Bill Text: IL HB4969 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [HB4969 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4969-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4969 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 595/10
Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended
by changing Section 10 as follows:
(30 ILCS 595/10)
Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm or food
products.
(a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm
and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal
of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased
by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including,
without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health
and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and
public universities, shall, by 2020 onward, be local farm or
food products.
(a-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to
be purchased by State agencies under subsection (a), at least
10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from
minority-owned food producers.
(b) The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council established
under this Act shall require that at least 20% support and
encourage that 10% of food and food products purchased by

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entities funded in part or in whole by State dollars, which
spend funds more than $25,000 per year on food or food products
for its students, residents, or clients, including, without
limitation, public schools, child care facilities,
after-school programs, and hospitals, shall, by 2023 onward
2020, be local farm or food products.
(b-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to
be purchased by State-funded entities under subsection (b), at
least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased
from minority-owned food producers.
(c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a
State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be
awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise
qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use
of local farm or food products may be given preference over
other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid of
local farm or food products is not more than 10% greater than
the cost included in a bid that is not for local farm or food
products.
(d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that
purchase food and food products shall, with the assistance of
the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council, develop a system for
(i) identifying the percentage of local farm or food products
purchased for fiscal year 2011 as the baseline; and (ii)
tracking and reporting local farm or food products purchases
on an annual basis.

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(Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.