Bill Text: IL HB2924 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995. Provides that specified components of an "electronic cigarette" do not include any solution or substance that contains cannabis subject to tax under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act or the Cannabis Cultivation Privilege Tax Law. Amends the Civic Center Code, Flood Prevention District Act, Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, Local Mass Transit District Act, and Water Commission Act of 1985. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no tax may be imposed under specified provisions on the sale or use of cannabis. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Removes language providing that it is a Class B misdemeanor with a $1,000 fine for any person to breach the confidentiality of information obtained under the Act and instead requires each State department responsible for licensure under the Act to publish on its website specified ownership information of each cannabis business establishment licensed under the department's jurisdiction. Makes other changes. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Allows specified medical cannabis dispensing organizations to change locations under specified circumstances. Sets forth provisions regarding the method of distribution of licenses when tied applicants exist in a BLS Region. Defines "tied applicant". Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no special district may levy a tax upon the cultivation and processing of cannabis or upon purchasers for the use of cannabis. Provides that specified agents may begin employment at specified entities while the agents' identification card applications are pending. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that containers used to store cannabis in a motor vehicle upon a highway in this State must be secured and inaccessible and must be sealed or resealable (currently, only sealed). Effective immediately, except that the provisions amending the Civic Center Code, Flood Prevention District Act, Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, Local Mass Transit District Act, and Water Commission Act of 1985 take effect July 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2924 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2924-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by adding Section
8k as follows:
(30 ILCS 575/8k new)
Sec. 8k. Museum and sports facility diversity report.
(a) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020 and every fiscal year
thereafter, (1) any museum under the authority of a park
district in a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or
more and (2) any sports facility under the jurisdiction of the
Illinois Sports Facilities Authority shall submit an annual
diversity report to the Council, on or before January 30, which
includes information and data on diversity goals, and progress
toward achieving those goals, by businesses owned by
minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
(b) The diversity report shall include the following
information from the previous fiscal year:
(1) the percentage of total annual spending on
contracts with businesses owned by minorities, women, and
persons with disabilities;
(2) the total number of contracts awarded or let to

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businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities;
(3) the type of professional service contracts awarded
or let to business owned by minorities, women, and persons
with disabilities, including, but not limited to,
construction management, media, accounting, marketing, and
public relations contracts;
(4) whether the business owned by minorities, women, or
persons with disabilities is the primary entity holding the
contract with the museum or sports facility or a
subcontractor on a larger contract with the museum or
sports facility;
(5) a narrative description of contracting diversity
and equity goals and strategic plans for meeting those
goals;
(6) the percentage of total annual spending in
professional services with businesses owned by minorities,
women, and persons with disabilities, including, but not
limited to, the following professional services
categories: (A) accounting; (B) architecture and
engineering; (C) consulting; (D) information technology;
(E) insurance; (F) financial, legal, media, construction
management, and marketing services; and (G) other
professional services; and
(7) when reporting on businesses owned by minorities,
the report shall include a breakdown by demographic group.

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The reports shall be submitted in the format as prescribed
by the Council by rule. The Council shall publish each annual
report on its website. In November of each year, the Council
shall transmit to the General Assembly a report including a
summary of the information reported to the Council for the
previous fiscal year and a cumulative summary for all previous
years in which reports were filed.
(c) Museums having to report under this Section shall hold
an annual symposium beginning on or before July 30, 2020, and
every year thereafter, that is open to the public on the status
of contracting diversity and equity goals, and to share best
practices and to collaboratively seek solutions to structural
impediments that preclude achieving those goals. Museums may
hold this symposium together or separately.
(d) Sports facilities having to report under this Section
shall hold an annual symposium beginning on or before July 30,
2020, and every year thereafter, that is open to the public on
the status of contracting diversity and equity goals, and to
share best practices and to collaboratively seek solutions to
structural impediments that preclude achieving those goals.
Sports facilities may hold this symposium together or
separately.
(e) The Council shall publish a database on its website of
the point of contact for each museum and sports facility
responsible for business diversity, along with a list of
certifications each recognizes for business diversity.

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.