Full Text of SB0859 103rd General Assembly
SB0859sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Celina Villanueva Filed: 4/5/2024 | | 10300SB0859sam001 | | LRB103 03318 HLH 71783 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 859
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 859 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 6 | | is amended by adding Section 605-1032 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1032 new) | 8 | | Sec. 605-1032. Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 10 | | "Eligible not-for-profit corporation" means a | 11 | | not-for-profit corporation, as defined in Section 101.80 of | 12 | | the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, that | 13 | | primarily serves minorities, women, veterans, or persons with | 14 | | a disability. | 15 | | "Office" means the Office of Economic Equity and | 16 | | Empowerment. |
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| 1 | | (b) The Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment is | 2 | | hereby created within the Department. The Office shall assist | 3 | | minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, | 4 | | veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with | 5 | | disabilities, eligible not-for-profit corporations, and other | 6 | | underserved communities and constituencies through targeted | 7 | | programs, resources, and outreach and promotional activities. | 8 | | The Office may engage in or conduct the following activities: | 9 | | (1) promoting and conducting outreach efforts to | 10 | | ensure access to State and federal funding opportunities, | 11 | | and assisting minority-owned businesses, women-owned | 12 | | businesses, veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by | 13 | | persons with disabilities, eligible not-for-profit | 14 | | corporations, and other underserved communities and | 15 | | constituencies in applying for and receiving loan funds in | 16 | | the State; | 17 | | (2) providing and hosting workshops and public forums | 18 | | and engaging in outreach efforts for minority-owned | 19 | | businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned | 20 | | businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, | 21 | | and other underserved communities and constituencies to | 22 | | encourage participation in programs under the Business | 23 | | Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | 24 | | Disabilities Act, and assisting those businesses in | 25 | | becoming designated under that Act and under similar | 26 | | certification programs; |
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| 1 | | (3) providing and hosting workshops and public forums | 2 | | and engaging in outreach efforts that assist and educate | 3 | | minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, | 4 | | veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with | 5 | | disabilities, eligible not-for-profit corporations, and | 6 | | other underserved communities and constituencies on the | 7 | | process of applying for and becoming certified to apply | 8 | | for State grant funds under the Grant Accountability and | 9 | | Transparency Act; | 10 | | (4) providing and hosting workshops and public forums | 11 | | and engaging in outreach efforts that assist and educate | 12 | | aspiring and existing minority-owned businesses, | 13 | | women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, | 14 | | businesses owned by persons with disabilities, eligible | 15 | | not-for-profit corporations, and other underserved | 16 | | communities and constituencies with understanding concepts | 17 | | including, but not limited to, business formation and | 18 | | not-for-profit incorporation, business planning, capital | 19 | | access, and marketing a business or not-for-profit | 20 | | corporation; | 21 | | (5) administering programs established by the | 22 | | Department or the General Assembly to provide grants to | 23 | | minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses, | 24 | | veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with | 25 | | disabilities, eligible not-for-profit corporations, and | 26 | | other underserved communities and constituencies; |
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| 1 | | (6) coordinating assistance for minority-owned | 2 | | businesses, woman-owned businesses, veteran-owned | 3 | | businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, | 4 | | eligible not-for-profit corporations, and other | 5 | | underserved communities and constituencies with other | 6 | | State agencies; | 7 | | (7) providing staff, administration, and related | 8 | | support required to administer this Section; and | 9 | | (8) establishing applications, notifications, | 10 | | contracts, and other forms and procedures, and adopting | 11 | | rules deemed necessary and appropriate. | 12 | | (c) The Office may use vendors or enter into contracts to | 13 | | carry out the purposes of this Section. ". |
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