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90_HB0094
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. On or before
9 March 1, 1998, the Department shall create a two-year pilot
10 program that invites individuals and small businesses to
11 submit proposals to develop secondary materials manufacturing
12 enterprises that reuse or remanufacture material that is
13 collected in municipal and business recycling programs. The
14 Department shall provide financial assistance to the most
15 viable proposals, in the form of low interest loans or
16 training grants, not to exceed a total of $50,000 for any one
17 proposal. The terms of the loan or grant shall be determined
18 by the Department.
19 The Department shall give priority to proposals that will
20 create businesses in enterprise zones. In determining the
21 most viable proposals, the Department may consider, among
22 other things, the nature of the business, capital and
23 training needs, program budget constraints, and the type and
24 amount of material that will be diverted from waste disposal
25 facilities.
26 The Department shall hold at least 2 informational
27 meetings in the State to publicize the existence of this
28 financial assistance program and shall provide technical
29 assistance to potential responders desiring that assistance.
30 At the conclusion of the pilot program, the Department shall
31 submit a report to the General Assembly describing the
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1 results of the program, along with recommendations on
2 measures that the State can undertake to stimulate the
3 development of recycling ventures and markets.
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.
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