Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new

35 ILCS 5/211

35 ILCS 10/5-45

35 ILCS 10/5-77

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish and implement a Veterans' Economic Center pilot program for the purposes of assisting veterans in finding employment and addressing the problem of veteran homelessness. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may enter into new Agreements under the Act until December 31, 2020 (currently, December 31, 2016). Provides that a taxpayer who receives a credit under this Act for a taxable year ending on or before December 31, 2019 pursuant an Agreement entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act may apply only 98% of that credit amount against his or her State income tax liability in any taxable year. Provides that the remaining 2% of the total credit amount awarded shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund into the Veterans' Economic Center Fund. Provides that moneys in the Veterans' Economic Center Fund shall be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer the Veterans' Economic Center pilot program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Veterans' Economic Center Fund. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2016	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2/10/2016	House	First Reading
2/10/2016	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

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