Bill Text: IL SB0040 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Central Management Services, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, to develop and implement plans to increase the number of individuals with a disability employed by State government and to submit an annual report. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in cooperation with not-for-profit groups and community partners, to develop and implement an education and outreach campaign designed to increase statewide awareness of issues that affect individuals with a disability. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to collect information during the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 regarding employers claims of the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit and to submit an annual report. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a chief procurement officer may, as part of any solicitation, encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring qualified individuals with a disability and to notify them of any available financial incentives or other advantages associated with hiring such persons. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-07-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0078 [SB0040 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0040-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning persons with disabilities.
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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 Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
| 5 | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | adding Section 405-122 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 405/405-122 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 405-122. Employees with a disability. The Department, | ||||||
| 9 | in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Employment Security, and other agencies of State | ||||||
| 11 | government shall develop and implement programs to increase the | ||||||
| 12 | number of qualified employees with disabilities working in the | ||||||
| 13 | State. The programs shall include provisions to increase the | ||||||
| 14 | number of people with a disability hired for positions with | ||||||
| 15 | specific job titles for which they have been assessed and | ||||||
| 16 | awarded a passing grade. The Department and the Department of | ||||||
| 17 | Human Services must submit a report, annually, to the Governor | ||||||
| 18 | and the General Assembly concerning their actions under this | ||||||
| 19 | Section.
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| 20 | Section 10. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | ||||||
| 21 | by adding Section 10-27 as follows:
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| 1 | (20 ILCS 1305/10-27 new)
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| 2 | Sec. 10-27. Information concerning federal tax credits and | ||||||
| 3 | deductions for hiring qualified employees with disabilities. | ||||||
| 4 | (a) The Department shall collect, during the period of July | ||||||
| 5 | 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, information regarding all of the | ||||||
| 6 | following: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) The number of employers that have claimed the Work | ||||||
| 8 | Opportunity Tax Credit and the amounts claimed during this | ||||||
| 9 | time frame. | ||||||
| 10 | (2) The size of the employer claiming the Work | ||||||
| 11 | Opportunity Tax Credit and whether the employer is a small | ||||||
| 12 | business or a large business. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) The Department shall cooperate with the Department of | ||||||
| 14 | Revenue, the Department of Employment Security, and other | ||||||
| 15 | appropriate agencies of State government to gather the | ||||||
| 16 | information required in items (1) and (2) of subsection (a). | ||||||
| 17 | (c) For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
| 18 | "Large business" means a business concern, including | ||||||
| 19 | affiliates, which is not a small business. | ||||||
| 20 | "Small business" means a business concern, including | ||||||
| 21 | affiliates, with fewer than 16 employees or has gross annual | ||||||
| 22 | sales of less than $3 million. | ||||||
| 23 | (d) The Department shall submit a report, annually, to the | ||||||
| 24 | Governor and the General Assembly concerning its actions under | ||||||
| 25 | this Section.
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| 26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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