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90_HB2038

          Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois  in  the
      Section concerning DCCA's safety loan program.  Provides that
      DCCA  may  provide loans or loan guarantees (now loans) under
      the program.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
 2    by changing Section 46.68.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
 6    amended by changing Section 46.68 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 605/46.68)
 8        Sec. 46.68.  Safety loan program.
 9        (a)  The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs may
10    develop and implement a small business safety loan  and  loan
11    guarantee  program  to  allow  employers  the  opportunity to
12    improve  workplace  safety.   The  loans  or  loan  guarantee
13    payments shall be made from appropriations for that  purpose.
14    The  loans  or  loan  guarantees shall be secured by adequate
15    collateral and, may be for a term of no more  than  5  years.
16    Loans,  and  may  bear  interest  at  a discounted rate.  The
17    Department shall promulgate all necessary rules to  implement
18    the program.
19        (b)  Any  loan  or loan guarantee made under this Section
20    shall: (1)  be made only if  an  on-site  safety  and  health
21    consultation  and  recommendations  for  correction have been
22    completed by the Department's  Industrial  Service  Division;
23    and  (2)  finance or guarantee no more than $50,000 or 80% of
24    the total project and no less than $10,000.
25        (c)  The Illinois Safety Revolving Loan Fund  is  created
26    as a separate fund within the State Treasury.
27        The  purpose  of  the  Fund  is  to provide loans or loan
28    guarantees to and finance administration  of  loans  or  loan
29    guarantees to small businesses in Illinois.
30        There shall be deposited into the Fund amounts including,
31    but not limited to, the following:
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 1             (1)  all  receipts,  including dividends, principal,
 2        and interest payments from any applicable  loan  or  loan
 3        guarantee  agreement  made  from  the Fund or from direct
 4        appropriations;
 5             (2)  all  proceeds  of  assets  of  whatever  nature
 6        received by the Department as  a  result  of  default  or
 7        delinquency  with  respect  to  loan  or  loan  guarantee
 8        agreements   made   from   the   Fund   or   from  direct
 9        appropriations  by  the   General   Assembly,   including
10        proceeds  from  the  sale,  disposal, lease, or rental of
11        real or personal property that the  Department  may  have
12        received as a result of the default or delinquency;
13             (3)  any  appropriations,  grants,  or gifts made to
14        the Fund; and
15             (4)  any   income   received   from   interest    on
16        investments of moneys in the Fund.
17        (d)  The   implementation  of  or  continuation  of  this
18    program during any fiscal  year  is  dependent  upon  federal
19    funding,  through  the  Department of Labor, committed to the
20    Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program  prior  to  the
21    beginning of that fiscal year.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-423, eff. 6-1-96.)

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