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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
SWEAT-SHOP FREE PROCUREMENT
ARTICLE IV. PROCUREMENT CODE
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 34, Article IV, Procurement Code, Division 5. Sweatshop-free procurement, Sec. 34-194 to Sec. 34-196 is hereby enacted as follows:
Sec. 34-194. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
Abusive forms of child labor means (1) work performed by a person under the age of 18 when the person does not voluntarily seek the work or the person is threatened by the person's employer with physical, mental or emotional harm for nonperformance; (2) work performed by a person under the age of 18 in violation of laws of applicable jurisdiction governing the minimum age of employment, hours and conditions of work, compulsory education, or occupational health and safety; or (3) the use of a person under the age of 18 for illegal activities, including, but not limited to, the production or trafficking of illicit drugs or for prostitution.
Contract means any contract, purchase order or agreement awarded by any officer or agency of the county for purchasing garments, and whose cost is to be paid from funds belonging to or administered by the county.
Contractor means any person, partnership, corporation or other entity, which has a contract with the county.
Subcontractor means any person, partnership, corporation or other entity that enters into an agreement with a contractor or other subcontractor for any work under a contract or to produce goods to be purchased by the County under a contract, whether directly or through a broker or agent.
Foreign convict or forced labor means any form of labor used to produce or manufacture goods prohibited from importation into the United States under 19 U.S. C. ? 1307, which includes ...
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