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90_HB0094eng
415 ILCS 20/9 new
Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act to direct
the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to create a
two-year pilot program to make grants and loans to
individuals and small businesses to encourage recycling and
waste reduction. Gives priority to proposals that will create
businesses in enterprise zones. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act
2 by adding Section 9.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
6 amended by adding Section 9 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 20/9 new)
8 Sec. 9. Market Development Pilot Program.
9 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
10 (1) Since 1990, Illinois has taken steps to create
11 a market for secondary materials manufacturing
12 enterprises with the assistance of the Department of
13 Commerce and Community Affairs.
14 (2) The benefits of this market development have
15 included a 3-fold return on grant awards and loan
16 investments and a cleaner environment as a result of
17 increased recycling and increased job opportunities where
18 new locally-owned businesses have been created.
19 (3) Efforts to further develop this market are
20 needed to encourage increased use of recycled
21 commodities, develop strategies for transportation and
22 other market conditions, and aid with business and job
23 development in economically-depressed areas of our State.
24 (b) On or before December 31, 1998, the Department shall
25 create a 2-year market development pilot program to expand
26 the market of secondary materials manufacturing enterprises
27 that reuse or remanufacture material that is collected under
28 municipal and business recycling programs. The Department
29 shall:
30 (1) develop a 2-year strategic plan for market
31 development that shall assess existing market conditions
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1 and projected market conditions, design methods to
2 promote efficient collection and use of recycled waste by
3 municipalities and businesses, suggest public and private
4 sources of investment capital or funds to develop
5 enterprises that reuse or remanufacture secondary
6 materials, and propose recommendations for legislation,
7 appropriations, or other public policies to aid in market
8 development in consultation with existing enterprises
9 that reuse or remanufacture secondary materials,
10 municipalities and businesses that participate in
11 recycling programs, environmental research organizations,
12 other states, and the public; and
13 (2) create a 2-year pilot financial assistance
14 program especially designed to develop secondary
15 materials manufacturing enterprises in 4 enterprise and
16 empowerment zones, located throughout Illinois, that
17 reuse or remanufacture material that is collected in
18 municipal and business recycling programs.
19 (A) The Department shall provide financial
20 assistance to the most viable proposals in the form
21 of low-interest loans or training grants. The size
22 and terms of a loan or grant shall be determined by
23 the Department.
24 (B) In determining the most viable proposals,
25 the Department may consider, among other things, the
26 nature of the business, capital and training needs,
27 program budget constraints, the type and amount of
28 materials that will be diverted from waste disposal,
29 and the impact on job creation in empowerment or
30 enterprise zones.
31 (3) The Department shall hold at least 2
32 informational meetings in the State to publicize the
33 existence of this market development program and the
34 existence of the financial assistance program. The
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1 Department shall provide technical assistance to
2 potential pilot program participants seeking assistance.
3 (4) The Department shall submit a report to the
4 General Assembly describing the results of the market
5 development program, including its 2-year strategic plan
6 and the results of its pilot program by March 1, 1999.
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.