Bill Amendment: IL SB2363 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: STATE TREAS-PREFERENCE-SCORING
Status: 2018-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0969 [SB2363 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2363-Senate_Amendment_003.html
Bill Title: STATE TREAS-PREFERENCE-SCORING
Status: 2018-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0969 [SB2363 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2363-Senate_Amendment_003.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2363
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2363 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 45-95 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 500/45-95 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 45-95. Preferences for veterans, minorities, women, | ||||||
8 | and persons with disabilities. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
10 | (1) the terms "minority person", "woman", "person with | ||||||
11 | a disability", "minority-owned business", "women-owned | ||||||
12 | business", "business owned by a person with a disability", | ||||||
13 | and "control" have the meanings provided in Section 1 of | ||||||
14 | the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons | ||||||
15 | with Disabilities Act; and | ||||||
16 | (2) "State agency" or "State agencies" means all |
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1 | officers, boards, commissions, and agencies created by the | ||||||
2 | Constitution, whether in the executive, legislative, or | ||||||
3 | judicial branch, but other than the circuit court; all | ||||||
4 | officers, departments, boards, commissions, agencies, | ||||||
5 | institutions, authorities, universities, community | ||||||
6 | colleges, bodies politic and corporate of the State; and | ||||||
7 | administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the State | ||||||
8 | government which are created by or pursuant to statute, | ||||||
9 | other than units of local government and their officers, | ||||||
10 | school districts and boards of election commissioners; all | ||||||
11 | administrative units and corporate outgrowths of the above | ||||||
12 | and as may be created by executive order of the Governor. | ||||||
13 | (b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of | ||||||
14 | Illinois to promote and encourage the use of businesses owned | ||||||
15 | by or under the control of qualified veterans of the armed | ||||||
16 | forces of the United States, qualified service-disabled | ||||||
17 | veterans, minority persons, women, or persons with a disability | ||||||
18 | in the area of goods and services. Furthermore, the State | ||||||
19 | agencies shall utilize such businesses to the greatest extent | ||||||
20 | feasible within the bounds of financial and fiduciary prudence, | ||||||
21 | and take affirmative steps to remove any barriers to the full | ||||||
22 | participation of such firms in the procurement and contracting | ||||||
23 | opportunities afforded. | ||||||
24 | (c) It shall be an aspirational goal of the State of | ||||||
25 | Illinois to use businesses owned by or under the control of | ||||||
26 | qualified veterans of the armed forces of the United States, |
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1 | qualified service-disabled veterans, minority persons, women, | ||||||
2 | or persons with a disability for not less than 25% of the total | ||||||
3 | dollar amount of funds under management, purchases of | ||||||
4 | investment securities, and other contracts, including, but not | ||||||
5 | limited to, the use of broker-dealers. The State agencies are | ||||||
6 | authorized to establish additional aspirational goals. | ||||||
7 | (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, when any | ||||||
8 | State agency procures goods and services, whether through a | ||||||
9 | request for proposal or otherwise, that State agency is | ||||||
10 | authorized to incorporate preferences in the scoring process of | ||||||
11 | up to 25 points for: (1) a minority-owned business, a | ||||||
12 | women-owned business, a business owned by a person with a | ||||||
13 | disability, a qualified veteran-owned small business, or a | ||||||
14 | qualified service-disabled veteran-owned small business; and | ||||||
15 | (2) businesses having a record of support for increasing | ||||||
16 | diversity and inclusion in board membership, management, | ||||||
17 | employment, philanthropy, and supplier diversity, including | ||||||
18 | goods and services and all professional services. Each State | ||||||
19 | agency is authorized to adopt rules regarding the assignment of | ||||||
20 | points under this subsection (d). | ||||||
21 | When a State agency utilizes a financial institution or | ||||||
22 | determines the eligibility of a financial institution to | ||||||
23 | participate in a banking contract, investment contract, | ||||||
24 | investment activity, or other financial program, that State | ||||||
25 | agency shall review the financial institution's Community | ||||||
26 | Reinvestment Act rating, record, and current level of financial |
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1 | commitment to the community prior to making a decision to | ||||||
2 | utilize or determine the eligibility of such financial | ||||||
3 | institution. | ||||||
4 | (e) Beginning with fiscal year 2019, and at least annually | ||||||
5 | thereafter, each State agency shall report on its utilization | ||||||
6 | of minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, | ||||||
7 | businesses owned by a person with a disability, qualified | ||||||
8 | veteran-owned small businesses, or qualified service-disabled | ||||||
9 | veteran-owned small businesses. The report shall be published | ||||||
10 | on the website reporting State agency. | ||||||
11 | (f) The provisions of this Section take precedence over any | ||||||
12 | goals established under the Business Enterprise for | ||||||
13 | Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.".
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