96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6153


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







20 ILCS 605/605-1005 new











     Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, subject to appropriation, to create financial incentive and grant programs to encourage private companies to share their new energy technologies with public institutions of higher education, public utilities, State agencies, and federal agencies.
  















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HB6153

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    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic 
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Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 605-1005 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 605/605-1005 new)
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    Sec. 605-1005. Technology transfer incentives. The 
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Department may, subject to appropriation, create financial 
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incentive and grant programs to encourage private companies to 
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share their new energy technologies with public institutions of 
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higher education, public utilities, State agencies, and  
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federal agencies. For the purposes of this Section, "public 
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institutions of higher education" has the same meaning as under 
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Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act; "public 
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utility" has the same meaning as under Section 3-105 the Public 
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Utilities Act; "State agency" has the same meaning as under 
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Section 1-10 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; and 
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"federal agency" has the same meaning ascribed to the term 
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"agency" under Section 551 of the federal Administrative 
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Procedure Act.