HB4441 Summary

• Authorizes county boards, township boards, and municipal corporate authorities to establish aspirational goals for awarding contracts to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities.

• Adds similar aspirational contracting goal provisions to the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act and Park District Code.

• Authorizes library boards under the Illinois Local Library Act and Public Library District Act of 1991 to establish aspirational goals for contract awards to minority-owned, women-owned, and disability-owned businesses.

• Increases the competitive bidding threshold for school districts from $25,000 to $35,000 for supplies, materials, and work contracts, with corresponding changes to delegation thresholds.

• Defines "minority-owned business," "women-owned business," and "business owned by a person with a disability" by reference to Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.