Full Text of HB1100 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT relating to aerospace competitiveness.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Aerospace Competitiveness Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Illinois Council on Aerospace.
| 7 | | (a) The Illinois Council on Aerospace is created within the | 8 | | Office of the Governor. The purpose of the
Council is to | 9 | | emulate national and international best practices that will: | 10 | | (1) improve coordination and responsiveness of the | 11 | | State's aerospace training, education, research, and | 12 | | development programs to
meet industry needs; | 13 | | (2) enhance the State's economic climate for the | 14 | | industry; and | 15 | | (3) ensure that Illinois remains the best place in the | 16 | | world to design and manufacture aircraft and grow jobs in | 17 | | the aerospace industry.
| 18 | | (b) The Council shall be composed of 14 members | 19 | | representing the public and private sectors, as follows:
| 20 | | (1) The 10 public sector members of the Council are: | 21 | | (i) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or | 22 | | his or her designee, who shall be the Chair; (ii) the | 23 | | executive director of the Board of Higher Education, or his |
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| 1 | | or her designee; (iii) the director of the Illinois | 2 | | Community College Board, or his or her designee; (iv) the | 3 | | president of the University of Illinois, or his or her | 4 | | designee; (v) the president of Southern Illinois | 5 | | University, or his or her designee; (vi) one member of the | 6 | | General Assembly appointed by each of the following: the | 7 | | Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the | 8 | | President of the Senate, and the Senate Minority Leader; | 9 | | and (vii) the Director of the Division of Aeronautics of | 10 | | the Illinois Department of Transportation.
| 11 | | (2) The Governor shall appoint each of the following 4 | 12 | | members to 4-year terms as private sector representatives | 13 | | on the Council: (i) one member representing a labor | 14 | | organization of aerospace machinists; (ii) one member | 15 | | representing a labor organization of aerospace engineers; | 16 | | (iii) one member representing the State's largest | 17 | | aerospace manufacturer; and (iv) one member representing | 18 | | aerospace employers.
| 19 | | Section 10. Council; responsibilities. | 20 | | (a) The Council shall:
| 21 | | (1) Provide counsel and advice to the Governor and the | 22 | | General Assembly on public policies that will strengthen | 23 | | the aerospace industry and support its job growth in | 24 | | Illinois.
| 25 | | (2) Take joint action to integrate training and |
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| 1 | | education with research and development.
| 2 | | (b) With the oversight and guidance of the Council as a | 3 | | whole, its public sector members are charged with the following | 4 | | lead responsibilities, respectively:
| 5 | | (1) The Director of the Illinois Community College | 6 | | Board must ensure coordination of all aerospace training
| 7 | | and apprenticeship programs under its authority.
| 8 | | (2) The executive director of the Board of Higher | 9 | | Education must ensure that all degree programs of interest | 10 | | to the aerospace industry are provided by and coordinated | 11 | | among the State's 4-year institutions of higher education.
| 12 | | (3) The presidents of the University of Illinois and | 13 | | Southern Illinois University must coordinate all | 14 | | aerospace-related research and development activities | 15 | | available through their institutions and ensure that these | 16 | | activities are responsive to the industry's needs.
| 17 | | (4) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 18 | | must carry out the State's activities to retain, attract, | 19 | | and grow aerospace companies and jobs.
| 20 | | (c) The Council may consult, as necessary, with the | 21 | | Director of Employment Security and the State Superintendent of | 22 | | Education to assist in the development of policies to carry out | 23 | | the purposes of this Act.
| 24 | | (d) The Council shall meet with the Governor at least twice | 25 | | annually.
| 26 | | (e) Staffing for the Council shall be provided by the |
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| 1 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
| 2 | | (f) Beginning on January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, | 3 | | the Council shall report to the Governor and the General | 4 | | Assembly on the state of the State's aerospace industry and the | 5 | | activities and accomplishments of the Council in the previous | 6 | | calendar year.
| 7 | | Section 15. Council; funding. | 8 | | (a) The Council or the organizations represented by its | 9 | | members shall apply for and may receive public and private | 10 | | grants and donations for training, education, research, | 11 | | development, and other activities relevant to the Council's | 12 | | responsibilities under this Act. State and non-State moneys | 13 | | received by the Council for these purposes must be deposited | 14 | | into the Illinois Aerospace Council Fund, a special fund in the | 15 | | State treasury.
| 16 | | (b) For fiscal years 2012 through 2014, increased training, | 17 | | education, research, or development activities approved by the | 18 | | Council shall be supported by federal Workforce Investment Act | 19 | | funds or other discretionary funds administered by the | 20 | | Governor. These funds may be invested independently to support | 21 | | these activities or may be used as match to leverage additional | 22 | | investments.
| 23 | | Section 20. Illinois Aerospace Council Fund. The Illinois | 24 | | Aerospace Council Fund is created as a special fund in the |
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| 1 | | State treasury. Only the Governor or the Chair of the Council | 2 | | may authorize expenditures from the Fund. Expenditures from the | 3 | | Fund may be made only for purposes of this Act. Administrative | 4 | | expenses of the Council, including staff support, may be paid | 5 | | from the Fund. Revenues to the Fund consist of moneys received | 6 | | from grants and donations, funds administered under the | 7 | | Governor's discretion that are deposited into the Fund, and | 8 | | moneys received pursuant to appropriations.
| 9 | | Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 10 | | Section 5.786 as follows: | 11 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new) | 12 | | Sec. 5.786. The Illinois Aerospace Council Fund.
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