Full Text of SB1699 94th General Assembly
SB1699ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. William Davis
Filed: 5/10/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1699
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1699 by replacing | | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | | 5 |
| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | | 6 |
| amended by adding Section 605-425 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-425 new) | | 8 |
| Sec. 605-425. Illinois Steel Development Working Group. | | 9 |
| (a) The Illinois Steel Development Working Group is | | 10 |
| established. The Working Group shall promote the increased | | 11 |
| research, marketing, and use of American steel. The Working | | 12 |
| Group shall be composed of the following
members: the Director | | 13 |
| or Secretary, or his or her designee, of the Department of | | 14 |
| Commerce and Economic
Opportunity,
the Capital Development | | 15 |
| Board, the Illinois Finance Authority, the Illinois Department | | 16 |
| of Transportation, and the Illinois Toll Highway Authority and | | 17 |
| 4 members of
the General Assembly (one each appointed by the | | 18 |
| President of
the Senate, the Senate Minority Leader, the | | 19 |
| Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the House Minority | | 20 |
| Leader). | | 21 |
| The Working Group may consult with various groups | | 22 |
| including, but not limited to, State universities, labor | | 23 |
| organizations, representatives of the Illinois steel industry, | | 24 |
| representatives of the construction industry, and trade and |
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| business organizations. | | 2 |
| The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his | | 3 |
| or her designee, shall serve as chairperson. | | 4 |
| The Working Group shall meet at least annually or at the | | 5 |
| call of the chairperson. | | 6 |
| Members shall be reimbursed for actual and
necessary | | 7 |
| expenses incurred while performing their duties as
members of | | 8 |
| the Working Group from funds appropriated to the Department
of | | 9 |
| Commerce and Economic Opportunity for that purpose. | | 10 |
| (b) The Working Group may provide advice and make | | 11 |
| recommendations
to the Department of Commerce and Economic | | 12 |
| Opportunity on the
following: | | 13 |
| (1) The promotion and coordination of available
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| research, marketing, and promotional information on the
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| production, preparation, distribution, and uses of
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| American steel.
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| (2) The cooperation to the fullest extent possible with
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| State and federal agencies and departments, independent
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| organizations, and other interested groups, public and
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| private, for the purposes of promoting American steel
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| resources. | | 22 |
| (3) Reasonable ways, before initiating any research,
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| to avoid duplication of effort and expense through the
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| coordination of the research efforts of various agencies,
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| departments, universities, or organizations. | | 26 |
| (4) The publication, from time to time, of the results
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| of the research and policy recommendations developed by the | | 28 |
| Working Group. | | 29 |
| (5) The identification of all current and anticipated
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| impediments to the
use of American steel and the Illinois | | 31 |
| steel industry. | | 32 |
| (6) The identification of alternative plans or actions
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| that would maintain or increase the use of American steel
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| and the Illinois steel industry. |
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| (7) The development of strategies and proposing
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| policies to promote responsible uses of American steel
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| processed, used, or transported by the Illinois steel
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| industry. ".
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