(30 ILCS 574/40-10)
    Sec. 40-10. Powers and duties. In addition to the other powers and duties which may be prescribed in this Act or elsewhere, the Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
        (1) The Commission shall have a role in all State and
    
university procurement by facilitating and streamlining communications between the Business Enterprise Council for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities, the purchasing entities, the Chief Procurement Officers, and others.
        (2) The Commission may create a scoring evaluation
    
for State agency directors, public university presidents and chancellors, and public community college presidents. The scoring shall be based on the following 3 principles: (i) increasing capacity; (ii) growing revenue; and (iii) enhancing credentials. These principles should be the foundation of the agency compliance plan required under Section 6 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
        (3) The Commission shall exercise the authority and
    
duties provided to it under Section 5-7 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
        (4) The Commission, working with State agencies,
    
shall provide support for diversity in State hiring.
        (5) The Commission shall oversee the implementation
    
of diversity training of the State workforce.
        (6) Each January, and as otherwise frequently as may
    
be deemed necessary and appropriate by the Commission, the Commission shall propose and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly legislative changes to increase inclusion and diversity in State government.
        (7) The Commission shall have oversight over the
    
following entities:
            (A) the Illinois African-American Family
        
Commission;
            (B) the Illinois Latino Family Commission;
            (C) the Asian American Family Commission;
            (D) the Illinois Muslim American Advisory
        
Council;
            (E) the Illinois African-American Fair
        
Contracting Commission created under Executive Order 2018-07; and
            (F) the Business Enterprise Council for
        
Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities.
        (8) The Commission shall adopt any rules necessary
    
for the implementation and administration of the requirements of this Act.
        (9) The Commission shall exercise the authority and
    
duties provided to it under Section 45-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-657, eff. 1-1-22; 102-29, eff. 6-25-21; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)