Full Text of SB0860 102nd General Assembly
SB0860sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Antonio Muñoz Filed: 4/9/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 860
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 860 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Commission to End Hunger Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 15 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 5015/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Members. The Commission to End Hunger shall be | 8 | | composed of no more than 21 voting members including 2 members | 9 | | of the Illinois House of Representatives, one appointed by the | 10 | | Speaker of the House and one appointed by the House Minority | 11 | | Leader; 2 members of the Illinois Senate, one appointed by the | 12 | | Senate President and one appointed by the Senate Minority | 13 | | Leader; one representative of the Office of the Governor | 14 | | appointed by the Governor; one representative of the Office of | 15 | | the Lieutenant Governor appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; | 16 | | and 15 public members, who shall be appointed by the Governor.
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| 1 | | The public members shall include 2 representatives of food | 2 | | banks; 2 representatives from other community food assistance | 3 | | programs; a representative of a statewide organization focused | 4 | | on responding to hunger; a representative from an anti-poverty | 5 | | organization; a representative of an organization that serves | 6 | | or advocates for children and youth; a representative of an | 7 | | organization that serves or advocates for older adults; a | 8 | | representative of an organization that advocates for people | 9 | | who are homeless; a representative of an organization that | 10 | | serves or advocates for persons with disabilities; a | 11 | | representative of an organization that advocates for | 12 | | immigrants; a representative of a municipal or county | 13 | | government; and 3 at-large members. The appointed members | 14 | | shall reflect the racial, gender, and geographic diversity of | 15 | | the State and shall include representation from regions of the | 16 | | State. | 17 | | The following officials shall serve as ex-officio members: | 18 | | the Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee; the | 19 | | State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee; the | 20 | | Director of Healthcare and Family Services or his or her | 21 | | designee; the Director of Children and Family Services or his | 22 | | or her designee; the Director of Aging or his or her designee; | 23 | | the Director of Natural Resources or his or her designee; and | 24 | | the Director of Agriculture or his or her designee. The | 25 | | African-American Family Commission and , the Latino Family | 26 | | Commission , and the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council shall |
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| 1 | | each designate a liaison to serve ex-officio on the | 2 | | Commission.
| 3 | | Members shall serve without compensation and are | 4 | | responsible for the cost of all reasonable and necessary | 5 | | travel expenses connected to Commission business, as the State | 6 | | of Illinois will not reimburse Commission members for these | 7 | | costs.
| 8 | | Commission members shall be appointed within 60 days after | 9 | | the effective date of this Act. The Commission shall hold | 10 | | their initial meetings within 60 days after at least 50% of the | 11 | | members have been appointed.
| 12 | | The representative of the Office of the Governor and a | 13 | | representative of a food bank shall serve as co-chairs of the | 14 | | Commission.
| 15 | | At the first meeting of the Commission, the members shall | 16 | | select a 5-person Steering Committee that includes the | 17 | | co-chairs.
| 18 | | The Commission may establish committees that address | 19 | | specific issues or populations and may appoint individuals | 20 | | with relevant expertise who are not appointed members of the | 21 | | Commission to serve on committees as needed. | 22 | | The Office of the Governor, or a designee of the | 23 | | Governor's choosing, shall provide guidance to the Commission. | 24 | | Under the leadership of the Office of the Governor, subject to | 25 | | appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall also | 26 | | provide leadership to support the Commission. The Department |
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| 1 | | of Human Services and the State of Illinois shall not incur any | 2 | | costs as a result of the creation of the Commission to End | 3 | | Hunger as the coordination of meetings, report preparation, | 4 | | and other related duties will be completed by a representative | 5 | | of a food bank that is serving as a co-chair of the Commission.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1119, eff. 7-20-10; 97-419, eff. 8-16-11.) | 7 | | Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 8 | | changing Section 55-20 as follows: | 9 | | (30 ILCS 500/55-20) | 10 | | Sec. 55-20. Contracts for food donation; food donation | 11 | | policy. | 12 | | (a) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 13 | | 99th General Assembly, a public entity shall not enter into a | 14 | | contract to purchase food with a bidder or offeror if the | 15 | | bidder's or offeror's contract terms prohibit the public | 16 | | entity from donating food to food banks, including, but not | 17 | | limited to, homeless shelters, food pantries, and soup | 18 | | kitchens.
| 19 | | (b) Each State agency that purchases food through a | 20 | | contract procured in accordance with entering into or | 21 | | maintaining a contract for the purchase of food under this | 22 | | Code shall adopt a policy that permits the donation of | 23 | | leftover food purchased with procured by State funds. The | 24 | | policy shall address any daily food operations run by the |
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| 1 | | agency, including one-time events, and shall contain a list of | 2 | | nearby soup kitchens, food pantries, and other non-profit | 3 | | organizations where leftover food can be donated. Each State | 4 | | agency shall circulate its policy to all agency employees, and | 5 | | submit its food donation policy to the Department of Central | 6 | | Management Services on an annual basis beginning December 31, | 7 | | 2018. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-552, eff. 7-15-16; 100-709, eff. 8-3-18.) | 9 | | Section 15. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended | 10 | | by changing Section 10 as follows: | 11 | | (30 ILCS 595/10)
| 12 | | Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm or food | 13 | | products. | 14 | | (a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm | 15 | | and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal | 16 | | of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased | 17 | | by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including, | 18 | | without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health | 19 | | and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and | 20 | | public universities, shall, by 2020, be local farm or food | 21 | | products.
| 22 | | (b) The State Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council | 23 | | established under this Act shall support and encourage that | 24 | | 10% of food and food products purchased by entities funded in |
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| 1 | | part or in whole by State dollars, which spend more than | 2 | | $25,000 per year on food or food products for its students, | 3 | | residents, or clients, including, without limitation, public | 4 | | schools, child care facilities, after-school programs, and | 5 | | hospitals, shall, by 2020, be local farm or food products.
| 6 | | (c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a | 7 | | State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be | 8 | | awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise | 9 | | qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use | 10 | | of local farm or food products may be given preference over | 11 | | other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid of | 12 | | local farm or food products is not more than 10% greater than | 13 | | the cost included in a bid that is not for local farm or food | 14 | | products.
| 15 | | (d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that | 16 | | purchase food and food products shall , with the assistance of | 17 | | the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council, develop a system for | 18 | | (i) identifying the percentage of local farm or food products | 19 | | purchased for fiscal year 2020 2011 as the baseline; and (ii) | 20 | | tracking and reporting local farm or food products purchases | 21 | | on an annual basis.
| 22 | | (e) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that | 23 | | purchase food and food products shall publish on their | 24 | | applicable procurement bulletin their farm or food purchases | 25 | | for the recently completed fiscal year. The first published | 26 | | report shall be due no later than January 1, 2022 and represent |
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| 1 | | fiscal year 2021 purchases. A report shall be due each January | 2 | | 1 thereafter and be published on a form prescribed by each | 3 | | applicable Chief Procurement Officer. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09.) | 5 | | (30 ILCS 595/15 rep.) | 6 | | (30 ILCS 595/20 rep.) | 7 | | (30 ILCS 595/25 rep.) | 8 | | Section 20. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended | 9 | | by repealing Sections 15, 20, and 25.
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.".
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