Rep. Ed Sullivan

Filed: 5/27/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2357

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2357, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
6amended by changing Section 12.2 as follows:
 
7    (230 ILCS 5/12.2)
8    Sec. 12.2. Business enterprise program.
9    (a) For the purposes of this Section, the terms "minority",
10"minority owned business", "female", "female owned business",
11"person with a disability", and "business owned by a person
12with a disability" have the meanings ascribed to them in the
13Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
14Disabilities Act.
15    (b) The Board shall, by rule, establish goals for the award
16of contracts by each organization licensee or inter-track

 

 

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1wagering licensee to businesses owned by minorities, females,
2and persons with disabilities, expressed as percentages of an
3organization licensee's or inter-track wagering licensee's
4total dollar amount of contracts awarded during each calendar
5year. Each organization licensee or inter-track wagering
6licensee must make every effort to meet the goals established
7by the Board pursuant to this Section. When setting the goals
8for the award of contracts, the Board shall not include
9contracts where: (1) licensees are purchasing goods or services
10from vendors or suppliers or in markets where there are no or a
11limited number of minority owned businesses, women owned
12businesses, or businesses owned by persons with disabilities
13that would be sufficient to satisfy the goal; (2) there are no
14or a limited number of suppliers licensed by the Board; (3) the
15licensee or its parent company owns a company that provides the
16goods or services; or (4) the goods or services are provided to
17the licensee by a publicly traded company.
18    (c) Each organization licensee or inter-track wagering
19licensee shall file with the Board an annual report of its
20utilization of minority owned businesses, female owned
21businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities
22during the preceding calendar year. The reports shall include a
23self-evaluation of the efforts of the organization licensee or
24inter-track wagering licensee to meet its goals under this
25Section.
26    (d) The organization licensee or inter-track wagering

 

 

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1licensee shall have the right to request a waiver from the
2requirements of this Section. The Board shall grant the waiver
3where the organization licensee or inter-track wagering
4licensee demonstrates that there has been made a good faith
5effort to comply with the goals for participation by minority
6owned businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
7owned by persons with disabilities.
8    (e) If the Board determines that its goals and policies are
9not being met by any organization licensee or inter-track
10wagering licensee, then the Board may:
11        (1) adopt remedies for such violations; and
12        (2) recommend that the organization licensee or
13    inter-track wagering licensee provide additional
14    opportunities for participation by minority owned
15    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
16    by persons with disabilities; such recommendations may
17    include, but shall not be limited to:
18            (A) assurances of stronger and better focused
19        solicitation efforts to obtain more minority owned
20        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
21        owned by persons with disabilities as potential
22        sources of supply;
23            (B) division of job or project requirements, when
24        economically feasible, into tasks or quantities to
25        permit participation of minority owned businesses,
26        female owned businesses, and businesses owned by

 

 

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1        persons with disabilities;
2            (C) elimination of extended experience or
3        capitalization requirements, when programmatically
4        feasible, to permit participation of minority owned
5        businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses
6        owned by persons with disabilities;
7            (D) identification of specific proposed contracts
8        as particularly attractive or appropriate for
9        participation by minority owned businesses, female
10        owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
11        disabilities, such identification to result from and
12        be coupled with the efforts of items (A) through (C);
13        and
14            (E) implementation of regulations established for
15        the use of the sheltered market process.
16    (f) The Board shall file, no later than March 1 of each
17year, an annual report that shall detail the level of
18achievement toward the goals specified in this Section over the
193 most recent fiscal years. The annual report shall include,
20but need not be limited to:
21        (1) a summary detailing expenditures subject to the
22    goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals attained
23    by each organization licensee or inter-track wagering
24    licensee;
25        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and
26    the average contract amount by each organization licensee

 

 

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1    or inter-track wagering licensee;
2        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal
3    achievement concerning purchases from minority owned
4    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
5    by persons with disabilities;
6        (4) an analysis of the number of minority owned
7    businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned
8    by persons with disabilities that are certified under the
9    program as well as the number of those businesses that
10    received State procurement contracts; and
11        (5) (blank) a summary of the number of contracts
12    awarded to businesses with annual gross sales of less than
13    $1,000,000; of $1,000,000 or more, but less than
14    $5,000,000; of $5,000,000 or more, but less than
15    $10,000,000; and of $10,000,000 or more.
16(Source: P.A. 98-490, eff. 8-16-13; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)".