HB3853 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3853

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Cyril Nichols

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 595/10

    Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended
5by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 595/10)
7    Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm or food
8products.
9    (a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm
10and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal
11of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased
12by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including,
13without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health
14and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and
15public universities, shall, by 2020 onward, be local farm or
16food products.
17    (a-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to
18be purchased by State agencies under subsection (a), at least
1910% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from
20minority-owned food producers.
21    (b) The State shall require that at least 20% support and
22encourage that 10% of food and food products purchased by
23entities funded in part or in whole by State dollars, which

 

 

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1spend funds more than $25,000 per year on food or food products
2for its students, residents, or clients, including, without
3limitation, public schools, child care facilities,
4after-school programs, and hospitals, shall, by 2023 onward
52020, be local farm or food products.
6    (b-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to
7be purchased by State-funded entities under subsection (b), at
8least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased
9from minority-owned food producers.
10    (c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a
11State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be
12awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise
13qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use
14of local farm or food products may be given preference over
15other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid of
16local farm or food products is not more than 10% greater than
17the cost included in a bid that is not for local farm or food
18products.
19    (d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that
20purchase food and food products shall develop a system for (i)
21identifying the percentage of local farm or food products
22purchased for fiscal year 2021 as the baseline; and (ii)
23tracking and reporting local farm or food products purchases
24on an annual basis.
25    (e) On January 1, 2024 and each January 1 thereafter,
26those State agencies and State-owned facilities that purchase

 

 

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1food or food products shall publish in their respective
2procurement bulletins, in the form and format prescribed by
3the chief procurement officer, notice of their purchases of
4local farm or food products in the immediately preceding
5fiscal year.
6(Source: P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.