Full Text of HB3485 99th General Assembly
HB3485eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
| 2 | | WHEREAS, African-Americans represent 14.7% of the total | 3 | | population of Illinois
residents; the unemployment rate for | 4 | | African-Americans in Illinois is projected to be 13.5%,
nearly | 5 | | double the rate for the total State population; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, African-Americans represent 9.5% of the ownership | 7 | | of total Illinois
businesses; the total value of State | 8 | | contracts awarded to African-American-owned businesses in 2013 | 9 | | was less
than 1% of total Central Management Services spending; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Unemployment leads to a decline in communities, | 12 | | resulting in
foreclosures, abandoned buildings, violence, | 13 | | depression, and poverty; therefore
| 14 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 15 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 16 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fair
| 17 | | Practices in Contracting Task Force Act. | 18 | | Section 5. Purpose and members.
| 19 | | (a) There is created the Fair Practices in Contracting Task
| 20 | | Force to: |
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| 1 | | (1) thoroughly survey African-American-owned business
| 2 | | participation in State procurement; | 3 | | (2) study African-American-owned subcontractors' | 4 | | ability to be paid in a timely manner and the communication | 5 | | processes between subcontractors and prime contractors and | 6 | | the State; | 7 | | (3) research solutions and methods to address the
| 8 | | disparity in procurement awards; and | 9 | | (4) produce a final report summarizing the Task Force's
| 10 | | findings and detailing recommended statutory or
| 11 | | constitutional strategies to recognize best practices. | 12 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members: | 13 | | (1) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the
House | 14 | | of Representatives, one of whom must be a member of the | 15 | | House of Representatives, and one whom must be
from the | 16 | | Department of Central Management Services, the Department | 17 | | of Transportation, or the Department of Health and Family | 18 | | Services; | 19 | | (2) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 20 | | House of Representatives, one of whom must be a member of | 21 | | the House of Representatives, and one whom must be from the | 22 | | Department of Central Management Services, the Department | 23 | | of Transportation, or the Department of Health and Family | 24 | | Services; | 25 | | (3) Two members appointed by the President of the | 26 | | Senate, one of whom must be a member of the Senate, and one |
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| 1 | | whom must be from the Department of Central Management | 2 | | Services, the Department of Transportation, or the | 3 | | Department of Health and Family Services; | 4 | | (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 5 | | Senate, one of whom must be a member of the Senate, and one | 6 | | whom must be from the Department of Central Management | 7 | | Services, the Department of Transportation, or the | 8 | | Department of Health and Family Services;
and | 9 | | (5) Four members appointed by the Governor, all of whom | 10 | | must be from the Department of Central Management Services, | 11 | | the Department of Transportation, or the Department of | 12 | | Health and Family Services. | 13 | | (c) Members shall serve without compensation. | 14 | | Section 10. Meetings. | 15 | | (a) The Task Force shall hold its first meeting by March 1,
| 16 | | 2016. | 17 | | (b) The Department of Central Management Services shall
| 18 | | assist the Task Force and provide administrative support, but
| 19 | | shall have no hand in guiding its direction or ascertaining its
| 20 | | results. | 21 | | (c) The Task Force shall meet quarterly and report its
| 22 | | findings to the General Assembly and the appropriate
| 23 | | committees. | 24 | | (d) The Task Force shall submit its final report to the
| 25 | | General Assembly and the Governor no later than December 31,
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| 1 | | 2017. | 2 | | Section 15. Repeal date. This Act is repealed on January | 3 | | 2,
2019.
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