HB0378 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0378

Introduced 1/29/2021, by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 115/3	from Ch. 85, par. 613
30 ILCS 500/35-45 new

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that for any State agency subject to the provisions of the Code, no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated for or used by that State agency for the purchase of media services shall be used to procure the services of black-owned media. Requires units of local government to adopt an ordinance or resolution for the procurement of black-owned media services. Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act. Allows municipalities and counties to use moneys allocated under the Act for the procurement of black-owned media services. Defines "black-owned media". Makes conforming changes.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

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

Section 5. The State Revenue Sharing Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(30 ILCS 115/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 613)

Sec. 3. Use of Fund.

(a) The amounts allocated and paid to the municipalities and counties of this State pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used solely for the general welfare of the people of the State of Illinois, including financial assistance to school districts, any part of which lie within the municipality or county, through unrestricted block grants for school purposes carried out within the municipality or county making the grant, and also including, but not limited to, mental health programs, wastewater projects, road and bridge construction and repair and social service programs.

(b) Beginning on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the amounts allocated and paid to municipalities and counties under this Act may also be used for the procurement of black-owned media services as provided under subsection (b) of Section 35-45 of the Illinois Procurement Code.

(Source: P.A. 86-18.)

Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by adding Section 35-45 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/35-45 new)

Sec. 35-45. Purchase of black-owned media services.

(a) For any State agency subject to the provisions of this Code, no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated for or used by that State agency for the purchase of media services shall be used to procure the services of black-owned media.

(b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, each unit of local government, including school districts and community college distracts, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that requires no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated or used for the purchase of media services to be used to procure the services of black-owned media. Municipalities and counties may use moneys allocated and disbursed under Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing Act for the purposes of this subsection (b).

(c) For the purposes of this Section, "black-owned media" means a newspaper or other periodical issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic format, a news service whether in print or electronic format, a radio station, a television station, a television network, a community antenna television service, or any other person, business, or corporation that is majority owned by black or African American persons, and is engaged in making any written, oral, or electronic communication that contains news, promotion, or inducement.