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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 179

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 179  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 4 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 655/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604)
 7        Sec. 4.  Qualifications for Enterprise Zones. (1) An area
 8    is qualified to become an enterprise zone which:
 9        (a)  is a contiguous area, provided that a zone area  may
10    exclude wholly surrounded territory within its boundaries;
11        (b)  comprises  a minimum of one-half square mile and not
12    more than 12 square miles, or 15 square miles if the zone  is
13    located  within  the  jurisdiction  of  4 or more counties or
14    municipalities,   in  total  area,  exclusive  of  lakes  and
15    waterways; however, in such cases where the  enterprise  zone
16    is  a  joint  effort of three or more units of government, or
17    two or more units of government if  situated  in  a  township
18    which  is  divided  by  a  municipality  of 1,000,000 or more
19    inhabitants, and where the certification has been  in  effect
20    at least one year, the total area shall comprise a minimum of
21    one-half  square mile and not more than thirteen square miles
22    in total area exclusive of lakes and waterways;
 
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 1        (c)  is a depressed area;
 2        (d)  satisfies any  additional  criteria  established  by
 3    regulation  of the Department consistent with the purposes of
 4    this Act; and
 5        (e)  is  (1)  entirely  within  a  municipality  or   (2)
 6    entirely  within the unincorporated areas of a county, except
 7    where reasonable need is established for such zone  to  cover
 8    portions  of more than one municipality or county or (3) both
 9    comprises (i) all or part  of  a  municipality  and  (ii)  an
10    unincorporated area of a county.
11        (2)  Any criteria established by the Department or by law
12    which  utilize the rate of unemployment for a particular area
13    shall provide that all persons who are not presently employed
14    and  have  exhausted  all  unemployment  benefits  shall   be
15    considered  unemployed,  whether  or  not  such  persons  are
16    actively   seeking  employment.  In  addition,  any  criteria
17    established by the Department or by law that use the rate  of
18    unemployment  for  a particular area must count as unemployed
19    any reduction in the number of persons in the labor force  in
20    that area over the previous 12 months.
21    (Source: P.A. 86-803.)

22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.".