HB3597ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth

Filed: 3/23/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3597

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3597 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by adding Section 12.10 as follows:

(110 ILCS 305/12.10 new)

Sec. 12.10. Study on closed elementary and secondary school buildings. The Department of Commerce and Economic Development shall conduct a study with regard to public elementary and secondary school buildings that have been closed within 5 years before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. The study shall determine how many of the school buildings have remained schools, how many have been successfully redeveloped, and how many are vacant. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations for facilitating successful redevelopment of these school buildings to the General Assembly by filing copies of its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act.".