Full Text of HB1733 95th General Assembly
HB1733 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1733
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Keith P. Sommer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 3948/25 |
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20 ILCS 3948/50 |
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20 ILCS 3948/45 rep. |
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20 ILCS 3948/55 rep. |
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Amends the Illinois Global Partnership Act. Removes the Partnership's (i) authority over and responsibility for the marketing and representation of the State's agribusiness and (ii) authority to share Department of Agriculture employees.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Global Partnership Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Sections 25 and 50 as follows: | 6 |
| (20 ILCS 3948/25)
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| Sec. 25. Powers of IGP. IGP has the power to: | 8 |
| (1) Host monthly leadership forums to give small groups | 9 |
| of top business leaders the ability to interact with top | 10 |
| federal, State, and local governmental officials. | 11 |
| (2) Manage trips to Washington, D.C., for key business | 12 |
| leaders, giving this group exposure to top policy makers in | 13 |
| the federal administration and Congress. | 14 |
| (3) Manage trips to the State for members of Congress | 15 |
| and their staffs, giving this group exposure to Illinois | 16 |
| businesses, research facilities, and other statewide | 17 |
| highlights. | 18 |
| (4) Host monthly trade missions from international | 19 |
| companies, introducing these influential travelers to key | 20 |
| leaders at Illinois businesses for the expressed purpose of | 21 |
| building partnerships with suppliers and customers. | 22 |
| (5) Manage trips to other states and foreign countries | 23 |
| for Illinois business leaders to give them and their |
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| respective companies exposure to new and expanding | 2 |
| markets. | 3 |
| (6) Manage meetings with prospective partners to | 4 |
| discuss products, markets, pricing, and other elements of | 5 |
| the transaction. | 6 |
| (7) Attract international participation in high | 7 |
| profile Illinois projects. | 8 |
| (8) Make recommendations to the Governor and the | 9 |
| members of the General Assembly concerning the role the | 10 |
| State performs in international business development.
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| (9) Assist Illinois businesses to engage in, expand, | 12 |
| and increase foreign trade. | 13 |
| (10) Establish or co-sponsor mentoring conferences, | 14 |
| using experienced
manufacturing exporters, to explain and | 15 |
| provide information to prospective
export manufacturers | 16 |
| and businesses concerning the process of exporting to both
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| domestic and international opportunities.
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| (11) Provide technical assistance to prospective | 19 |
| export manufacturers and
businesses seeking to establish | 20 |
| domestic and international export
opportunities.
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| (12) Coordinate with the Department of Commerce and | 22 |
| Economic Opportunity's Small Business Development Centers
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| to link buyers with prospective export manufacturers and | 24 |
| businesses.
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| (13) Promote, both domestically and abroad, products | 26 |
| made in Illinois in
order to inform consumers and buyers of |
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| their high quality
standards and craftsmanship.
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| (14) Develop an electronic data base to compile | 3 |
| information on
international trade and investment | 4 |
| activities in Illinois companies,
provide access to | 5 |
| research and business opportunities through external data
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| bases, and connect this data base through international | 7 |
| communication
systems with appropriate domestic and | 8 |
| worldwide networks users.
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| (15) Collect and distribute to foreign commercial | 10 |
| libraries directories,
catalogs, brochures, and other | 11 |
| information of value to foreign businesses
considering | 12 |
| doing business in this State.
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| (16) Establish an export finance awareness program to | 14 |
| provide
information to banking organizations about methods | 15 |
| used by banks to provide
financing for businesses engaged | 16 |
| in exporting and about other State and
federal programs to | 17 |
| promote and expedite export financing.
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| (17) Undertake a survey of Illinois' businesses to | 19 |
| identify exportable
products and the businesses interested | 20 |
| in exporting.
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| (18) In cooperation with the Department of
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| Agriculture, (i) provide
assistance to
those manufacturing | 23 |
| and service companies that desire to export
agricultural
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| machinery, implements, equipment, other manufactured | 25 |
| products, and
professional services; (ii) encourage | 26 |
| Illinois companies to
initiate
exporting or increase their |
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| export sales of agricultural and manufactured
products; | 2 |
| (iii) cooperate with agencies and instrumentalities of
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| federal
government in trade development activities in | 4 |
| overseas markets; (iv) conduct
the necessary research | 5 |
| within Illinois and in overseas markets in order to
assist | 6 |
| exporting companies; (v) promote the State of Illinois as a
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| source
of agricultural and manufactured products through | 8 |
| information and promotion
campaigns overseas; and (vi) | 9 |
| conduct an information program for
foreign
buyers of | 10 |
| Illinois agricultural and manufactured products. | 11 |
| (19) In cooperation with the
Department of | 12 |
| Agriculture, establish overseas offices for (i) the | 13 |
| promotion of the export of
Illinois
agricultural and | 14 |
| manufactured products; (ii) representation of
Illinois
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| seaports; (iii) economic development; and (iv) tourism
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| promotion and services. | 17 |
| (20) Charge fees for and recover the costs of its | 18 |
| services. | 19 |
| (21) Participate in the authority and responsibility | 20 |
| of the State's international tourism programs, | 21 |
| initiatives, undertakings, and efforts. IGP and its board | 22 |
| may exercise their powers and shall perform their duties in | 23 |
| accordance with the fulfillment of IGP's responsibility | 24 |
| for international tourism. | 25 |
| (22) Assume from the Department of Agriculture on July | 26 |
| 1, 2005, all contractual personnel, books, records, |
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| papers, documents, property both real and personal, and | 2 |
| pending business in any way pertaining to the international | 3 |
| functions of the Bureau of Marketing ; provided that on the | 4 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 5 |
| Assembly IGP shall return to the Department of Agriculture | 6 |
| everything so assumed and on and after that date this item | 7 |
| (22) shall be without effect and shall not be a power of | 8 |
| IGP .
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| (Source: P.A. 94-388, eff. 7-29-05.) | 10 |
| (20 ILCS 3948/50)
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| Sec. 50. Finances; audits; annual report. | 12 |
| (a) IGP may accept funds, grants, gifts, and services from | 13 |
| the government of the United States or its agencies, from this | 14 |
| State or its departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, from | 15 |
| any other governmental unit, and from private and civic sources | 16 |
| for the purpose of funding any projects authorized by this Act. | 17 |
| IGP may receive appropriations. | 18 |
| (b) Services of personnel, use of equipment and office | 19 |
| space, and other necessary services may be accepted from | 20 |
| members of the board as part of IGP's financial support. | 21 |
| (c) State funds appropriated for the operations and | 22 |
| functions of IGP for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year | 23 |
| thereafter should not exceed 60% of IGP's funding from all | 24 |
| sources for the fiscal year.
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| (d) The board shall arrange for the annual financial audit |
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| of IGP by one or more independent certified public accountants | 2 |
| in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. | 3 |
| The annual audit results shall be included in the annual report | 4 |
| required under subsection (e).
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| (e) IGP shall report annually on its activities and | 6 |
| finances to the Governor and the members of the General | 7 |
| Assembly.
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| (f) Payments by the IGP to the Department of Agriculture as | 9 |
| reimbursement for employee costs as provided in Section 45 and | 10 |
| for proportionate lease payments for office space for employees | 11 |
| shall be deposited into the Agricultural Premium Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-388, eff. 7-29-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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| (20 ILCS 3948/45 rep.)
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| (20 ILCS 3948/55 rep.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Global Partnership Act is amended | 16 |
| by repealing Sections 45 and 55.
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