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91_HB3959

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
 2    by changing Section 605-450.

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

 5        Section 5.  The  Department  of  Commerce  and  Community
 6    Affairs  Law  of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
 7    amended by changing Section 605-450 as follows:

 8        (20 ILCS 605/605-450) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19g)
 9        Sec. 605-450. Community economic emergencies.
10        (a)  Upon  the  recommendation  of  the   Director,   the
11    Governor  may  find  that  an  economic emergency exists in a
12    designated Illinois community.  The finding shall be based on
13    one or more of the following conditions:
14             (1)  There has  been  a  relocation  or  closing  of
15        operations of a major private employer in the community.
16             (2)  There  has  been  a  closing or relocation of a
17        major public employer in the community.
18             (3)  A natural disaster has resulted in  substantial
19        damage to the local economy.
20             (4)  The  community  or  a  portion  of  it has been
21        declared a disaster area by the federal government.
22             (5)  A decision by the federal or  State  government
23        or by a foreign government has done substantial damage to
24        the local economy.
25             (6)  A  high  level  of  poverty  or unemployment is
26        chronic in the community.
27        (b)  Upon a finding by  the  Governor  that  an  economic
28    emergency  exists  in  a  designated  Illinois community, the
29    Governor shall convene an Economic  Emergency  Council.   The
30    Council shall consist of 11 members as follows:  the Director
31    of  Commerce  and Community Affairs, ex officio, the Director
 
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 1    of the Illinois Development Finance  Authority,  ex  officio,
 2    the  Director  of the Illinois Housing Development Authority,
 3    ex  officio,  and  8  members  representing  the   designated
 4    community  appointed  by  the  Governor  with  the advice and
 5    consent of the Senate.  Of the 8  members  appointed  by  the
 6    Governor, 4 shall be representatives of business and finance,
 7    2   shall  be  representatives  of  labor,  and  2  shall  be
 8    representatives of education.  Each  member  of  the  General
 9    Assembly   whose   legislative   district  or  representative
10    district lies in whole  or  in  part  within  the  designated
11    community  shall also be a member of the Council, ex officio.
12    Members of a Council shall serve without compensation but may
13    be reimbursed for their  reasonable  and  necessary  expenses
14    incurred in the performance of their duties.
15        (c)  An  Economic  Emergency Council shall develop a plan
16    to address the  designated  community's  economic  needs  and
17    shall  recommend that plan to the Governor and to the General
18    Assembly for further resolution and appropriation.  The  plan
19    may  include extending enterprise zone tax incentives, making
20    economic  development  business  loans  and  grants,   making
21    infrastructure rehabilitation loans and grants, extending job
22    training  and  retraining assistance, extending tax increment
23    financing,  and  other  appropriate  economic   programs   or
24    incentives.
25        (d)  The  Illinois  Economic Emergency Assistance Fund is
26    created as a special fund  in  the  State  treasury  for  the
27    purpose  of  channeling moneys to designated communities upon
28    further  resolution  and  appropriation    by   the   General
29    Assembly.  In addition to amounts that may be appropriated to
30    the  fund,  gifts  or  grants  from  any  legal source may be
31    deposited into the fund.  Any fees or other charges collected
32    by the Department in  connection  with  programs  under  this
33    Section shall also be deposited into the fund.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

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