97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3186
 
Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

     Creates the Small Business Contracts Act. Provides that not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded to small businesses. Provides for compliance plans and annual reports to help monitor the implementation of the 10% goal. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Small 
5Business Contracts Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the 
7following terms shall have the following definitions:
8    "Department" means the Department of Central Management 
9Services.
10    "Small business" means a small business as defined by the 
11Department.
12    "State contract" means a State contract, funded with State 
13or federal funds, whether competitively bid or negotiated, as 
14defined by the Department.
15    "State official or agency" means a department, officer, 
16board, commission, institution, or body politic or corporate of 
17the State.
 
18    Section 10. Award of State  contracts. 
19    (a) Not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State 
20contracts, as defined by the Department, shall be established 
21as a goal to be awarded to small businesses.
22    (b) The percentage in subsection (a) relates to the total 
 
 
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1dollar amount of State contracts during each State fiscal year, 
2calculated by examining independently each type of contract for 
3each State official or agency which lets such contracts.
 
4    Section 15. Compliance plans. 
5    (a) Each State official or agency shall file with the 
6Department an annual compliance plan which shall outline the 
7goals of the State official or agency for contracting with 
8small businesses for the then current fiscal year, the manner 
9in which the official or agency intends to reach these goals, 
10and a timetable for reaching these goals. The Department shall 
11review and approve the plan of each State official or agency 
12and may reject any plan that does not comply with this Act or 
13any rules promulgated pursuant to this Act.
14    (b) Each State official or agency shall file with the 
15Department an annual report of its utilization of small 
16businesses during the preceding fiscal year including lapse 
17period spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization 
18to date for the then current fiscal year. The reports shall 
19include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the State official 
20or agency to meet its goals under the Act.
 
21    Section 20. Annual report. The Department shall file no 
22later than March 1 of each year, an annual report that shall 
23detail the level of achievement toward the goals specified in 
24this Act over the 3 most recent fiscal years. The annual report 
 
 
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1shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
2        (1) a summary detailing State appropriations subject 
3    to the goals, the actual goals specified, and the goals 
4    attained by each State official or agency;
5        (2) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and 
6    the average contract amount by each State official or 
7    agency; and
8        (3) an analysis of the level of overall goal 
9    achievement concerning purchases from small businesses.
 
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.