Bill Text: IL HB0395 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0395 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB0395-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 395
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 395 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Small | ||||||
5 | Business Contracts Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the | ||||||
7 | following terms shall have the following definitions: | ||||||
8 | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
9 | Opportunity. | ||||||
10 | "Small business" means an independently owned and operated | ||||||
11 | business that has fewer than 50 full-time employees. | ||||||
12 | "State contract" means a State contract, funded | ||||||
13 | exclusively with State funds which are not subject to federal | ||||||
14 | reimbursement, whether competitively bid or negotiated, as | ||||||
15 | defined by the Department. | ||||||
16 | "State official or agency" means a department, officer, |
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1 | board, commission, institution, or body politic or corporate of | ||||||
2 | the State.
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3 | Section 10. Award of State contracts. | ||||||
4 | (a) Not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State | ||||||
5 | contracts, as defined by the Department, shall be established | ||||||
6 | as a goal to be awarded to small businesses. | ||||||
7 | (b) The percentage in subsection (a) relates to the total | ||||||
8 | dollar amount of State contracts during each State fiscal year, | ||||||
9 | calculated by examining independently each type of contract for | ||||||
10 | each State official or agency which lets such contracts.
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11 | Section 15. Compliance plans. | ||||||
12 | (a) Each State official or agency shall file with the | ||||||
13 | Department an annual compliance plan which shall outline the | ||||||
14 | goals of the State official or agency for contracting with | ||||||
15 | small businesses for the then current fiscal year, the manner | ||||||
16 | in which the official or agency intends to reach these goals, | ||||||
17 | and a timetable for reaching these goals. The Department shall | ||||||
18 | review and approve the plan of each State official or agency | ||||||
19 | and may reject any plan that does not comply with this Act or | ||||||
20 | any rules promulgated pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
21 | (b) Each State official or agency shall file with the | ||||||
22 | Department an annual report of its utilization of small | ||||||
23 | businesses during the preceding fiscal year including lapse | ||||||
24 | period spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization |
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1 | to date for the then current fiscal year. The reports shall | ||||||
2 | include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the State official | ||||||
3 | or agency to meet its goals under the Act.
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4 | Section 20. Annual report. The Department shall file no | ||||||
5 | later than March 1 of each year, an annual report that shall | ||||||
6 | detail the level of achievement toward the goals specified in | ||||||
7 | this Act over the 3 most recent fiscal years. The annual report | ||||||
8 | shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: | ||||||
9 | (1) a summary detailing State appropriations subject | ||||||
10 | to the goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals | ||||||
11 | attained by each State official or agency; | ||||||
12 | (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and | ||||||
13 | the average contract amount by each State official or | ||||||
14 | agency; and | ||||||
15 | (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal | ||||||
16 | achievement concerning purchases from small businesses.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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