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HB0166ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. Dave Winters
Filed: 2/22/2011

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 166
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 166 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Higher Education Green Jobs and Technology Act.

6     Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7     "Community college" means a public community college in
8 this State.
9     "Green jobs" means jobs in which green technology is
10 employed and may include the occupation codes identified as
11 green jobs by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and
12 any codes identified as green jobs by the Illinois Department
13 of Labor and the Department of Commerce and Economic
14 Opportunity.
15     "Green technology" means technology that (i) promotes
16 clean energy, renewable energy, or energy efficiency, (ii)

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1 reduces greenhouse gases or carbon emissions, or (iii) involves
2 the invention, design, and application of chemical products and
3 processes to eliminate the use and generation of hazardous
4 substances.
5     "State university" means a public university in this State.

6     Section 10. Collaboration; promotion of industry.
7     (a) Representatives from each State university and
8 community college, in conjunction with research centers
9 affiliated with these institutions that focus on clean or
10 sustainable energy and that are located within the same
11 geographic regions, may meet annually to develop collaborative
12 efforts with regard to the green technology industry.
13     (b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
14 Community College Board shall annually publicize on their
15 Internet websites information concerning efforts made by State
16 universities and community colleges to promote the green
17 technology industry, including the development of new academic
18 degree and certificate programs, courses of instruction, and
19 initiatives made by these State universities and community
20 colleges to align green jobs programs with employer needs.

21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.".

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