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Public Act 098-0797
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| HB3831 Enrolled | LRB098 15383 HLH 50412 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing |
Section 23.9 as follows:
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(15 ILCS 405/23.9) |
Sec. 23.9. Minority Contractor Opportunity Initiative. The |
State Comptroller Minority Contractor Opportunity Initiative |
is created to provide greater opportunities for minority-owned |
businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses owned by |
persons with disabilities, and small businesses with 20 or |
fewer employees in this State to participate in the State |
procurement process. The initiative shall be administered by |
the Comptroller. Under this initiative, the Comptroller is |
responsible for the following: (i) outreach to minority-owned |
businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses owned by |
persons with disabilities, and small businesses capable of |
providing services to the State; (ii) education of |
minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses |
owned by persons with disabilities, and small businesses |
concerning State contracting and procurement; (iii) |
notification of minority-owned businesses, female-owned |
businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and |
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small businesses of State contracting opportunities; and (iv) |
maintenance of an online database of State contracts that |
identifies the contracts awarded to minority-owned businesses, |
female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with |
disabilities, and small businesses that includes the total |
amount paid by State agencies to contractors and the percentage |
paid to minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, |
businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and small |
businesses. |
The Comptroller shall work with the Business Enterprise |
Council created under Section 5 of the Business Enterprise for |
Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act to |
fulfill the Comptroller's responsibilities under this Section. |
The Comptroller may rely on the Business Enterprise Council's |
identification of minority-owned businesses, female-owned |
businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities. |
The Comptroller shall annually prepare and submit a report |
to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the |
progress of this initiative including the following |
information for the preceding calendar year: (i) a statement of |
the total amounts paid by each executive branch agency to |
contractors since the previous report; (ii) the percentage of |
the amounts that were paid to minority-owned businesses, |
female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with |
disabilities, and small businesses; (iii) the successes |
achieved and the challenges faced by the Comptroller in |
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operating outreach programs for minorities, women, persons |
with disabilities, and small businesses; (iv) the challenges |
each executive branch agency may face in hiring qualified |
minority, female, disabled, and small business employees and |
contracting with qualified minority-owned businesses, |
female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with |
disabilities, and small businesses; and (iv) any other |
information, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for |
legislative or agency action, as the Comptroller deems |
appropriate. |
On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
the 97th General Assembly, any bidder or offeror awarded a |
contract of $1,000 or more under Section 20-10, 20-15, 20-25, |
or 20-30 of the Illinois Procurement Code is required to pay a |
fee of $15 to cover expenses related to the administration of |
this Section. The Comptroller shall deduct the fee from the |
first check issued to the vendor under the contract and deposit |
the fee into the Comptroller's Administrative Fund. Contracts |
administered for statewide orders placed by agencies (commonly |
referred to as "statewide master contracts") are exempt from |
this fee.
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(Source: P.A. 97-590, eff. 8-26-11.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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