Bill Text: IL HB2924 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995. Provides that specified components of an "electronic cigarette" do not include any solution or substance that contains cannabis subject to tax under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act or the Cannabis Cultivation Privilege Tax Law. Amends the Civic Center Code, Flood Prevention District Act, Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, Local Mass Transit District Act, and Water Commission Act of 1985. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no tax may be imposed under specified provisions on the sale or use of cannabis. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Removes language providing that it is a Class B misdemeanor with a $1,000 fine for any person to breach the confidentiality of information obtained under the Act and instead requires each State department responsible for licensure under the Act to publish on its website specified ownership information of each cannabis business establishment licensed under the department's jurisdiction. Makes other changes. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Allows specified medical cannabis dispensing organizations to change locations under specified circumstances. Sets forth provisions regarding the method of distribution of licenses when tied applicants exist in a BLS Region. Defines "tied applicant". Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no special district may levy a tax upon the cultivation and processing of cannabis or upon purchasers for the use of cannabis. Provides that specified agents may begin employment at specified entities while the agents' identification card applications are pending. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that containers used to store cannabis in a motor vehicle upon a highway in this State must be secured and inaccessible and must be sealed or resealable (currently, only sealed). Effective immediately, except that the provisions amending the Civic Center Code, Flood Prevention District Act, Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, Local Mass Transit District Act, and Water Commission Act of 1985 take effect July 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2924 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2924-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, | ||||||
5 | and Persons with
Disabilities Act is amended by adding Section | ||||||
6 | 8k as follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 575/8k new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 8k. Museum and sports facility diversity report. | ||||||
9 | (a) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020 and every fiscal year | ||||||
10 | thereafter, (1) any museum under the authority of a park | ||||||
11 | district in a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or | ||||||
12 | more and (2) any sports facility under the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Sports Facilities Authority shall submit an annual | ||||||
14 | diversity report to the Council, on or before January 30, which | ||||||
15 | includes information and data on diversity goals, and progress | ||||||
16 | toward achieving those goals, by businesses owned by | ||||||
17 | minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. | ||||||
18 | (b) The diversity report shall include the following | ||||||
19 | information from the previous fiscal year: | ||||||
20 | (1) the percentage of total annual spending on | ||||||
21 | contracts with businesses owned by minorities, women, and | ||||||
22 | persons with disabilities; | ||||||
23 | (2) the total number of contracts awarded or let to |
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1 | businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with | ||||||
2 | disabilities; | ||||||
3 | (3) the type of professional service contracts awarded | ||||||
4 | or let to business owned by minorities, women, and persons | ||||||
5 | with disabilities, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
6 | construction management, media, accounting, marketing, and | ||||||
7 | public relations contracts; | ||||||
8 | (4) whether the business owned by minorities, women, or | ||||||
9 | persons with disabilities is the primary entity holding the | ||||||
10 | contract with the museum or sports facility or a | ||||||
11 | subcontractor on a larger contract with the museum or | ||||||
12 | sports facility; | ||||||
13 | (5) a narrative description of contracting diversity | ||||||
14 | and equity goals and strategic plans for meeting those | ||||||
15 | goals; | ||||||
16 | (6) the percentage of total annual spending in | ||||||
17 | professional services with businesses owned by minorities, | ||||||
18 | women, and persons with disabilities, including, but not | ||||||
19 | limited to, the following professional services | ||||||
20 | categories: (A) accounting; (B) architecture and | ||||||
21 | engineering; (C) consulting; (D) information technology; | ||||||
22 | (E) insurance; (F) financial, legal, media, construction | ||||||
23 | management, and marketing services; and (G) other | ||||||
24 | professional services; and | ||||||
25 | (7) when reporting on businesses owned by minorities, | ||||||
26 | the report shall include a breakdown by demographic group. |
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1 | The reports shall be submitted in the format as prescribed | ||||||
2 | by the Council by rule. The Council shall publish each annual | ||||||
3 | report on its website. In November of each year, the Council | ||||||
4 | shall transmit to the General Assembly a report including a | ||||||
5 | summary of the information reported to the Council for the | ||||||
6 | previous fiscal year and a cumulative summary for all previous | ||||||
7 | years in which reports were filed. | ||||||
8 | (c) Museums having to report under this Section shall hold | ||||||
9 | an annual symposium beginning on or before July 30, 2020, and | ||||||
10 | every year thereafter, that is open to the public on the status | ||||||
11 | of contracting diversity and equity goals, and to share best | ||||||
12 | practices and to collaboratively seek solutions to structural | ||||||
13 | impediments that preclude achieving those goals. Museums may | ||||||
14 | hold this symposium together or separately. | ||||||
15 | (d) Sports facilities having to report under this Section | ||||||
16 | shall hold an annual symposium beginning on or before July 30, | ||||||
17 | 2020, and every year thereafter, that is open to the public on | ||||||
18 | the status of contracting diversity and equity goals, and to | ||||||
19 | share best practices and to collaboratively seek solutions to | ||||||
20 | structural impediments that preclude achieving those goals. | ||||||
21 | Sports facilities may hold this symposium together or | ||||||
22 | separately. | ||||||
23 | (e) The Council shall publish a database on its website of | ||||||
24 | the point of contact for each museum and sports facility | ||||||
25 | responsible for business diversity, along with a list of | ||||||
26 | certifications each recognizes for business diversity.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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