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91_HB1105

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
 2    by changing Section 46.19c.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
 6    amended by changing Section 46.19c as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 605/46.19c) (from Ch. 127, par. 46.19c)
 8        Sec. 46.19c.  The Department shall provide for, staff and
 9    administer an Office of Urban Assistance which shall plan and
10    coordinate  existing  State  programs  designed  to  aid  and
11    stimulate the  economic  growth  of  depressed  urban  areas.
12    Among  other  duties  assigned  by the Department, the Office
13    shall have the following duties:
14        (a)  To coordinate the activities of the following  units
15    and  programs  of  the  Department  of Commerce and Community
16    Affairs and all other present and future units  and  programs
17    of  the  Department which impact depressed urban areas to the
18    extent that they impact upon or concern urban economics:
19        (1)  Enterprise Zone Program;
20        (2)  Small Business Development Center Program;
21        (3)  Program which assist in the development of community
22    infrastructure;
23        (4)  Illinois House Energy Assistance Program;
24        (5)  Illinois Home Weatherization Assistance Program;
25        (6)  Programs  financed  with  Community  Services  Block
26    Grant funds;
27        (7)  Industrial Training Program;
28        (8)  Technology Transfer and Innovation Program;
29        (9)  Rental Rehabilitation Program;
30        (10)  Displaced Homemaker Program; and
31        (11)  Programs under the federal Job Training Partnership
 
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 1    Act.
 2        The  office   shall   convene   quarterly   meetings   of
 3    representatives  who  are  designated  by  the  Department to
 4    represent the units and programs  listed  in  paragraphs  (1)
 5    through (11).
 6        (b)  To   gather  information  concerning  any  State  or
 7    federal program which is designed  to  revitalize  or  assist
 8    depressed  urban  areas  in  the  State  and  to provide this
 9    information to public and private entities upon request.
10        (c)  To promote and assist in developing urban inner city
11    industrial parks.
12        (d)  To promote  economic  parity  and  the  autonomy  of
13    citizens  of  this  State through promoting and assisting the
14    development of urban inner city  small  business  development
15    centers,  urban  youth  unemployment projects, small business
16    incubators,  family  resource  centers,  urban   developments
17    banks;   self  managed  urban  businesses,  plans  for  urban
18    infrastructure projects over the next 25 years.
19        (e)  To recommend economic policies for urban  areas  and
20    planning models that will result in the reconstruction of the
21    economy  of  urban  areas, especially those urban areas where
22    economically and socially disadvantaged people live,  to  the
23    General Assembly and the Governor.
24        (f)  To  make recommendations to the General Assembly and
25    the Governor on the establishment of urban economic policy in
26    the areas of (1) housing, (2) scientific research, (3)  urban
27    youth   unemployment,  (4)  business  incubators  and  family
28    resource centers in urban inner cities, and  (5)  alternative
29    energy  resource  development, and the need thereof, in urban
30    areas as part of the department's five year plan for Economic
31    Development.
32        (g)  To make any rules and regulations necessary to carry
33    out its responsibilities under this Act.
34        (h)  To encourage new industrial enterprises to locate in
 
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 1    urban areas through educational promotions  which  point  out
 2    the  opportunities  of  any  such  area  as  a commercial and
 3    industrial field of opportunity, and by the  solicitation  of
 4    industrial  enterprises;  and to do such other acts as shall,
 5    in the judgment of the Office, be  necessary  and  proper  in
 6    fostering   and  promoting  the  industrial  development  and
 7    economic welfare of any urban area, however the Office  shall
 8    have  no  power  to  require  reports from or to regulate any
 9    business.
10        (i)  To accept grants, loans or appropriations  from  the
11    Federal   government   or   the   State,  or  any  agency  or
12    instrumentality  thereof,  to  be  used  for  the   operating
13    expenses  of  the  Office, or for any purposes of the Office,
14    including the making of direct loans or grants of such  funds
15    for  public,  private,  experimental  or cooperative housing,
16    scientific research, urban inner city industrial parks, urban
17    youth  employment  projects,   business   incubators,   urban
18    infrastructure   development,   alternative  energy  resource
19    development community facilities needed in  urban  areas  and
20    any  other  purpose  related  to  the revitalization of urban
21    areas.
22        (j)  To establish within each local branch of the  Office
23    a local board of directors to act as an advisory board to the
24    Department.  Each local board of directors shall consist of 9
25    members  appointed  by  the Director of the Department.  Five
26    members of the local board of directors shall be from private
27    industry  and  4  members  shall  be  from  community   based
28    organizations and community leadership.
29    (Source: P.A. 84-1090.)

30        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
31    becoming law.

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