Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth

Filed: 3/23/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3597

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3597 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5adding Section 12.10 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/12.10 new)
7    Sec. 12.10. Study on closed elementary and secondary school
8buildings. The Department of Commerce and Economic Development
9shall conduct a study with regard to public elementary and
10secondary school buildings that have been closed within 5 years
11before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th
12General Assembly. The study shall determine how many of the
13school buildings have remained schools, how many have been
14successfully redeveloped, and how many are vacant. The
15Department shall report its findings and recommendations for
16facilitating successful redevelopment of these school

 

 

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1buildings to the General Assembly by filing copies of its
2report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
3Organization Act.".