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Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris
Filed: 4/5/2016
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5000
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5000 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
5 | | Chicago Local Government Vendor Diversity Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Definitions. |
7 | | "Governmental participant" means a non-home rule unit of |
8 | | local government located in whole or in part within a |
9 | | municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a school |
10 | | district located in whole or in part within a municipality with |
11 | | more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a non-home rule political |
12 | | subdivision located in whole or in part within a municipality |
13 | | with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a public housing |
14 | | authority located in whole or in part within a municipality |
15 | | with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a public employee pension |
16 | | fund that has a principal place of business in a municipality |
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1 | | with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, and a defined |
2 | | contribution plan serving public employees that has a principal |
3 | | place of business in a municipality with more than 1,000,000 |
4 | | inhabitants; the term "governmental participant" specifically |
5 | | includes, but is not limited to, the Metropolitan Pier and |
6 | | Exposition Authority, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation |
7 | | District, the Chicago Park District, the Regional |
8 | | Transportation Authority and each of its service boards, and |
9 | | the Chicago Housing Authority. |
10 | | "Minority person" means a person who is a citizen or lawful |
11 | | permanent resident of the United States and who is any of the |
12 | | following: |
13 | | (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having |
14 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North and South |
15 | | America, including Central America, and who maintains |
16 | | tribal affiliation or community attachment). |
17 | | (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the |
18 | | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the |
19 | | Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, |
20 | | Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, |
21 | | the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). |
22 | | (3) Black or African-American (a person having origins |
23 | | in any of the black racial groups of Africa). |
24 | | (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, |
25 | | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish |
26 | | culture or origin, regardless of race). |
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1 | | (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person |
2 | | having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, |
3 | | Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands). |
4 | | "Professional" means: (1) any employee engaged in work that |
5 | | (i) is predominantly intellectual and varied in character, (ii) |
6 | | involves the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in |
7 | | its performance, (iii) is of such a character that the output |
8 | | produced or the result accomplished cannot be standardized in |
9 | | relation to a given period of time, and (iv) requires advanced |
10 | | knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily |
11 | | acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual |
12 | | instruction and study in an institution of higher learning; or |
13 | | (2) any employee who has completed the courses of specialized |
14 | | intellectual instruction and study described in this paragraph |
15 | | and is performing related work under the supervision of a |
16 | | professional to qualify to become a professional. |
17 | | "Vendor" means any law firm, financial advisor, municipal |
18 | | advisor, bank, trustee, verification agent, fund manager, |
19 | | asset manager, institutional investment manager, fund |
20 | | consultant or underwriter that provides any professional |
21 | | service to any governmental participant (as defined hereafter) |
22 | | in connection with debt obligation transactions, auditing, |
23 | | financial services, asset management services, or brokerage |
24 | | services. |
25 | | "Woman" means a person who is a citizen or lawful permanent |
26 | | resident of the United States and who is of the female gender. |
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1 | | Section 10. Reporting requirements. |
2 | | (a) Each governmental participant who contracts with a |
3 | | vendor shall obtain from each such vendor (i) a front-end |
4 | | report of professionals as provided in subsection (b) and (ii) |
5 | | a supplemental report of professionals as provided in |
6 | | subsection (c). |
7 | | (b) Each vendor shall accurately submit, at the time of |
8 | | executing the contract with the governmental participant, a |
9 | | front-end report containing the following information: |
10 | | (1) the total number of professionals who are expected |
11 | | to participate in the performance required under the |
12 | | contract who are minority persons, women, or both; the |
13 | | information under this paragraph shall be sorted by race, |
14 | | ethnic background, and gender; |
15 | | (2) the total number of professionals who are expected |
16 | | to participate in the performance required under the |
17 | | contract; and |
18 | | (3) the position and job title of each professional who |
19 | | is expected to participate in the performance required |
20 | | under the contract; the information under this paragraph |
21 | | shall be sorted by race, ethnic background, and gender. |
22 | | (c) Within 30 days after the completion of performance |
23 | | under the contract, the vendor shall file with the governmental |
24 | | participant a supplemental report containing the following |
25 | | information: |
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1 | | (1) the total amount of time the vendor worked, per the |
2 | | terms of the contract; |
3 | | (2) the race, ethnic background, and gender of each |
4 | | professional who participated in the performance required |
5 | | under the contract; and |
6 | | (3) the amount of time spent by each such professional |
7 | | working on the performance required under the contract. |
8 | | (d) The reports required under this Section shall be |
9 | | submitted in the form and manner required by the governmental |
10 | | participant. |
11 | | (e) A governmental participant may grant extensions of the |
12 | | time to file a report for good cause shown. |
13 | | Section 15. Vendors; eligibility to do business. A |
14 | | governmental participant may provide that a vendor is |
15 | | ineligible to do business with that governmental participant if |
16 | | the vendor fails to file a report under Section 10 with any |
17 | | governmental participant. |
18 | | Section 20. Quarterly report. Each governmental |
19 | | participant shall create an quarterly report summarizing all |
20 | | collected data, vendor forms, information, and reports, |
21 | | together with a list of vendors who failed to comply, and shall |
22 | | display that information prominently on its website if the |
23 | | governmental participant maintains a website. Each |
24 | | governmental participant must deliver a copy of the report to |