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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2299
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2299 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act by
5 changing Section 5.3."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended
9 by changing Section 5.3 as follows:
10 (20 ILCS 655/5.3) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 608)
11 Sec. 5.3. Certification of Enterprise Zones; Effective
12 date.
13 (a) Approval of designated Enterprise Zones shall be
14 made by the Department by certification of the designating
15 ordinance. The Department shall promptly issue a certificate
16 for each Enterprise Zone upon its approval. The certificate
17 shall be signed by the Director of the Department, shall make
18 specific reference to the designating ordinance, which shall
19 be attached thereto, and shall be filed in the office of the
20 Secretary of State. A certified copy of the Enterprise Zone
21 Certificate, or a duplicate original thereof, shall be
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1 recorded in the office of recorder of deeds of the county in
2 which the Enterprise Zone lies.
3 (b) An Enterprise Zone shall be effective upon its
4 certification. The Department shall transmit a copy of the
5 certification to the Department of Revenue, and to the
6 designating municipality or county.
7 Upon certification of an Enterprise Zone, the terms and
8 provisions of the designating ordinance shall be in effect,
9 and may not be amended or repealed except in accordance with
10 Section 5.4.
11 (c) An Enterprise Zone shall be in effect for 20
12 calendar years, or for a lesser number of years specified in
13 the certified designating ordinance. Enterprise Zones shall
14 terminate at midnight of December 31 of the final calendar
15 year of the certified term, except as provided in Section
16 5.4.
17 (d) No more than 12 Enterprise Zones may be certified by
18 the Department in calendar year 1984, no more than 12
19 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in
20 calendar year 1985, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be
21 certified by the Department in calendar year 1986, no more
22 than 15 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department
23 in calendar year 1987, and no more than 20 Enterprise Zones
24 may be certified by the Department in calendar year 1990. In
25 other calendar years, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be
26 certified by the Department. The Department may also
27 designate up to 8 additional Enterprise Zones outside the
28 regular application cycle if warranted by the extreme
29 economic circumstances as determined by the Department. The
30 Department may also designate one additional Enterprise Zone
31 outside the regular application cycle if an aircraft
32 manufacturer agrees to locate an aircraft manufacturing
33 facility in the proposed Enterprise Zone. Notwithstanding
34 any other provision of this Act, no more than 89 Enterprise
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1 Zones may be certified by the Department for the 10 calendar
2 years commencing with 1983. The 7 additional Enterprise Zones
3 authorized by Public Act 86-15 shall not lie within
4 municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties that abut
5 or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant to
6 this Section prior to June 30, 1989. The 7 additional
7 Enterprise Zones (excluding the additional Enterprise Zone
8 which may be designated outside the regular application
9 cycle) authorized by Public Act 86-1030 shall not lie within
10 municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties that abut
11 or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant to
12 this Section prior to February 28, 1990. In any calendar
13 year, the Department may not certify more than 3 Zones
14 located within the same municipality. The Department may
15 certify Enterprise Zones in each of the 10 calendar years
16 commencing with 1983. The Department may not certify more
17 than a total of 18 Enterprise Zones located within the same
18 county (whether within municipalities or within
19 unincorporated territory) for the 10 calendar years
20 commencing with 1983. Thereafter, the Department may not
21 certify any additional Enterprise Zones, but may amend and
22 rescind certifications of existing Enterprise Zones in
23 accordance with Section 5.4.
24 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if (i)
25 the county board of any county in which a current military
26 base is located, in part or in whole, or in which a military
27 base that has been closed within 20 years of the effective
28 date of this amendatory Act of 1998 is located, in part or in
29 whole, adopts a designating ordinance in accordance with
30 Section 5 of this Act to designate the military base in that
31 county as an enterprise zone and (ii) the property otherwise
32 meets the qualifications for an enterprise zone as prescribed
33 in Section 4 of this Act, then the Department may certify the
34 designating ordinance or ordinances, as the case may be.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-15; 86-1030; 86-1175; 86-1456; 87-435;
2 87-1177.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.".
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