HB2924eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2924 Engrossed LRB101 08271 HLH 53337 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by adding Section 8k as follows:

(30 ILCS 575/8k new)

Sec. 8k. Museum and sports facility diversity report.

(a) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020 and every fiscal year thereafter, (1) any museum under the authority of a park district in a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more and (2) any sports facility under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority shall submit an annual diversity report to the Council, on or before January 30, which includes information and data on diversity goals, and progress toward achieving those goals, by businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.

(b) The diversity report shall include the following information from the previous fiscal year:

(1) the percentage of total annual spending on contracts with businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;

(2) the total number of contracts awarded or let to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities;

(3) the type of professional service contracts awarded or let to business owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, including, but not limited to, construction management, media, accounting, marketing, and public relations contracts;

(4) whether the business owned by minorities, women, or persons with disabilities is the primary entity holding the contract with the museum or sports facility or a subcontractor on a larger contract with the museum or sports facility;

(5) a narrative description of contracting diversity and equity goals and strategic plans for meeting those goals;

(6) the percentage of total annual spending in professional services with businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, including, but not limited to, the following professional services categories: (A) accounting; (B) architecture and engineering; (C) consulting; (D) information technology; (E) insurance; (F) financial, legal, media, construction management, and marketing services; and (G) other professional services; and

(7) when reporting on businesses owned by minorities, the report shall include a breakdown by demographic group.

The reports shall be submitted in the format as prescribed by the Council by rule. The Council shall publish each annual report on its website. In November of each year, the Council shall transmit to the General Assembly a report including a summary of the information reported to the Council for the previous fiscal year and a cumulative summary for all previous years in which reports were filed.

(c) Museums having to report under this Section shall hold an annual symposium beginning on or before July 30, 2020, and every year thereafter, that is open to the public on the status of contracting diversity and equity goals, and to share best practices and to collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments that preclude achieving those goals. Museums may hold this symposium together or separately.

(d) Sports facilities having to report under this Section shall hold an annual symposium beginning on or before July 30, 2020, and every year thereafter, that is open to the public on the status of contracting diversity and equity goals, and to share best practices and to collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments that preclude achieving those goals. Sports facilities may hold this symposium together or separately.

(e) The Council shall publish a database on its website of the point of contact for each museum and sports facility responsible for business diversity, along with a list of certifications each recognizes for business diversity.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.