Qualified music program evaluation and reports

(35 ILCS 19/50-45)     Sec. 50-45. Qualified music program evaluation and reports.     (a) (Blank).     The Department may make a recommendation to extend, modify, or not extend the program based on the evaluation.     (b) (Blank).     (c) On or before June 1 of each year, the Department shall submit to the General Assembly a report for the prior calendar year that includes, without limitation:         (1) the identification of each vendor that provided     goods or services that were included in a qualified music company's Illinois spending;        (2) a statement of the amount paid to each identified     vendor by the qualified music program and whether the vendor is a minority-owned or women-owned business as defined in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act; and        (3) a description of the steps taken by the     Department to encourage qualified music companies to use vendors who are minority-owned or women-owned businesses.(Source: P.A. 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; 103-1055, eff. 12-20-24; 104-283, eff. 8-15-25; 104-799, eff. 8-7-26.)