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90_SB1943 30 ILCS 575/4 from Ch. 127, par. 132.604 Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that not less than 19% (now 12%) of the total dollar amount of State contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded to minorities, females, and persons with disabilities. Provides that, of those contracts, as nearly as possible, 26% shall be awarded to minority male owned businesses, 42% shall be awarded to non-minority female owned businesses, 21% shall be awarded to minority female owned businesses, and 11% shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities (now, of those contracts, five-twelfths shall be awarded to female owned businesses and one-sixth shall be awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities). LRB9012282MWpc LRB9012282MWpc 1 AN ACT to amend the Business Enterprise for Minorities, 2 Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act by changing 3 Section 4. 4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 5 represented in the General Assembly: 6 Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, 7 Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by 8 changing Section 4 as follows: 9 (30 ILCS 575/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.604) 10 (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 6, 1999) 11 Sec. 4. Award of State contracts. 12 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), not less than 13 19%12%of the total dollar amount of State contracts, as 14 defined by the Secretary of the Council and approved by the 15 Council, shall be established as a goal to be awarded to 16 businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with 17 disabilities; provided, however, that as nearly as possible 18 (i) contracts representing 26% of the total amount of all 19 State contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, 20 females, and persons with disabilities under this Section 21 shall be awarded to minority male owned businesses, (ii) 22 contracts representing 42% of the total amount of all State 23 contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, females, 24 and persons with disabilities under this Section shall be 25 awarded to non-minority female owned businesses, (iii)that26 contracts representing 21%at least five-twelfthsof the 27 total amount of all State contracts awarded to businesses 28 owned by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities 29 pursuant to this Section shall be awarded to minority female 30 owned businesses, and (iv)thatcontracts representing 11%at31least one-sixthof the total amount of all State contracts -2- LRB9012282MWpc 1 awarded to businesses owned by minorities, females, and 2 persons with disabilities pursuant to this Section shall be 3 awarded to businesses owned by persons with disabilities. 4 The above percentage relates to the total dollar amount 5 of State contracts during each State fiscal year, calculated 6 by examining independently each type of contract for each 7 agency or university which lets such contracts. Only that 8 percentage of arrangements which represents the participation 9 of businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with 10 disabilities on such contracts shall be included. 11 (b) In the case of State construction contracts, the 12 provisions of subsection (a) requiring a portion of State 13 contracts to be awarded to businesses owned and controlled by 14 persons with disabilities do not apply. Not less than 10% of 15 the total dollar amount of State construction contracts is 16 established as a goal to be awarded to minority and female 17 owned businesses, and contracts representing 50% of the 18 amount of all State construction contracts awarded to 19 minority and female owned businesses shall be awarded to 20 female owned businesses. 21 (Source: P.A. 87-701; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94.)