102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4094

 

Introduced 5/26/2021, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 405/405-545 new

    Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that all projects put out for competitive bid by municipalities with a population greater than 60,000 that are funded wholly or in part by State funds shall be considered State projects for purposes of the Business Enterprise Program Act or the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. Provides that affected municipalities shall be required to list the existing aspirational goals in all contract proposals and shall require all prime contractors to submit a utilization plan with their bid. Provides that all entities eligible to work as part of either the State's Business Enterprise Program or Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program on State contracts as a disadvantaged-owned, minority-owned, woman-owned, or veteran-owned business shall be eligible to participate as part of satisfying the aspirational goals for the municipal projects. Provides that nothing shall require a municipality to undertake specified actions related to aspirational goals and utilization plans. Provides that any municipality subject to the requirements must publish on its website all submitted utilization plans from the winning bidder and maintain those utilization plans for at least 5 years. Makes other changes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Existing
5Aspirational Goals on State-Funded Projects by Large
6Municipalities Act.
 
7    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
8Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
9adding Section 405-545 as follows:
 
10    (20 ILCS 405/405-545 new)
11    Sec. 405-545. Municipal aspirational goals on State-funded
12projects.
13    (a) All projects put out for competitive bid by
14municipalities with a population greater than 60,000 that are
15funded wholly or in part by State funds shall be considered
16State projects for purposes of the Business Enterprise Program
17Act or, if a transportation project, a State project of the
18Department of Transportation for purposes of the Disadvantaged
19Business Enterprise program.
20    (b) All existing State aspirational goals for projects as
21justified by existing disparity studies shall apply to
22projects under this Section.

 

 

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1    (c) Affected municipalities shall be required to list the
2existing aspirational goals in all contract proposals and
3shall require all prime contractors to submit a utilization
4plan with their bid. The municipality may select which State
5agency's utilization plan is most appropriate for each
6contract.
7    (d) All entities eligible to work as part of either the
8State's Business Enterprise Program or Disadvantaged Business
9Enterprise Program on State contracts as a
10disadvantaged-owned, minority-owned, woman-owned, or
11veteran-owned business shall be eligible to participate as
12part of satisfying the aspirational goals for the municipal
13projects.
14    (e) Nothing in the Section shall require a municipality to
15conduct a disparity study, certify businesses as eligible to
16participate in the program, grant waivers, determine whether
17the utilization plan reflects a good faith effort to comply
18with this provision, or otherwise put a prime contractor at a
19bidding disadvantage based on the contents of the utilization
20plan.
21    (f) Any municipality subject to the requirements of this
22Section must publish on its website all submitted utilization
23plans from the winning bidder and maintain those utilization
24plans for at least 5 years.