102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3336

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Jeff Keicher

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 655/3  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 603
20 ILCS 655/7  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 611

    Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that priority in the use of industrial development bonds issued by the Illinois Finance Authority shall be given to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of personal protective equipment for infection control. Provides that a manufacturer shall be eligible for priority in the use of industrial development bonds only if it manufactures its personal protective equipment goods in the State of Illinois. Provides that a distributor or retailer shall be eligible for priority in the use of industrial development bonds only if it distributes or sells personal protective equipment goods that at least 50% of which are made in the United States. Defines "personal protective equipment". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by
5changing Sections 3 and 7 and by adding Section 14 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 655/3)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 603)
7    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following
8words shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the
9context otherwise requires:
10    (a) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and
11Economic Opportunity.
12    (b) "Enterprise Zone" means an area of the State certified
13by the Department as an Enterprise Zone pursuant to this Act.
14    (c) "Depressed Area" means an area in which pervasive
15poverty, unemployment and economic distress exist.
16    (d) "Designated Zone Organization" means an association or
17entity: (1) the members of which are substantially all
18residents of the Enterprise Zone; (2) the board of directors
19of which is elected by the members of the organization; (3)
20which satisfies the criteria set forth in Section 501(c) (3)
21or 501(c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (4) which
22exists primarily for the purpose of performing within such
23area or zone for the benefit of the residents and businesses

 

 

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1thereof any of the functions set forth in Section 8 of this
2Act.
3    (e) "Agency" means each officer, board, commission and
4agency created by the Constitution, in the executive branch of
5State government, other than the State Board of Elections;
6each officer, department, board, commission, agency,
7institution, authority, university, body politic and corporate
8of the State; and each administrative unit or corporate
9outgrowth of the State government which is created by or
10pursuant to statute, other than units of local government and
11their officers, school districts and boards of election
12commissioners; each administrative unit or corporate outgrowth
13of the above and as may be created by executive order of the
14Governor. No entity shall be considered an "agency" for the
15purposes of this Act unless authorized by law to make rules or
16regulations.
17    (f) "Rule" means each agency statement of general
18applicability that implements, applies, interprets or
19prescribes law or policy, but does not include (i) statements
20concerning only the internal management of an agency and not
21affecting private rights or procedures available to persons or
22entities outside the agency, (ii) intra-agency memoranda, or
23(iii) the prescription of standardized forms.
24    (g) "Board" means the Enterprise Zone Board created in
25Section 5.2.1.
26    (h) "Local labor market area" means an economically

 

 

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1integrated area within which individuals can reside and find
2employment within a reasonable distance or can readily change
3jobs without changing their place of residence.
4    (i) "Full-time equivalent job" means a job in which the
5new employee works for the recipient or for a corporation
6under contract to the recipient at a rate of at least 35 hours
7per week. A recipient who employs labor or services at a
8specific site or facility under contract with another may
9declare one full-time, permanent job for every 1,820 man hours
10worked per year under that contract. Vacations, paid holidays,
11and sick time are included in this computation. Overtime is
12not considered a part of regular hours.
13    (j) "Full-time retained job" means any employee defined as
14having a full-time or full-time equivalent job preserved at a
15specific facility or site, the continuance of which is
16threatened by a specific and demonstrable threat, which shall
17be specified in the application for development assistance. A
18recipient who employs labor or services at a specific site or
19facility under contract with another may declare one retained
20employee per year for every 1,750 man hours worked per year
21under that contract, even if different individuals perform
22on-site labor or services.
23    (k) "Personal protective equipment" means any protective
24clothing, helmets, gloves, face shields, goggles, face masks,
25respirators, or other equipment designed to protect the wearer
26from injury or the spread of infection or illness.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-905, eff. 8-7-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
2    (20 ILCS 655/7)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 611)
3    Sec. 7. State Incentives Regarding Public Services and
4Physical Infrastructure.
5    (a) This Act does not restrict tax incentive financing
6pursuant to the "Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act".
7    (b) Industrial development bonds. Priority in the use of
8industrial development bonds issued by the Illinois Finance
9Authority shall be given to: (i) businesses located in an
10Enterprise Zone; and (ii) manufacturers, distributors, and
11retailers of personal protective equipment for infection
12control. A manufacturer shall be eligible for priority under
13this subsection (b) only if it manufactures its personal
14protective equipment goods in the State of Illinois. A
15distributor or retailer shall be eligible for priority under
16this subsection (b) only if it distributes or sells personal
17protective equipment goods that at least 50% of which are made
18in the United States.
19    (c) Deposit of State funds by the State Treasurer. The
20State Treasurer is authorized and encouraged to place deposits
21of State funds with financial institutions doing business in
22an Enterprise Zone.
23(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.