PROCUREMENT-VETERANS

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Commission on Equity and Inclusion shall, by rule, develop registration procedures to recognize, without additional evidence of eligibility, the certification of businesses that are certified by units of local government in the State as service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or veteran-owned small businesses if those local government certifications are made in accordance with requirements and procedures that equal or exceed the requirements and procedures for State certification. Provides that units of local government in the State may recognize, without additional evidence of eligibility, the certification of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and veteran-owned small businesses that are certified as such by the Commission on Equity and Inclusion. Effective immediately.