Full Text of HB0378 102nd General Assembly
HB0378 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB0378 Introduced 1/29/2021, by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 30 ILCS 115/3 | from Ch. 85, par. 613 | 30 ILCS 500/35-45 new | |
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Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that for any State agency subject to the provisions of the Code, no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated for or used by that State agency for the purchase of media services shall be used to procure the services of black-owned media. Requires units of local government to adopt an ordinance or resolution for the procurement of black-owned media services. Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act. Allows municipalities and counties to use moneys allocated under the Act for the procurement of black-owned media services. Defines "black-owned media". Makes conforming changes.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Revenue Sharing Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 115/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 613)
| 7 | | Sec. 3. Use of Fund. | 8 | | (a) The amounts allocated and paid to the municipalities
| 9 | | and counties of this State pursuant to the provisions of this | 10 | | Act shall be
used solely for the general welfare of the people | 11 | | of the State of Illinois,
including financial assistance to | 12 | | school districts, any part of which lie
within the | 13 | | municipality or county, through unrestricted block grants for
| 14 | | school purposes carried out within the municipality or county | 15 | | making the
grant, and also including, but not limited to, | 16 | | mental health programs,
wastewater projects, road and bridge | 17 | | construction and repair and social
service programs.
| 18 | | (b) Beginning on and after the effective date of this | 19 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the amounts | 20 | | allocated and paid to municipalities and counties under this | 21 | | Act may also be used for the procurement of black-owned media | 22 | | services as provided under subsection (b) of Section 35-45 of | 23 | | the Illinois Procurement Code. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 86-18.)
| 2 | | Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 3 | | adding Section 35-45 as follows: | 4 | | (30 ILCS 500/35-45 new) | 5 | | Sec. 35-45. Purchase of black-owned media services. | 6 | | (a) For any State agency subject to the provisions of this | 7 | | Code, no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated for or used | 8 | | by that State agency for the purchase of media services shall | 9 | | be used to procure the services of black-owned media. | 10 | | (b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of | 11 | | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, each unit | 12 | | of local government, including school districts and community | 13 | | college distracts, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that | 14 | | requires no less than 20% of the moneys appropriated or used | 15 | | for the purchase of media services to be used to procure the | 16 | | services of black-owned media. Municipalities and counties may | 17 | | use moneys allocated and disbursed under Section 2 of the | 18 | | State Revenue Sharing Act for the purposes of this subsection | 19 | | (b). | 20 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "black-owned media" | 21 | | means a newspaper or other periodical issued at regular | 22 | | intervals whether in print or electronic format, a news | 23 | | service whether in print or electronic format, a radio | 24 | | station, a television station, a television network, a |
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| 1 | | community antenna television service, or any other person, | 2 | | business, or corporation that is majority owned by black or | 3 | | African American persons, and is engaged in making any | 4 | | written, oral, or electronic communication that contains news, | 5 | | promotion, or inducement.
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