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1 | AN ACT concerning child labor.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Prohibition of
Goods from Child Labor Act.
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6 | Section 5. Policy. The General Assembly hereby finds and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | declares as
follows:
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8 | (a) The people of Illinois do not support the import of any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | goods made by
child labor, not only because it is a cruel
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10 | suppression of the human right of children, but also
because it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | creates an unfair trade advantage for the child labor country.
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12 | (b) Current trade regulations do not require importers to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | provide certificates of origin
at the time of importation to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | affirm and guarantee no child labor content.
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15 | (c) Federal law also does not require
the
United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Customs Service to have an active, self-initiated foreign
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17 | surveillance program of detecting child labor-made
goods and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | preventing their entry into the United States.
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19 | (d) The State of Illinois wholeheartedly condemns the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | importation of goods made in whole or in part by child labor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | and shall
not knowingly acquire any of those goods.
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22 | Section 10. Contract certification.
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23 | (a) Every contract entered into by any State agency for the
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24 | procurement of equipment, materials, or supplies, other than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | procurement
related to a public works contract, must specify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | that no foreign-made
equipment, materials, or supplies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | furnished to the State under the
contract may be produced in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | whole or in part by the labor of any child under the age of 12. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | The contractor must agree to comply
with this provision of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | contract.
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31 | (b) Any contractor contracting with the State who knew
that |
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1 | the foreign-made equipment, materials, or supplies furnished | ||||||
2 | to the State
were produced in whole or part by the labor of any | ||||||
3 | child under the age of 12 when entering into a contract
under | ||||||
4 | subsection (a), may, subject to subsection (c), have any or all | ||||||
5 | of the
following sanctions imposed:
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6 | (1) The contract under which the prohibited equipment, | ||||||
7 | materials, or
supplies were provided may be voided at the | ||||||
8 | option of the State agency to which
the equipment, | ||||||
9 | materials, or supplies were provided.
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10 | (2) The contractor may be assessed a penalty which must | ||||||
11 | be the greater
of $1,000 or an amount equaling 20% of the | ||||||
12 | value of the equipment, materials,
or
supplies that the | ||||||
13 | State agency demonstrates were produced in whole or in part
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14 | by child labor and
that were supplied to the State agency | ||||||
15 | under the contract.
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16 | (3) The contractor may be suspended from bidding on a | ||||||
17 | State contract for a
period not
to exceed 360 days.
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18 | Any moneys collected under this subsection shall be | ||||||
19 | deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
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20 | (c) When imposing the sanctions described in subsection | ||||||
21 | (b), the
contracting agency must notify the contractor of the | ||||||
22 | right to a hearing if
requested within 15 days after the date | ||||||
23 | of the notice. The hearing must be
before an administrative law | ||||||
24 | judge according to the Illinois Administrative
Procedure
Act. | ||||||
25 | The administrative law judge must consider any
measures the | ||||||
26 | contractor has taken to ensure compliance with this Section and
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27 | may waive any or all of the sanctions if it is determined that | ||||||
28 | the contractor
has acted in good faith.
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29 | The agency must be assessed the cost of the administrative | ||||||
30 | hearing,
unless the agency has prevailed in the hearing, in | ||||||
31 | which case the contractor
shall be assessed the cost of the | ||||||
32 | hearing.
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33 | (d) Any State agency that investigates a complaint against | ||||||
34 | a contractor for
violation of this Section must limit its | ||||||
35 | investigation to evaluating the
information provided by the | ||||||
36 | person or entity submitting the complaint and the
information |
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1 | provided by the contractor.
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law. |