Bill Text: IL SB3425 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. In provisions requiring State agencies and public institutions of higher education to encourage prime vendors to amend a contract with no contract goal, provides that, if a prime vendor is not willing to amend a contract to include the recommended goal of the State agency or public institution of higher education, the contract shall be rebid immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB3425 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3425-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 8i as follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 575/8i) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2029) | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Sec. 8i. Renewals. State agencies and public institutions | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of higher education shall: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) review all existing contracts prior to the time of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | renewal to determine if the contract goal is being met by | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the prime vendor; | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) review all existing contracts prior to the time of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | renewal to determine if the contract goal should be | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | increased based upon market conditions and availability of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | firms certified pursuant to this Act; | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) review existing contracts with no contract goal to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | determine if a goal can be established; if it is | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | determined that a contract goal can be established, the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | State agency or public institution of higher education | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | shall encourage the prime vendor to amend the contract to | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | include the contract goal; if a prime vendor is not |
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