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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Small | ||||||
| 5 | Business Contracts Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the | ||||||
| 7 | following terms shall have the following definitions: | ||||||
| 8 | "Small business" means a small business as defined in the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois Procurement Code. | ||||||
| 10 | "State contract" means a State contract, as defined in the | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois Procurement Code, funded with State or federal funds, | ||||||
| 12 | whether competitively bid or negotiated. | ||||||
| 13 | "State official or agency" means a department, officer, | ||||||
| 14 | board, commission, institution, or body politic or corporate of | ||||||
| 15 | the State. | ||||||
| 16 | Section 10. Award of State contracts. | ||||||
| 17 | (a) Not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State | ||||||
| 18 | contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded to small | ||||||
| 19 | businesses. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) The percentage in subsection (a) relates to the total | ||||||
| 21 | dollar amount of State contracts during each State fiscal year, | ||||||
| 22 | calculated by examining independently each type of contract for | ||||||
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| 1 | each State official or agency which lets such contracts. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 15. Compliance plans. | ||||||
| 3 | (a) Each State official or agency shall file with its | ||||||
| 4 | respective chief procurement officer an annual compliance plan | ||||||
| 5 | which shall outline the goals of the State official or agency | ||||||
| 6 | for contracting with small businesses for the then current | ||||||
| 7 | fiscal year, the manner in which the official or agency intends | ||||||
| 8 | to reach these goals, and a timetable for reaching these goals. | ||||||
| 9 | The chief procurement officer shall review and approve the plan | ||||||
| 10 | of the State official or agency and may reject any plan that | ||||||
| 11 | does not comply with this Act or any rules promulgated pursuant | ||||||
| 12 | to this Act. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) Each State official or agency shall file with its | ||||||
| 14 | respective chief procurement officer an annual report of its | ||||||
| 15 | utilization of small businesses during the preceding fiscal | ||||||
| 16 | year including lapse period spending and a mid-fiscal year | ||||||
| 17 | report of its utilization to date for the then current fiscal | ||||||
| 18 | year. The reports shall include a self-evaluation of the | ||||||
| 19 | efforts of the State official or agency to meet its goals under | ||||||
| 20 | the Act. | ||||||
| 21 | Section 20. Annual report. Each chief procurement officer | ||||||
| 22 | shall file no later than March 1 of each year, an annual report | ||||||
| 23 | that shall detail the level of achievement toward the goals | ||||||
| 24 | specified in this Act over the 3 most recent fiscal years. The | ||||||
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| 1 | annual report shall include, but need not be limited to, the | ||||||
| 2 | following: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) a summary detailing State appropriations subject | ||||||
| 4 | to the goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals | ||||||
| 5 | attained by each State official or agency; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and | ||||||
| 7 | the average contract amount by each State official or | ||||||
| 8 | agency; and | ||||||
| 9 | (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal | ||||||
| 10 | achievement concerning purchases from small businesses.
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| 11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 12 | becoming law.
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