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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 45 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/45 new) |
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| Sec. 45. Award of capital funds. Each award by grant or |
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| loan of State funds of $250,000 or more for capital |
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| construction costs or professional services is conditioned |
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| upon the recipient's written certification that the recipient |
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| shall comply with the business enterprise program practices for |
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| minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, and |
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| businesses owned by persons with disabilities of the Business |
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| Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with |
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| Disabilities Act (30 ILCS 575/) and the equal employment |
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| practices of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act |
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| (775 ILCS 5/2-105). This Section, however, does not apply to |
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| any grant or loan (i) for which a grant or loan agreement was |
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| executed before the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 96th General Assembly, (ii) for which prior-incurred costs |
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| are being reimbursed, or (iii) for a federally funded program |
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| under which the requirement of this Section would contravene |
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| federal law. Each recipient shall submit the written |
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| certification and business enterprise program plan for |
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| minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, and |
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| businesses owned by persons with disabilities before signing |
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| the relevant grant or loan agreement. Each grant or loan |
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| agreement shall include a provision that the grant or loan |
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| recipient agrees to comply with the provisions of the Business |
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| Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with |
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| Disabilities Act (30 ILCS 575/) and the equal employment |
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| practices of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act |
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| (775 ILCS 5/2-105). |
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| Each business enterprise program plan shall apply only to |
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| the State-funded portion of the relevant capital project and |
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| must be in compliance with all certification and other |
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| requirements of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, |
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| Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
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| Section 10. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, |
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| Females, and Persons with
Disabilities Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 7 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 575/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.607) |
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2010) |
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| Sec. 7. Exemptions and waivers; publication of data. |
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| (1) Individual contract exemptions.
The Council, on its own |
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| initiative or at the request of the affected agency,
or |
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| university, or recipient of a grant or loan of State funds of |
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| $250,000 or more complying with Section 45 of the State Finance |
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| Act, may permit an individual contract or contract package,
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| (related contracts being bid or awarded simultaneously for the |
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| same project
or improvements) be made wholly or partially |
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| exempt from State contracting
goals for businesses owned by
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| minorities, females, and persons with disabilities prior to the |
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| advertisement
for bids or solicitation of proposals whenever |
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| there has been a
determination, reduced to writing and based on |
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| the best information
available at the time of the |
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| determination, that there is an insufficient
number of |
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| businesses owned by minorities,
females, and persons with |
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| disabilities to ensure adequate
competition and an expectation |
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| of reasonable prices on bids or proposals
solicited for the |
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| individual contract or contract package in question. |
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| (2) Class exemptions. (a) Creation. The Council, on its own |
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| initiative
or at the request of the affected agency or |
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| university, may permit an entire
class of
contracts be made |
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| exempt from State
contracting goals for businesses owned by |
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| minorities, females, and persons
with disabilities whenever |
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| there has been a determination, reduced to
writing and based on |
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| the best information available at the time of the
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| determination, that there is an insufficient number of |
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| qualified businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons |
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| with
disabilities to ensure adequate competition and an
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| expectation of reasonable prices on bids or proposals within |
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| that class. |
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| (b) Limitation. Any such class exemption shall not be |
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| permitted for a
period of more than one year at a time. |
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| (3) Waivers. Where a particular contract requires a |
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| contractor to meet
a goal established pursuant to this Act, the |
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| contractor shall have the right
to request a waiver from such |
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| requirements. The Council shall grant the
waiver where the |
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| contractor demonstrates that there has been made a good
faith |
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| effort to comply with the goals for
participation by businesses |
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| owned by minorities, females, and persons with
disabilities. |
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| (4) Conflict with other laws. In the event that any State |
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| contract, which
otherwise would be subject to the provisions of |
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| this Act, is or becomes
subject to federal laws or regulations |
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| which conflict with the provisions
of this Act or actions of |
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| the State taken pursuant hereto, the provisions
of the federal |
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| laws or regulations shall apply and the contract shall be
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| interpreted and enforced accordingly. |
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| (5) Each chief procurement officer, as defined in the |
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| Illinois Procurement Code, shall maintain on his or her |
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| official Internet website a database of waivers granted under |
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| this Section with respect to contracts under his or her |
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| jurisdiction. The database, which shall be updated |
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| periodically as necessary, shall be searchable by contractor |
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| name and by contracting State agency. |
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| Each public notice required by law of the award of a State |
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| contract shall include for each bid submitted for that contract |
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| the following: (i) the bidder's name, (ii) the bid amount, |