Bill Text: IL HB2679 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that in the employment and appointment to fill positions in the construction, addition to, or alteration of all public works undertaken or contracted for by the State, or by any political subdivision thereof, preference shall be given to Black or African-American persons. Provides that every contract for such work shall contain a term providing for this preference. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this Act, is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $75, nor more than $300 for each offense. Amends the Veterans Preference Act. Makes a related change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2679 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB2679-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB2679 Introduced , by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 575/10 new
330 ILCS 55/1 from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 23
Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that in the employment and appointment to fill positions in the construction, addition to, or alteration of all public works undertaken or contracted for by the State, or by any political subdivision thereof, preference shall be given to Black or African-American persons. Provides that every contract for such work shall contain a term providing for this preference. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this Act, is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $75, nor more than $300 for each offense. Amends the Veterans Preference Act. Makes a related change.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities,
Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by adding
Section 10 as follows:
(30 ILCS 575/10 new)
Sec. 10. African-American employment opportunities.
(a) In the employment and appointment to fill positions in
the construction, addition to, or alteration of all public
works undertaken or contracted for by the State, or by any
political subdivision thereof, preference shall be given to
Black or African American persons, as defined in Section 2 of
this Act, as well as persons who have served in the armed
forces under Section 55 of the Veterans Preference Act.
(b) Every contract for such work shall contain a term
providing for the preference given in subsection (a).
(c) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates the
provisions of this Act, is guily of a petty offense and shall
be fined not less than $75, nor more than $300 for each
offense.
Section 10. The Veterans Preference Act is amended by

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changing Section 1 as follows:
(330 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 23)
Sec. 1. In the employment and appointment to fill positions
in the construction, addition to, or alteration of all public
works undertaken or contracted for by the State, or by any
political subdivision thereof, preference shall be given to
persons of Black or African American origins under Section 10
of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons
with Disabilities Act, and persons who have been members of the
armed forces of the United States or who, while citizens of the
United States, were members of the armed forces of allies of
the United States in time of hostilities with a foreign
country, and have served under one or more of the following
conditions:
(1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
(2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities
regardless of the length of engagement, or
(3) The veteran served in the theater of operations but
was discharged on the basis of a hardship, or
(4) The veteran was released from active duty because
of a service connected disability and was honorably
discharged. But such preference shall be given only to
those persons who are found to possess the business
capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties
of such employment. No political subdivision or person

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contracting for such public works is required to give
preference to veterans, not residents of such district,
over residents thereof, who are not veterans.
As used in this Section:
"Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means any
period of time in the past, present, or future during which a
declaration of war by the United States Congress has been or is
in effect or during which an emergency condition has been or is
in effect that is recognized by the issuance of a Presidential
proclamation or a Presidential executive order and in which the
armed forces expeditionary medal or other campaign service
medals are awarded according to Presidential executive order.
"Armed forces of the United States" means the United States
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, United
States Reserve Forces, or Illinois National Guard. Service in
the Merchant Marine that constitutes active duty under Section
401 of federal Public Law 95-202 shall also be considered
service in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes
of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-566, eff. 8-31-07.)