Sen. Celina Villanueva

Filed: 3/12/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3806

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3806 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of
52008 is amended by changing Section 46 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 16/46)
7    Sec. 46. Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund.
8    (a) The Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund is
9created as a special fund in the State Treasury. Beginning
10July 1, 2023 July 1, 2022, amounts paid to the Department of
11Commerce and Economic Opportunity pursuant to Section 213 of
12the Illinois Income Tax Act shall be deposited into the Fund.
13The Fund shall be used exclusively to provide grants to
14community-based organizations, labor organizations, private
15and public universities, community colleges, and other
16organizations and institutions that may be deemed appropriate

 

 

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1by the Department to administer workforce training programs
2that support efforts to recruit, hire, promote, retain,
3develop, and train a diverse and inclusive workforce in the
4film industry.
5    (b) Pursuant to Section 213 of the Illinois Income Tax
6Act, the Fund shall receive deposits in amounts not to exceed
70.25% of the amount of each credit certificate issued that is
8not calculated on out-of-state wages and transferred or
9claimed on an Illinois tax return in the quarter such credit
10was transferred or claimed. In addition, such amount shall
11also include 2.5% of the credit amount calculated on wages
12paid to nonresidents that is transferred or claimed on an
13Illinois tax return in the quarter such credit was transferred
14or claimed.
15    (c) At the request of the Department, the State
16Comptroller and the State Treasurer may advance amounts to the
17Fund on an annual basis not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal
18year. The fund from which the moneys are advanced shall be
19reimbursed in the same fiscal year for any such advance
20payments as described in this Section. The method of
21reimbursement shall be set forth in rules.
22    (d) Of the appropriated funds in a given fiscal year, 50%
23of the appropriated funds shall be reserved for organizations
24that meet one of the following criteria. The organization is:
25(1) a minority-owned business, as defined by the Business
26Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with

 

 

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1Disabilities Act; (2) located in an underserved area, as
2defined by the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax
3Credit Act; or (3) on an annual basis, training a cohort of
4program participants where at least 50% of the program
5participants are either a minority person, as defined by the
6Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
7Disabilities Act, or reside in an underserved area, as defined
8by the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit
9Act.
10    (e) The Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund
11shall be administered by the Department. The Department may
12adopt rules necessary to administer the provisions of this
13Section.
14    (f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
15Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund is not subject
16to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or
17budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts
18from the Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund.
19    (g) By June 30 of each fiscal year, the Department must
20submit to the General Assembly a report that includes the
21following information: (1) an identification of the
22organizations and institutions that received funding to
23administer workforce training programs during the fiscal year;
24(2) the number of total persons trained and the number of
25persons trained per workforce training program in the fiscal
26year; and (3) in the aggregate, per organization, the number

 

 

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1of persons identified as a minority person or that reside in an
2underserved area that received training in the fiscal year.
3(Source: P.A. 102-700, eff. 4-19-22.)".