Full Text of HB0378 102nd General Assembly
HB0378ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Thaddeus Jones Filed: 2/15/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 378
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 378 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 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 |
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| 1 | | construction and repair and social
service programs.
| 2 | | (b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 3 | | of the 102nd General Assembly, the amounts allocated and paid | 4 | | to municipalities and counties under this Act may also be used | 5 | | for the procurement of black-owned media services as provided | 6 | | under subsection (b) of Section 35-45 of the Illinois | 7 | | Procurement Code. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 86-18.)
| 9 | | Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 10 | | adding Section 35-45 as follows: | 11 | | (30 ILCS 500/35-45 new) | 12 | | Sec. 35-45. Purchase of black-owned media services. | 13 | | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 14 | | of the 102nd General Assembly, it shall be the aspirational | 15 | | goal of the State that for any State agency subject to the | 16 | | provisions of this Code, no less than 10% of the total dollar | 17 | | amount used by that State agency for the purchase of media | 18 | | services shall be used to procure the services of black-owned | 19 | | media. | 20 | | (b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of | 21 | | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, each unit | 22 | | of local government, including school districts and community | 23 | | college districts, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that | 24 | | establishes an aspirational goal that no less than 10% of the |
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| 1 | | total dollar amount used for the purchase of media services | 2 | | shall be used to procure the services of black-owned media. | 3 | | Municipalities and counties may use moneys allocated and | 4 | | disbursed under Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing Act for | 5 | | the purposes of this subsection (b). | 6 | | (c) If any State agency or public institution of higher | 7 | | education contract is eligible to be paid for or reimbursed, | 8 | | in whole or in part, with federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, | 9 | | and the provisions of this Section would result in the loss of | 10 | | those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, then the contract | 11 | | is exempt from the provisions of this Section in order to | 12 | | remain eligible for those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans. | 13 | | (d) Each State agency under the jurisdiction of this Code | 14 | | shall file with the Commission on Equity and Inclusion an | 15 | | annual compliance plan which shall outline the State agency's | 16 | | efforts and progress towards the goal of using media services | 17 | | funds to procure services of black-owned media for the then | 18 | | immediately preceding fiscal year. | 19 | | (e) For the purposes of this Section, "black-owned media" | 20 | | means a newspaper or other periodical issued at regular | 21 | | intervals whether in print or electronic format, a news | 22 | | service whether in print or electronic format, a radio | 23 | | station, a television station, a television network, a | 24 | | community antenna television service, or any other person, | 25 | | business, or corporation that is (i) majority owned by black | 26 | | or African American persons, (ii) certified by the Business |
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| 1 | | Enterprise Program as a minority-owned business or women-owned | 2 | | business, and (iii) engaged in making any written, oral, or | 3 | | electronic communication that contains news, promotion, or | 4 | | inducement. ".
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