Bill Text: IL HB5058 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a duly appointed member attending a meeting of the Commission may be counted as attending for the purpose of quorum if the member is accessing the meeting virtually via two-way, live communication.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5058 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5058-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5058 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 405/405-540
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a duly appointed member attending a meeting of the Commission may be counted as attending for the purpose of quorum if the member is accessing the meeting virtually via two-way, live communication.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
changing Section 405-540 as follows:
(20 ILCS 405/405-540)
Sec. 405-540. African Descent-Citizens Reparations
Commission.
(a) The African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission is
hereby established within the Department of Central Management
Services.
(b) The Commission shall include the following members:
(1) the Governor or his or her designee;
(2) one member of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(3) one member of the Senate appointed by the
President of the Senate;
(4) one member of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives;
(5) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority
Leader of the Senate;

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(6) three representatives of a national coalition that
supports reparations for African Americans appointed by
the Governor; and
(7) ten members of the public appointed by the
Governor, at least 8 of whom are African American
descendants of slavery.
(c) Appointment of members to the Commission shall be made
within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly, with the first meeting of the
Commission to be held at a reasonable period of time
thereafter. The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected
from among the members during the first meeting. Members of
the Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be
reimbursed for travel expenses. The 10 members of the public
appointed by the Governor shall be from diverse backgrounds,
including businesspersons and persons without high school
diplomas.
(c-5) A duly appointed member attending a meeting of the
Commission may be counted as attending for the purpose of
quorum if the member is accessing the meeting virtually via
two-way, live communication.
(d) Administrative support and staffing for the Commission
shall be provided by the Department of Central Management
Services. Any State agency under the jurisdiction of the
Governor shall provide testimony and documents as directed by
the Department.

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(e) The Commission shall perform the following duties:
(1) develop and implement measures to ensure equity,
equality, and parity for African American descendants of
slavery;
(2) hold hearings to discuss the implementation of
measures to ensure equity, equality, and parity for
African American descendants of slavery;
(3) educate the public on reparations for African
American descendants of slavery;
(4) report to the General Assembly information and
findings regarding the work of the Commission under this
Section and the feasibility of reparations for Illinois
African American descendants of slavery, including any
recommendations on the subject; and
(5) discuss and perform actions regarding the
following issues:
(i) Preservation of African American neighborhoods
and communities through investment in business
development, home ownership, and affordable housing at
the median income of each neighborhood, with a full
range of housing services and strengthening of
institutions, which shall include, without limitation,
schools, parks, and community centers.
(ii) Building and development of a Vocational
Training Center for People of African
Descent-Citizens, with satellite centers throughout

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the State, to address the racial disparity in the
building trades and the de-skilling of African
American labor through the historic discrimination in
the building trade unions. The Center shall also have
departments for legitimate activities in the informal
economy and apprenticeship.
(iii) Ensuring proportional economic
representation in all State contracts, including
reviews and recommendations for changes to the State
procurement and contracting requirements and
procedures with the express goal of increasing the
number of African American vendors and contracts for
services to an equitable level reflecting their
population in the State.
(iv) Creation and enforcement of an Illinois
Slavery Era Disclosure Bill mandating that in addition
to disclosure, an affidavit must be submitted entitled
"Statement of Financial Reparations" that has been
negotiated between the Commission established under
this Section and a corporation or institution that
disclosed ties to the enslavement or injury of people
of African descent in the United States of America.
(f) Beginning January 1, 2022, and for each year
thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report regarding its
actions and any information as required under this Section to
the Governor and the General Assembly. The report of the

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