(30 ILCS 577/35-20)
Sec. 35-20. Construction employment initiative.
(a) Each fiscal year, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall identify construction projects that are:
(1) funded by the State or the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act or funded in part by the State and in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act;
(2) equal to or greater than $5,000,000 in total
value; and
(3) located in or within 5 miles of Cook County,
Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, Kankakee, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign-Urbana, Springfield, East St. Louis, Rockford, Waukegan, or Cairo.
In addition, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate any other construction project as a construction employment initiative project if the local available workforce is sufficient to meet the goals of this Section.
(b) Not less than 20% of the total apprenticeship hours performed on projects identified pursuant to subsection (a) is established as a goal of those projects to be completed by members of minority groups currently under-represented in skilled building trades.
(c) Not less than 10% of the total apprenticeship hours performed on projects identified pursuant to subsection (a) is established as a goal of those projects to be performed by women. A woman who is also a member of a minority group shall be designated to one category or the other by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for purposes of this subsection and subsection (b).
(d) An advisory committee for the purposes of this Section is established as follows:
(1) Eight members appointed 2 each by the President
and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
(2) The Director of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, or his or her designee.
(3) The Illinois Secretary of Transportation, or his
or her designee.
(4) The executive director of the Capital Development
Board, or his or her designee.
(5) Three members representing building trades labor
organizations, appointed by the Governor.
(6) One member representing vertical construction,
appointed by the Governor.
(7) One member representing road builders, appointed
by the Governor.
(8) One member representing an association of
African-American owned construction companies, appointed by the Governor.
(9) One member representing an association of Latino
owned construction companies, appointed by the Governor.
(10) One member representing an association of women
in the building trades, appointed by the Governor.
(11) One member representing an association of
female-owned construction companies, appointed by the Governor.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative support staff for the advisory committee.
(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
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Last modified: February 18, 2015