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| AN ACT concerning persons with disabilities.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services |
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| Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by |
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| adding Section 405-122 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 405/405-122 new) |
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| Sec. 405-122. Employees with a disability. The Department, |
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| in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, the |
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| Department of Employment Security, and other agencies of State |
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| government shall develop and implement programs to increase the |
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| number of qualified employees with disabilities working in the |
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| State. The programs shall include provisions to increase the |
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| number of people with a disability hired for positions with |
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| specific job titles for which they have been assessed and |
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| awarded a passing grade. The Department and the Department of |
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| Human Services must submit a report, annually, to the Governor |
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| and the General Assembly concerning their actions under this |
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| Section. |
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| Section 10. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 10-27 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 1305/10-27 new)
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| Sec. 10-27. Information concerning federal tax credits and |
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| deductions for hiring qualified employees with disabilities. |
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| (a) The Department shall collect, during the period of July |
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| 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, information regarding all of the |
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| following: |
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| (1) The number of employers that have claimed the Work |
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| Opportunity Tax Credit and the amounts claimed during this |
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| time frame. |
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| (2) The size of the employer claiming the Work |
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| Opportunity Tax Credit and whether the employer is a small |
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| business or a large business. |
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| (b) The Department shall cooperate with the Department of |
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| Revenue, the Department of Employment Security, and other |
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| appropriate agencies of State government to gather the |
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| information required in items (1) and (2) of subsection (a). |
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| (c) For the purposes of this Section: |
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| "Large business" means a business concern, including |
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| affiliates, which is not a small business. |
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| "Small business" means a business concern, including |
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| affiliates, with fewer than 16 employees or has gross annual |
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| sales of less than $3 million. |
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| (d) The Department shall submit a report, annually, to the |
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| Governor and the General Assembly concerning its actions under |
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| this Section. |
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |