Illinois Administrative Code › Title 86 - REVENUE › Part 3000 - RIVERBOAT AND CASINO GAMBLING › Subpart B - LICENSES › Section 3000.286 - Contracting Goals for Owners Licensees

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) For purposes of this Section:
1) The terms "minority", "minority owned
				business", "women owned business", and "business owned by a person with a
				disability" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 2 of the
				Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act
				[30 ILCS 575].
2) "Veteran" has the
				meaning ascribed in Section 10 of the Veterans Preference in Private Employment
				Act [330 ILCS 56].
3) "Veteran
				owned business" is a business that is at least 51% owned by one or more
				veterans or, in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock of which
				is owned by one or more veterans, and the management and daily operations of
				which are controlled by one or more of the veterans who own it.
4) "Contract" is an agreement for the
				provision of goods or services to an owners licensee.
5) "Contracting goal" is the goal established
				by the Board
for the award of contracts by each owners licensee to
				businesses owned by minorities, women, persons with disabilities
and
				veterans,
expressed as percentages of an owners licensee's total dollar
				amount of contracts awarded during each calendar year
[230 ILCS
				10/7.6(b)] except for contracts
				excluded from the coverage of this Section by subsection (b)(3).
6) "Good faith effort" is the effort of an
				owners licensee to achieve a contracting goal. A "good faith" effort shall
				require an owners licensee to give consideration in the awarding of contracts
				to qualified businesses owned by minorities, women, persons with disabilities,
				and veterans that are located in Illinois. A "good faith effort" shall require
				the following actions by an owners licensee:
A) Outreach by an owners licensee to
				associations of minority owned businesses, women owned businesses, businesses
				owned by persons with disabilities, and veterans whose areas of operation
				include the unit of local government where the owners licensee's riverboat
				gambling operation is located, to request their assistance in identifying and
				contacting businesses owned by minorities, women, persons with disabilities,
				and veterans that may be appropriate candidates for contract awards by the
				owners licensee.
B) Publication on
				a continuing basis in an owners licensee's website and, at least annually, in
				the official State newspaper, of a statement informing potential bidders how to
				obtain more detailed information from the owners licensee about future
				contracts to be entered into by the owners licensee, including price,
				occupational, and materials specifications. In addition, the owners licensee
				shall distribute this statement to the Business Enterprise Program of the
				Department of Central Management Services established under the Business
				Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act, the
				Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the
				Director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
7) "Dollar percentage" is the percentage of
				the total dollar value of an owners licensee's vendor contracts with minority
				owned businesses, women owned businesses, or businesses owned by a person with
				a disability during a calendar year, to the total dollar amount of all vendor
				contracts entered into by the owners licensee during that calendar year, except
				for contracts covered under subsection (b)(2).
8) "Emergency" is a situation in which one or
				more of the following have occurred or are at imminent risk of occurring:
A) Damage or disruption to all or part of a
				riverboat gambling operation; or
B)
				Danger to the health, safety, comfort or welfare of patrons or
				employees.