95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2429

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 605/605-615   was 20 ILCS 605/46.19e

    Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning assistance with exports.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5 Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 605-615 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 605/605-615)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19e)
8     Sec. 605-615. Assistance with exports. The The Department
9 shall have the following duties and responsibilities in regard
10 to the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois:
11     (1) To establish or cosponsor mentoring conferences,
12 utilizing experienced manufacturing exporters, to explain and
13 provide information to prospective export manufacturers and
14 businesses concerning the process of exporting to both domestic
15 and international opportunities.
16     (2) To provide technical assistance to prospective export
17 manufacturers and businesses seeking to establish domestic and
18 international export opportunities.
19     (3) To coordinate with the Department's Small Business
20 Development Centers to link buyers with prospective export
21 manufacturers and businesses.
22     (4) To promote, both domestically and abroad, products made
23 in Illinois in order to inform consumers and buyers of their

 

 

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1 high quality standards and craftsmanship.
2     (5) To provide technical assistance toward establishment
3 of export trade corporations in the private sector.
4     (6) To develop an electronic data base to compile
5 information on international trade and investment activities
6 in Illinois companies, provide access to research and business
7 opportunities through external data bases, and connect this
8 data base through international communication systems with
9 appropriate domestic and worldwide networks users.
10     (7) To collect and distribute to foreign commercial
11 libraries directories, catalogs, brochures, and other
12 information of value to foreign businesses considering doing
13 business in this State.
14     (8) To establish an export finance awareness program to
15 provide information to banking organizations about methods
16 used by banks to provide financing for businesses engaged in
17 exporting and about other State and federal programs to promote
18 and expedite export financing.
19     (9) To undertake a survey of Illinois' businesses to
20 identify exportable products and the businesses interested in
21 exporting.
22 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-16,
23 eff. 6-28-01.)