||||||
| 20 | The Advisory Board shall meet quarterly. The Advisory Board may | ||||||
| 21 | request necessary additional information from the Department, | ||||||
| 22 | other State agencies, or public institutions of higher | ||||||
| 23 | education for the purposes of performing its duties under this | ||||||
| 24 | Section. The Advisory Board may advise the Department of | ||||||
| 25 | programs to increase diversity in active apprenticeship | ||||||
| 26 | programs. The Department shall provide administrative support | ||||||
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| 1 | and staffing for the Advisory Board.
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| 2 | Section 10. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, | ||||||
| 3 | and Persons with
Disabilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 4 | Sections 4, 4f, 7, and 9 as follows:
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| 5 | (30 ILCS 575/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.604)
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| 6 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
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| 7 | Sec. 4. Award of State contracts.
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| 8 | (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), not less | ||||||
| 9 | than 20% of
the total dollar amount of State contracts, as | ||||||
| 10 | defined by the Secretary of
the Council and approved by the | ||||||
| 11 | Council, shall be established as an aspirational goal to
be | ||||||
| 12 | awarded to businesses owned by minorities,
women, and persons | ||||||
| 13 | with disabilities; provided, however, that
of the total amount | ||||||
| 14 | of all
State contracts awarded to businesses owned by
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| 15 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities pursuant to
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| 16 | this Section, contracts representing at least 11% shall be | ||||||
| 17 | awarded to businesses owned by minorities, contracts | ||||||
| 18 | representing at least 7% shall be awarded to women-owned | ||||||
| 19 | businesses, and contracts representing at least 2% shall be | ||||||
| 20 | awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities.
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| 21 | The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount of | ||||||
| 22 | State
contracts during each State fiscal year, calculated by | ||||||
| 23 | examining
independently each type of contract for each agency | ||||||
| 24 | or public institutions of higher education which
lets such | ||||||
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| 1 | contracts. Only that percentage of arrangements which | ||||||
| 2 | represents the participation of businesses owned by
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| 3 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities on such | ||||||
| 4 | contracts shall
be included.
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| 5 | (b) Not In the case of State construction contracts, the | ||||||
| 6 | provisions of
subsection (a) requiring a portion of State | ||||||
| 7 | contracts to be awarded to
businesses owned and controlled by | ||||||
| 8 | persons with
disabilities do not apply. The following | ||||||
| 9 | aspirational goals are established for State construction | ||||||
| 10 | contracts: not less
than 20% of the total dollar amount of | ||||||
| 11 | State construction contracts is
established as an aspirational | ||||||
| 12 | a goal to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, | ||||||
| 13 | and persons with disabilities; provided that, contracts | ||||||
| 14 | representing at least 11% of the total dollar amount of State | ||||||
| 15 | construction contracts shall be awarded to businesses owned by | ||||||
| 16 | minorities; contracts representing at least 7% of the total | ||||||
| 17 | dollar amount of State construction contracts shall be awarded | ||||||
| 18 | to women-owned businesses; and contracts representing at least | ||||||
| 19 | 2% of the total dollar amount of State construction contracts | ||||||
| 20 | shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with | ||||||
| 21 | disabilities minority-owned and women-owned
businesses.
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| 22 | (c) (Blank). In the case of all work undertaken by the | ||||||
| 23 | University of Illinois related to the planning, organization, | ||||||
| 24 | and staging of the games, the University of Illinois shall | ||||||
| 25 | establish a goal of awarding not less than 25% of the annual | ||||||
| 26 | dollar value of all contracts, purchase orders, and other | ||||||
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| 1 | agreements (collectively referred to as "the contracts") to | ||||||
| 2 | minority-owned businesses or businesses owned by a person with | ||||||
| 3 | a disability and 5% of the annual dollar value the contracts to | ||||||
| 4 | women-owned businesses. For purposes of this subsection, the | ||||||
| 5 | term "games" has the meaning set forth in the Olympic Games and | ||||||
| 6 | Paralympic Games (2016) Law. | ||||||
| 7 | (d) Within one year after April 28, 2009 (the effective | ||||||
| 8 | date of Public Act 96-8), the Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 9 | Services shall conduct a social scientific study that measures | ||||||
| 10 | the impact of discrimination on minority and women business | ||||||
| 11 | development in Illinois. Within 18 months after April 28, 2009 | ||||||
| 12 | (the effective date of Public Act 96-8), the Department shall | ||||||
| 13 | issue a report of its findings and any recommendations on | ||||||
| 14 | whether to adjust the goals for minority and women | ||||||
| 15 | participation established in this Act. Copies of this report | ||||||
| 16 | and the social scientific study shall be filed with the | ||||||
| 17 | Governor and the General Assembly. | ||||||
| 18 | By December 1, 2020, the Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 19 | Services shall conduct a new social scientific study that | ||||||
| 20 | measures the impact of discrimination on minority and women | ||||||
| 21 | business development in Illinois. By June 1, 2022, the | ||||||
| 22 | Department shall issue a report of its findings and any | ||||||
| 23 | recommendations on whether to adjust the goals for minority and | ||||||
| 24 | women participation established in this Act. Copies of this | ||||||
| 25 | report and the social scientific study shall be filed with the | ||||||
| 26 | Governor, the Advisory Board, and the General Assembly. | ||||||
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| 1 | (e) Except as permitted under this Act or as otherwise | ||||||
| 2 | mandated by federal law or regulation, those who submit bids or | ||||||
| 3 | proposals for State contracts subject to the provisions of this | ||||||
| 4 | Act, whose bids or proposals are successful and include a | ||||||
| 5 | utilization plan but that fail to meet the goals set forth in | ||||||
| 6 | subsection (b) of this Section, shall be notified of that | ||||||
| 7 | deficiency and shall be afforded a period not to exceed 10 | ||||||
| 8 | calendar days from the date of notification to cure that | ||||||
| 9 | deficiency in the bid or proposal. The deficiency in the bid or | ||||||
| 10 | proposal may only be cured by contracting with additional | ||||||
| 11 | subcontractors who are owned by minorities or women. Any | ||||||
| 12 | increase in cost to
a contract for the addition of a | ||||||
| 13 | subcontractor to cure a bid's deficiency
shall not be used in | ||||||
| 14 | the request for an exemption in this Act, and , but in no case | ||||||
| 15 | shall an identified subcontractor with a certification made | ||||||
| 16 | pursuant to this Act be terminated from the contract without | ||||||
| 17 | the written consent of the State agency or public institution | ||||||
| 18 | of higher education entering into the contract. | ||||||
| 19 | (f) Non-construction solicitations that include Business | ||||||
| 20 | Enterprise Program participation goals shall require bidders | ||||||
| 21 | and offerors to include utilization plans. Utilization plans | ||||||
| 22 | are due at the time of bid or offer submission. Failure to | ||||||
| 23 | complete and include a utilization plan, including | ||||||
| 24 | documentation demonstrating good faith effort when requesting | ||||||
| 25 | a waiver, shall render the bid or offer non-responsive. | ||||||
| 26 | (Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 99-514, eff. 6-30-16; | ||||||
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| 1 | 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
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| 2 | (30 ILCS 575/4f) | ||||||
| 3 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 4f. Award of State contracts. | ||||||
| 5 | (1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the | ||||||
| 6 | State of Illinois to promote and encourage each State agency | ||||||
| 7 | and public institution of higher education to use businesses | ||||||
| 8 | owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in | ||||||
| 9 | the area of goods and services, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
| 10 | insurance services, investment management services, | ||||||
| 11 | information technology services, accounting services, | ||||||
| 12 | architectural and engineering services, and legal services. | ||||||
| 13 | Furthermore, each State agency and public institution of higher | ||||||
| 14 | education shall utilize such firms to the greatest extent | ||||||
| 15 | feasible within the bounds of financial and fiduciary prudence, | ||||||
| 16 | and take affirmative steps to remove any barriers to the full | ||||||
| 17 | participation of such firms in the procurement and contracting | ||||||
| 18 | opportunities afforded. | ||||||
| 19 | (a) When a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
| 20 | education, other than a community college, awards a | ||||||
| 21 | contract for insurance services, for each State agency or | ||||||
| 22 | public institution of higher education, it shall be the | ||||||
| 23 | aspirational goal to use insurance brokers owned by | ||||||
| 24 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as | ||||||
| 25 | defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total | ||||||
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| 1 | annual premiums or fees; provided that, contracts | ||||||
| 2 | representing at least 11% of the total annual premiums or | ||||||
| 3 | fees shall be awarded to businesses owned by minorities; | ||||||
| 4 | contracts representing at least 7% of the total annual | ||||||
| 5 | premiums or fees shall be awarded to women-owned | ||||||
| 6 | businesses; and contracts representing at least 2% of the | ||||||
| 7 | total annual premiums or fees shall be awarded to | ||||||
| 8 | businesses owned by persons with disabilities. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) When a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
| 10 | education, other than a community college, awards a | ||||||
| 11 | contract for investment services, for each State agency or | ||||||
| 12 | public institution of higher education, it shall be the | ||||||
| 13 | aspirational goal to use emerging investment managers | ||||||
| 14 | owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities | ||||||
| 15 | as defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total | ||||||
| 16 | funds under management; provided that, contracts | ||||||
| 17 | representing at least 11% of the total funds under | ||||||
| 18 | management shall be awarded to businesses owned by | ||||||
| 19 | minorities; contracts representing at least 7% of the total | ||||||
| 20 | funds under management shall be awarded to women-owned | ||||||
| 21 | businesses; and contracts representing at least 2% of the | ||||||
| 22 | total funds under management shall be awarded to businesses | ||||||
| 23 | owned by persons with disabilities. Furthermore, it is the | ||||||
| 24 | aspirational goal that not less than 20% of the direct | ||||||
| 25 | asset managers of the State funds be minorities, women, and | ||||||
| 26 | persons with disabilities. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) When a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
| 2 | education, other than a community college, awards | ||||||
| 3 | contracts for information technology services, accounting | ||||||
| 4 | services, architectural and engineering services, and | ||||||
| 5 | legal services, for each State agency and public | ||||||
| 6 | institution of higher education, it shall be the | ||||||
| 7 | aspirational goal to use such firms owned by minorities, | ||||||
| 8 | women, and persons with disabilities as defined by this Act | ||||||
| 9 | and lawyers who are minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
| 10 | disabilities as defined by this Act, for not less than 20% | ||||||
| 11 | of the total dollar amount of State contracts; provided | ||||||
| 12 | that, contracts representing at least 11% of the total | ||||||
| 13 | dollar amount of State contracts shall be awarded to | ||||||
| 14 | businesses owned by minorities or minority lawyers; | ||||||
| 15 | contracts representing at least 7% of the total dollar | ||||||
| 16 | amount of State contracts shall be awarded to women-owned | ||||||
| 17 | businesses or women who are lawyers; and contracts | ||||||
| 18 | representing at least 2% of the total dollar amount of | ||||||
| 19 | State contracts shall be awarded to businesses owned by | ||||||
| 20 | persons with disabilities or persons with disabilities who | ||||||
| 21 | are lawyers. | ||||||
| 22 | (d) When a community college awards a contract for | ||||||
| 23 | insurance services, investment services, information | ||||||
| 24 | technology services, accounting services, architectural | ||||||
| 25 | and engineering services, and legal services, it shall be | ||||||
| 26 | the aspirational goal of each community college to use | ||||||
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| 1 | businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
| 2 | disabilities as defined in this Act for not less than 20% | ||||||
| 3 | of the total amount spent on contracts for these services | ||||||
| 4 | collectively; provided that, contracts representing at | ||||||
| 5 | least 11% of the total amount spent on contracts for these | ||||||
| 6 | services shall be awarded to businesses owned by | ||||||
| 7 | minorities; contracts representing at least 7% of the total | ||||||
| 8 | amount spent on contracts for these services shall be | ||||||
| 9 | awarded to women-owned businesses; and contracts | ||||||
| 10 | representing at least 2% of the total amount spent on | ||||||
| 11 | contracts for these services shall be awarded to businesses | ||||||
| 12 | owned by persons with disabilities. When a community | ||||||
| 13 | college awards contracts for investment services, | ||||||
| 14 | contracts awarded to investment managers who are not | ||||||
| 15 | emerging investment managers as defined in this Act shall | ||||||
| 16 | not be considered businesses owned by minorities, women, or | ||||||
| 17 | persons with disabilities for the purposes of this Section. | ||||||
| 18 | (2) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 19 | "Accounting services" means the measurement, | ||||||
| 20 | processing and communication of financial information | ||||||
| 21 | about economic entities including, but is not limited to, | ||||||
| 22 | financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, | ||||||
| 23 | cost containment and auditing services, taxation and | ||||||
| 24 | accounting information systems. | ||||||
| 25 | "Architectural and engineering services" means | ||||||
| 26 | professional services of an architectural or engineering | ||||||
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| 1 | nature, or incidental services, that members of the | ||||||
| 2 | architectural and engineering professions, and individuals | ||||||
| 3 | in their employ, may logically or justifiably perform, | ||||||
| 4 | including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping, | ||||||
| 5 | tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning, | ||||||
| 6 | program management, conceptual designs, plans and | ||||||
| 7 | specifications, value engineering, construction phase | ||||||
| 8 | services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation | ||||||
| 9 | of operating and maintenance manuals, and other related | ||||||
| 10 | services. | ||||||
| 11 | "Emerging investment manager" means an investment | ||||||
| 12 | manager or claims consultant having assets under | ||||||
| 13 | management below $10 billion or otherwise adjudicating | ||||||
| 14 | claims. | ||||||
| 15 | "Information technology services" means, but is not | ||||||
| 16 | limited to, specialized technology-oriented solutions by | ||||||
| 17 | combining the processes and functions of software, | ||||||
| 18 | hardware, networks, telecommunications, web designers, | ||||||
| 19 | cloud developing resellers, and electronics. | ||||||
| 20 | "Insurance broker" means an insurance brokerage firm, | ||||||
| 21 | claims administrator, or both, that procures, places all | ||||||
| 22 | lines of insurance, or administers claims with annual | ||||||
| 23 | premiums or fees of at least $5,000,000 but not more than | ||||||
| 24 | $10,000,000. | ||||||
| 25 | "Legal services" means work performed by a lawyer | ||||||
| 26 | including, but not limited to, contracts in anticipation of | ||||||
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| 1 | litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations. | ||||||
| 2 | (3) Each State agency and public institution of higher | ||||||
| 3 | education shall adopt policies that identify its plan and | ||||||
| 4 | implementation procedures for increasing the use of service | ||||||
| 5 | firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
| 6 | disabilities. | ||||||
| 7 | (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the Council shall | ||||||
| 8 | file no later than March 1 of each year an annual report to the | ||||||
| 9 | Governor, the Bureau on Apprenticeship Programs, and the | ||||||
| 10 | General Assembly. The report filed with the General Assembly | ||||||
| 11 | shall be filed as required in Section 3.1 of the General | ||||||
| 12 | Assembly Organization Act. This report shall: (i) identify the | ||||||
| 13 | service firms used by each State agency and public institution | ||||||
| 14 | of higher education, (ii) identify the actions it has | ||||||
| 15 | undertaken to increase the use of service firms owned by | ||||||
| 16 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, including | ||||||
| 17 | encouraging non-minority-owned firms to use other service | ||||||
| 18 | firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities | ||||||
| 19 | as subcontractors when the opportunities arise, (iii) state any | ||||||
| 20 | recommendations made by the Council to each State agency and | ||||||
| 21 | public institution of higher education to increase | ||||||
| 22 | participation by the use of service firms owned by minorities, | ||||||
| 23 | women, and persons with disabilities, and (iv) include the | ||||||
| 24 | following: | ||||||
| 25 | (A) For insurance services: the names of the insurance | ||||||
| 26 | brokers or claims consultants used, the total of risk | ||||||
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| 1 | managed by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
| 2 | higher education by insurance brokers, the total | ||||||
| 3 | commissions, fees paid, or both, the lines or insurance | ||||||
| 4 | policies placed, and the amount of premiums placed; and the | ||||||
| 5 | percentage of the risk managed by insurance brokers, the | ||||||
| 6 | percentage of total commission, fees paid, or both, the | ||||||
| 7 | lines or insurance policies placed, and the amount of | ||||||
| 8 | premiums placed with each by the insurance brokers owned by | ||||||
| 9 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities by each | ||||||
| 10 | State agency and public institution of higher education. | ||||||
| 11 | (B) For investment management services: the names of | ||||||
| 12 | the investment managers used, the total funds under | ||||||
| 13 | management of investment managers; the total commissions, | ||||||
| 14 | fees paid, or both; the total and percentage of funds under | ||||||
| 15 | management of emerging investment managers owned by | ||||||
| 16 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, | ||||||
| 17 | including the total and percentage of total commissions, | ||||||
| 18 | fees paid, or both by each State agency and public | ||||||
| 19 | institution of higher education. | ||||||
| 20 | (C) The names of service firms, the percentage and | ||||||
| 21 | total dollar amount paid for professional services by | ||||||
| 22 | category by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
| 23 | higher education. | ||||||
| 24 | (D) The names of service firms, the percentage and | ||||||
| 25 | total dollar amount paid for services by category to firms | ||||||
| 26 | owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities | ||||||
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| 1 | by each State agency and public institution of higher | ||||||
| 2 | education. | ||||||
| 3 | (E) The total number of contracts awarded for services | ||||||
| 4 | by category and the total number of contracts awarded to | ||||||
| 5 | firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
| 6 | disabilities by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
| 7 | higher education. | ||||||
| 8 | (5) For community college districts, the Business | ||||||
| 9 | Enterprise Council shall only report the following information | ||||||
| 10 | for each community college district: (i) the name of the | ||||||
| 11 | community colleges in the district, (ii) the name and contact | ||||||
| 12 | information of a person at each community college appointed to | ||||||
| 13 | be the single point of contact for vendors owned by minorities, | ||||||
| 14 | women, or persons with disabilities, (iii) the policy of the | ||||||
| 15 | community college district concerning certified vendors, (iv) | ||||||
| 16 | the certifications recognized by the community college | ||||||
| 17 | district for determining whether a business is owned or | ||||||
| 18 | controlled by a minority, woman, or person with a disability, | ||||||
| 19 | (v) outreach efforts conducted by the community college | ||||||
| 20 | district to increase the use of certified vendors, (vi) the | ||||||
| 21 | total expenditures by the community college district in the | ||||||
| 22 | prior fiscal year in the divisions of work specified in | ||||||
| 23 | paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section | ||||||
| 24 | and the amount paid to certified vendors in those divisions of | ||||||
| 25 | work, and (vii) the total number of contracts entered into for | ||||||
| 26 | the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) | ||||||
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| 1 | of subsection (1) of this Section and the total number of | ||||||
| 2 | contracts awarded to certified vendors providing these | ||||||
| 3 | services to the community college district. The Business | ||||||
| 4 | Enterprise Council shall not make any utilization reports under | ||||||
| 5 | this Act for community college districts for Fiscal Year 2015 | ||||||
| 6 | and Fiscal Year 2016, but shall make the report required by | ||||||
| 7 | this subsection for Fiscal Year 2017 and for each fiscal year | ||||||
| 8 | thereafter. The Business Enterprise Council shall report the | ||||||
| 9 | information in items (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this | ||||||
| 10 | subsection beginning in September of 2016. The Business | ||||||
| 11 | Enterprise Council may collect the data needed to make its | ||||||
| 12 | report from the Illinois Community College Board. | ||||||
| 13 | (6) The status of the utilization of services shall be | ||||||
| 14 | discussed at each of the regularly scheduled Business | ||||||
| 15 | Enterprise Council meetings. Time shall be allotted for the | ||||||
| 16 | Council to receive, review, and discuss the progress of the use | ||||||
| 17 | of service firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
| 18 | disabilities by each State agency and public institution of | ||||||
| 19 | higher education; and any evidence regarding past or present | ||||||
| 20 | racial, ethnic, or gender-based discrimination which directly | ||||||
| 21 | impacts a State agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
| 22 | education contracting with such firms. If after reviewing such | ||||||
| 23 | evidence the Council finds that there is or has been such | ||||||
| 24 | discrimination against a specific group, race or sex, the | ||||||
| 25 | Council shall establish sheltered markets or adjust existing | ||||||
| 26 | sheltered markets tailored to address the Council's specific | ||||||
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| 1 | findings for the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a), | ||||||
| 2 | (b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section.
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| 3 | (Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||||||
| 4 | 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
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| 5 | (30 ILCS 575/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.607) | ||||||
| 6 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 7. Exemptions; waivers; publication of data. | ||||||
| 8 | (1) Individual contract exemptions.
The Council, on its own | ||||||
| 9 | initiative or at the written request of the affected agency,
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| 10 | public institution of higher education, or recipient of a grant | ||||||
| 11 | or loan of State funds of $250,000 or more complying with | ||||||
| 12 | Section 45 of the State Finance Act, may permit an individual | ||||||
| 13 | contract or contract package,
(related contracts being bid or | ||||||
| 14 | awarded simultaneously for the same project
or improvements) be | ||||||
| 15 | made wholly or partially exempt from State contracting
goals | ||||||
| 16 | for businesses owned by
minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
| 17 | disabilities prior to the advertisement
for bids or | ||||||
| 18 | solicitation of proposals whenever there has been a
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| 19 | determination, reduced to writing and based on the best | ||||||
| 20 | information
available at the time of the determination, that | ||||||
| 21 | there is an insufficient
number of businesses owned by | ||||||
| 22 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to ensure | ||||||
| 23 | adequate
competition and an expectation of reasonable prices on | ||||||
| 24 | bids or proposals
solicited for the individual contract or | ||||||
| 25 | contract package in question. The Council may charge a | ||||||
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| 1 | reasonable fee for written
request of individual contract | ||||||
| 2 | exemptions. Any such exemptions shall be given by
the Council | ||||||
| 3 | to the Bureau on Apprenticeship Programs. | ||||||
| 4 | (a) Written request for contract exemption. A written | ||||||
| 5 | request for an individual contract exception must include, | ||||||
| 6 | but is not limited to, the following: | ||||||
| 7 | (i) a list of qualified businesses owned by | ||||||
| 8 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that | ||||||
| 9 | would qualify for the purpose of the contract; | ||||||
| 10 | (ii) each business's deficiency that would impair | ||||||
| 11 | adequate competition or qualification; | ||||||
| 12 | (iii) the difference in cost between the contract | ||||||
| 13 | proposals being offered by businesses owned by | ||||||
| 14 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities and | ||||||
| 15 | the agency or the public institution of higher | ||||||
| 16 | education's expectations of reasonable prices on bids | ||||||
| 17 | or proposals within that class; and | ||||||
| 18 | (iv) a list of qualified businesses owned by | ||||||
| 19 | minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities that | ||||||
| 20 | the contractor has used in the most recent fiscal year. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) Determination. The Council's determination | ||||||
| 22 | concerning an individual contract exemption must include | ||||||
| 23 | the following: | ||||||
| 24 | (i) the justification for each business's | ||||||
| 25 | disqualification; | ||||||
| 26 | (ii) the number of waivers of the affected agency, | ||||||
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| 1 | public institution of higher education, or recipient | ||||||
| 2 | of a grant or loan of State funds of $250,000 or more | ||||||
| 3 | complying with Section 45 of the State Finance Act that | ||||||
| 4 | have been granted by the Council for that fiscal year; | ||||||
| 5 | and | ||||||
| 6 | (iii) the affected agency or public institution of | ||||||
| 7 | higher education's most current percentages in | ||||||
| 8 | contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, | ||||||
| 9 | women, and persons with disabilities for that fiscal | ||||||
| 10 | year. | ||||||
| 11 | (2) Class exemptions. | ||||||
| 12 | (a) Creation. The Council, on its own initiative
or at | ||||||
| 13 | the written request of the affected agency or public | ||||||
| 14 | institution of higher education, may permit an entire
class | ||||||
| 15 | of
contracts be made exempt from State
contracting goals | ||||||
| 16 | for businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons
with | ||||||
| 17 | disabilities whenever there has been a determination, | ||||||
| 18 | reduced to
writing and based on the best information | ||||||
| 19 | available at the time of the
determination, that there is | ||||||
| 20 | an insufficient number of qualified businesses owned by | ||||||
| 21 | minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities to ensure | ||||||
| 22 | adequate competition and an
expectation of reasonable | ||||||
| 23 | prices on bids or proposals within that class. Any such | ||||||
| 24 | exemption shall be given by
the Council to the Bureau on | ||||||
| 25 | Apprenticeship Programs. | ||||||
| 26 | (a-1) Written request for class exemption. A written | ||||||
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| |||||||
| 1 | request for a class exception must include, but is not | ||||||
| 2 | limited to, the following: | ||||||
| 3 | (i) a list of qualified businesses owned by | ||||||
| 4 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that | ||||||
| 5 | pertain to the class of contracts in the requested | ||||||
| 6 | waiver; | ||||||
| 7 | (ii) each business's deficiency that would impair | ||||||
| 8 | adequate competition or qualification; | ||||||
| 9 | (iii) the difference in cost between the contract | ||||||
| 10 | proposals being offered by businesses owned by | ||||||
| 11 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities and | ||||||
| 12 | the agency or the public institution of higher | ||||||
| 13 | education's expectations of reasonable prices on bids | ||||||
| 14 | or proposals within that class; and | ||||||
| 15 | (iv) the number of class exemptions the affected | ||||||
| 16 | agency or public institution
of higher education has | ||||||
| 17 | requested for that fiscal year. | ||||||
| 18 | (a-2) Determination. The Council's determination | ||||||
| 19 | concerning class exemptions must include the following: | ||||||
| 20 | (i) the justification for each business's | ||||||
| 21 | disqualification; | ||||||
| 22 | (ii) the number of waivers of the requesting agency | ||||||
| 23 | or public institution of higher education that have | ||||||
| 24 | been granted by the Council for that fiscal year; and | ||||||
| 25 | (iii) the agency or public institution of higher | ||||||
| 26 | education's most current percentages in contracts | ||||||
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| 1 | awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and | ||||||
| 2 | persons with disabilities for that fiscal year. | ||||||
| 3 | (b) Limitation. Any such class exemption shall not be | ||||||
| 4 | permitted for a
period of more than one year at a time. | ||||||
| 5 | (3) Waivers. Where a particular contract requires a | ||||||
| 6 | contractor to meet
a goal established pursuant to this Act, the | ||||||
| 7 | contractor shall have the right
to request a waiver from such | ||||||
| 8 | requirements. The Council shall grant the
waiver where the | ||||||
| 9 | contractor demonstrates that there has been made a good
faith | ||||||
| 10 | effort to comply with the goals for
participation by businesses | ||||||
| 11 | owned by minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities. Any | ||||||
| 12 | such waiver shall also be
transmitted in writing to the Bureau | ||||||
| 13 | on Apprenticeship Programs. | ||||||
| 14 | (a) Request for waiver. A contractor's request for a | ||||||
| 15 | waiver under this subsection (3) must include, but is not | ||||||
| 16 | limited to, the following: | ||||||
| 17 | (i) a list of qualified businesses owned by | ||||||
| 18 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that | ||||||
| 19 | pertain to the class of contracts in the requested | ||||||
| 20 | waiver; | ||||||
| 21 | (ii) each business's deficiency that would impair | ||||||
| 22 | adequate competition or qualification; | ||||||
| 23 | (iii) the difference in cost between the contract | ||||||
| 24 | proposals being offered by businesses owned by | ||||||
| 25 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities and | ||||||
| 26 | the agency or the public institution of higher | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | education's expectations of reasonable prices on bids | ||||||
| 2 | or proposals within that class. | ||||||
| 3 | (b) Determination. The Council's determination | ||||||
| 4 | concerning waivers must include following: | ||||||
| 5 | (i) the justification for each business's | ||||||
| 6 | disqualification; | ||||||
| 7 | (ii) the number of waivers the contractor has been | ||||||
| 8 | granted by the Council for that fiscal year; | ||||||
| 9 | (iii) the affected agency or public institution of | ||||||
| 10 | higher education's most current percentages in | ||||||
| 11 | contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, | ||||||
| 12 | women, and persons with disabilities for that fiscal | ||||||
| 13 | year; and | ||||||
| 14 | (iv) a list of qualified businesses owned by | ||||||
| 15 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that | ||||||
| 16 | the contractor has used in the most recent fiscal year. | ||||||
| 17 | (3.5) Fees. The Council may charge a fee for a written | ||||||
| 18 | request on individual
contract exemptions. The Council shall | ||||||
| 19 | not charge for a first request. For a
second request the | ||||||
| 20 | Council shall charge no more than $1,000. For a fifth
request | ||||||
| 21 | or higher from a contractor, the Council shall charge no more | ||||||
| 22 | than
$5,000 per request. The Department shall collect the fees | ||||||
| 23 | under this Section.
Any fee collected under this Section shall | ||||||
| 24 | be used by the Bureau on
Apprenticeship Programs to increase | ||||||
| 25 | minority participation in apprenticeship
programs in the | ||||||
| 26 | State. | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) Conflict with other laws. In the event that any State | ||||||
| 2 | contract, which
otherwise would be subject to the provisions of | ||||||
| 3 | this Act, is or becomes
subject to federal laws or regulations | ||||||
| 4 | which conflict with the provisions
of this Act or actions of | ||||||
| 5 | the State taken pursuant hereto, the provisions
of the federal | ||||||
| 6 | laws or regulations shall apply and the contract shall be
| ||||||
| 7 | interpreted and enforced accordingly. | ||||||
| 8 | (5) Each chief procurement officer, as defined in the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois Procurement Code, shall maintain on his or her | ||||||
| 10 | official Internet website a database of the following: (i) | ||||||
| 11 | waivers granted under this Section with respect to contracts | ||||||
| 12 | under his or her jurisdiction; (ii) a State agency or public | ||||||
| 13 | institution of higher education's written request for an | ||||||
| 14 | exemption of an individual contract or an entire class of | ||||||
| 15 | contracts; and (iii) the Council's written determination | ||||||
| 16 | granting or denying a request for an exemption of an individual | ||||||
| 17 | contract or an entire class of contracts. The database, which | ||||||
| 18 | shall be updated periodically as necessary, shall be searchable | ||||||
| 19 | by contractor name and by contracting State agency. | ||||||
| 20 | (6) Each chief procurement officer, as defined by the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois Procurement Code, shall maintain on its website a list | ||||||
| 22 | of all firms that have been prohibited from bidding, offering, | ||||||
| 23 | or entering into a contract with the State of Illinois as a | ||||||
| 24 | result of violations of this Act. | ||||||
| 25 | Each public notice required by law of the award of a State | ||||||
| 26 | contract shall include for each bid or offer submitted for that | ||||||
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| |||||||
| 1 | contract the following: (i) the bidder's or offeror's name, | ||||||
| 2 | (ii) the bid amount, (iii) the name or names of the certified | ||||||
| 3 | firms identified in the bidder's or offeror's submitted | ||||||
| 4 | utilization plan, and (iv) the bid's amount and percentage of | ||||||
| 5 | the contract awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, | ||||||
| 6 | and persons with disabilities identified in the utilization | ||||||
| 7 | plan. | ||||||
| 8 | (Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
| ||||||
| 9 | (30 ILCS 575/9) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.609)
| ||||||
| 10 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
| ||||||
| 11 | Sec. 9. This Act is repealed June 30, 2024 June 30, 2020. | ||||||
| 12 | (Source: P.A. 99-514, eff. 6-30-16.)
| ||||||
| 13 | Section 15. The State Construction Minority and Female | ||||||
| 14 | Building Trades Act is amended by changing Section 35-15 as | ||||||
| 15 | follows:
| ||||||
| 16 | (30 ILCS 577/35-15)
| ||||||
| 17 | Sec. 35-15. Compilation of building trade data. By March 31 | ||||||
| 18 | of each year, the Illinois Department of Labor shall publish | ||||||
| 19 | and make available on its official website a report compiling | ||||||
| 20 | and summarizing demographic trends in the State's building | ||||||
| 21 | trades apprenticeship programs, with particular attention to | ||||||
| 22 | race, gender, ethnicity, and national origin of apprentices in | ||||||
| 23 | labor organizations and other entities in Illinois based on the | ||||||
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| |||||||
| 1 | information submitted to the Department under Section 35-10. | ||||||
| 2 | The report shall include, but not be limited to, apprentices by | ||||||
| 3 | gender, apprentices by race and ethnicity, apprentices by | ||||||
| 4 | national origin, apprentices by gender, race, ethnicity, and | ||||||
| 5 | national origin in union and non-union programs, | ||||||
| 6 | apprenticeship programs offered by union and non-union, | ||||||
| 7 | apprentices by union or non-union, apprenticeship programs by | ||||||
| 8 | trade, apprentices by trade, apprenticeship programs by length | ||||||
| 9 | of time.
| ||||||
| 10 | (Source: P.A. 100-797, eff. 8-10-18.)
| ||||||
| 11 | Section 20. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | ||||||
| 12 | changing Section 17-10.3 as follows:
| ||||||
| 13 | (720 ILCS 5/17-10.3) | ||||||
| 14 | Sec. 17-10.3. Deception relating to certification of | ||||||
| 15 | disadvantaged business enterprises. | ||||||
| 16 | (a) Fraudulently obtaining or retaining certification. A | ||||||
| 17 | person
who, in the course of business, fraudulently obtains or | ||||||
| 18 | retains
certification as a minority-owned business, | ||||||
| 19 | women-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned small | ||||||
| 20 | business, or veteran-owned small business commits
a Class 1 2 | ||||||
| 21 | felony. | ||||||
| 22 | (b) Willfully making a false statement. A person who, in | ||||||
| 23 | the
course of business, willfully makes a false statement | ||||||
| 24 | whether by affidavit,
report or other representation, to an | ||||||
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| 1 | official or employee of a State
agency or the Business | ||||||
| 2 | Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | ||||||
| 3 | Disabilities for the
purpose of influencing the certification | ||||||
| 4 | or denial of certification of any
business entity as a | ||||||
| 5 | minority-owned business, women-owned business, | ||||||
| 6 | service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or | ||||||
| 7 | veteran-owned small business
commits a Class 1 2 felony. | ||||||
| 8 | (c) Willfully obstructing or impeding an official or | ||||||
| 9 | employee of
any agency in his or her investigation.
Any person | ||||||
| 10 | who, in the course of business, willfully obstructs or impedes
| ||||||
| 11 | an official or employee of any State agency or the
Business | ||||||
| 12 | Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | ||||||
| 13 | Disabilities
who is investigating the qualifications of a | ||||||
| 14 | business
entity which has requested certification as a | ||||||
| 15 | minority-owned business, women-owned
business, | ||||||
| 16 | service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or | ||||||
| 17 | veteran-owned small business commits a Class 1 2 felony. | ||||||
| 18 | (d) Fraudulently obtaining public moneys reserved for
| ||||||
| 19 | disadvantaged business enterprises. Any person who, in the | ||||||
| 20 | course of
business, fraudulently obtains public moneys | ||||||
| 21 | reserved for, or allocated or
available to, minority-owned | ||||||
| 22 | businesses, women-owned businesses, service-disabled | ||||||
| 23 | veteran-owned small businesses, or veteran-owned small | ||||||
| 24 | businesses commits a
Class 1 2 felony. | ||||||
| 25 | (e) Definitions. As used in this Article, "minority-owned
| ||||||
| 26 | business", "women-owned business", "State agency" with respect | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | to minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses, and | ||||||
| 2 | "certification" with respect to minority-owned businesses and | ||||||
| 3 | women-owned businesses shall
have the meanings ascribed to them | ||||||
| 4 | in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Women, | ||||||
| 5 | and
Persons with Disabilities Act. As used in this Article, | ||||||
| 6 | "service-disabled veteran-owned small business", | ||||||
| 7 | "veteran-owned small business", "State agency" with respect to | ||||||
| 8 | service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and | ||||||
| 9 | veteran-owned small businesses, and "certification" with | ||||||
| 10 | respect to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and | ||||||
| 11 | veteran-owned small businesses have the same meanings as in | ||||||
| 12 | Section 45-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
| ||||||
| 13 | (Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
| ||||||
| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 15 | becoming law.".
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