Bill Text: IL SB1541 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Removes a provision which specifies that a portion of the Code concerning Historically Underutilized Business Zones does not apply to the selection of construction-related professional services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB1541 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1541-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1541 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/45-95
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Removes a provision which specifies that a portion of the Code concerning Historically Underutilized Business Zones does not apply to the selection of construction-related professional services.
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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 45-95 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/45-95)
Sec. 45-95. HUBZone business contracts.
(a) For the purposes of this Section:
"HUBZone business" means a business that operates and
employs people in Historically Underutilized Business Zones
(HUBZone) as designated by the federal HUBZone Empowerment
Act.
"Qualified HUBZone small business concern" means a
business that qualifies under the HUBZone program administered
by the United States Small Business Administration.
(b) Each chief procurement officer shall establish rules,
in consultation with the procuring agency, related to the
eligibility of qualified HUBZone small business concerns to
receive preference under this Section, and shall verify the
accuracy of any information submitted by a qualified HUBZone
small business concern with respect to a contract awarded
under this Section.
(c) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to: (1)

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construction procurements or ; (2) construction-related
services procurements; or (3) the selection of
construction-related professional services.
(Source: P.A. 100-881, eff. 1-1-19.)