103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3853 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 595/10 Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 26808 DTM 53172 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3853 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 595/10 30 ILCS 595/10 Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 26808 DTM 53172 b LRB103 26808 DTM 53172 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3853 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 595/10 30 ILCS 595/10
30 ILCS 595/10
Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning finance.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended
5 by changing Section 10 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 595/10)
7 Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm or food
8 products.
9 (a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm
10 and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal
11 of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased
12 by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including,
13 without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health
14 and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and
15 public universities, shall, by 2020 onward, be local farm or
16 food products.
17 (a-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to
18 be purchased by State agencies under subsection (a), at least
19 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from
20 minority-owned food producers.
21 (b) The State shall require that at least 20% support and
22 encourage that 10% of food and food products purchased by
23 entities funded in part or in whole by State dollars, which
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3853 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 595/10 30 ILCS 595/10
30 ILCS 595/10
Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Requires that at least 20% (currently, 10%) of food and food products purchased by State-funded entities be local farm or food products. Provides that of the 20% of local farm or food products required to be purchased by State agencies and State-funded entities under the Act, at least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased from minority-owned food producers. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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1 spend funds more than $25,000 per year on food or food products
2 for its students, residents, or clients, including, without
3 limitation, public schools, child care facilities,
4 after-school programs, and hospitals, shall, by 2023 onward
5 2020, be local farm or food products.
6 (b-5) Of the 20% of local farm or food products required to
7 be purchased by State-funded entities under subsection (b), at
8 least 10% of the local farm or food products shall be purchased
9 from minority-owned food producers.
10 (c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a
11 State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be
12 awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise
13 qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use
14 of local farm or food products may be given preference over
15 other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid of
16 local farm or food products is not more than 10% greater than
17 the cost included in a bid that is not for local farm or food
18 products.
19 (d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that
20 purchase food and food products shall develop a system for (i)
21 identifying the percentage of local farm or food products
22 purchased for fiscal year 2021 as the baseline; and (ii)
23 tracking and reporting local farm or food products purchases
24 on an annual basis.
25 (e) On January 1, 2024 and each January 1 thereafter,
26 those State agencies and State-owned facilities that purchase
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1 food or food products shall publish in their respective
2 procurement bulletins, in the form and format prescribed by
3 the chief procurement officer, notice of their purchases of
4 local farm or food products in the immediately preceding
5 fiscal year.
6 (Source: P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.
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