(70 ILCS 3615/5.17)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 5.17. Diversity reporting.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Minority person" has the meaning given to that term in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
    "Person with a disability" has the meaning given to that term in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
    "Qualified veteran-owned small business" has the meaning given to that term in Section 45-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
    "Small business" has the meaning given to that term in Section 45-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
    "Veteran" has the meaning given to that term in Section 45-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
    "Woman" has the meaning given to that term in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
    (b) All construction contractors who contract with the Authority or a Service Board shall report to the Authority regarding the diversity of its employees, apprenticeship hours, and its spending. Reports must contain data providing:
        (1) the number of women, minority persons, persons
    
with a disability, and veterans employed by the construction contractor;
        (2) the apprenticeship hours performed by women,
    
minority persons, persons with a disability, and veterans; and
        (3) the spending for women-owned, minority-owned,
    
qualified veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year.
    Reports shall express the percentage of the total work performed on Authority projects by the construction contractor submitting the report, the total apprenticeship hours and percentage of apprenticeship hours performed by women, minority persons, and veterans, and the actual spending and percentage of spending by the construction contractor for all women-owned, minority-owned, qualified veteran-owned small business, and small business enterprises.
    (c) The construction contractor shall submit a diversity report to the Board of the Authority annually on the anniversary of the contract. The Authority shall publish each diversity report on its website.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)