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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of the Program created 
7under this Act is to strengthen coordination between State 
8government and the private sector on issues relevant to 
9entrepreneurs and small business concerns, and to make State 
10government programs and operations simpler, easier to access, 
11more efficient, and more responsive to the needs of and issues 
12related to small business concerns and entrepreneurs.
 
13    Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

14    "Appointing authority" means the Governor, the Speaker of 
15the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the 
16Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Minority 
17Leader of the Senate, or the Director or Secretary of the 
18Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the 
19Department of Transportation, the Department of Human 
20Services, the Department of Public Health, or the Department of 
21Central Management Services.
 
22    "Entrepreneur-in-residence" or 
 
 
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1"entrepreneurs-in-residence" means an individual or 
2individuals appointed to a position under this Act.

3    "Program" means the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Pilot 
4Program.

 
5    Section 15. The Entrepreneur-in-Residence Pilot Program.

6    (a)    Except as provided under subsection (b), as many as 10 
7individuals may be appointed to serve as 
8entrepreneurs-in-residence with State agencies, appointed 2 
9each by the Governor, the Speaker of the House of 
10Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority 
11Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader 
12of the Senate. These appointees shall have demonstrated success 
13in working with small business concerns and entrepreneurs, or 
14have successfully developed, invented, or created a product and 
15brought that product to the marketplace. 
16Entrepreneurs-in-residence appointed under this subsection (a) 
17shall serve for a period of 2 years. A State agency shall 
18cooperate with any entrepreneur-in-residence appointed to 
19serve it as necessary to facilitate this Program. A person 
20appointed as an entrepreneur-in-residence under this 
21subsection (a) shall not be appointed to one of the State 
22agencies listed in subsection (b).

23    (b)   Additionally, the Director or Secretary of the 
24following State agencies shall each appoint one 
25entrepreneur-in-residence for their respective State agency: 
 
 
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1        (1) the Department of Commerce and Economic 
2    Opportunity;
3        (2) the Department of Transportation;
4        (3) the Department of Human Services;
5        (4) the Department of Public Health; and
6        (5) the Department of Central Management Services.
7    Entrepreneurs-in-residence appointed under this subsection 
8(b) shall serve for a period of 5 years, beginning January 1, 
92019 and ending January 1, 2024, and have the same 
10qualifications as appointees under subsection (a).

11    (c)   The Director or Secretary of a State agency under 
12subsection (b) shall, by January 1, 2023, issue a report to the 
13General Assembly and the Governor outlining findings and 
14recommendations, including, but not limited to, the successes 
15of the Program, recommendations to improve the Program, and any 
16other information that the Director or Secretary may deem 
17necessary and relevant. The report to the General Assembly 
18shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
19and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic form only, in the 
20manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall direct. For the 
21purposes of this Section, success of the Program shall be 
22measured by the number of interactions, new businesses created, 
23the size of the new businesses, and how the new businesses have 
24grown since their inception.

25    (d)   Entrepreneurs-in-residence appointed under this Act 
26shall serve without compensation, but may, at the discretion of 
 
 
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1the appointing authority, receive reasonable and necessary 
2expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties.

3    (e)   An entrepreneur-in-residence appointed under this Act 
4shall perform the following duties:

5        (1)   assist the State agency in improving outreach to 
6    small business concerns and entrepreneurs;

7        (2)   provide recommendations on inefficient or 
8    duplicative programs;

9        (3)   provide recommendations to the appointing 
10    authority on methods to improve Program efficiency at the 
11    State agency;

12        (4)   provide recommendations to the appointing 
13    authority on new initiatives that may be instituted at the 
14    State agency;

15        (5)   facilitate meetings and forums to educate small 
16    business concerns and entrepreneurs on programs or 
17    initiatives of the State agency;

18        (6)   facilitate in-service sessions with employees of 
19    the State agency on needs and issues of interest to 
20    entrepreneurs and small business concerns; and

21        (7)   provide technical assistance or mentorship to 
22    small business concerns and entrepreneurs in accessing 
23    programs at the State agency.

24    (f)   An entrepreneur-in-residence shall report directly to 
25his or her appointing authority.

 
 
 
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1    Section 20. Repeal.  This Act is repealed on January 1, 
22025.
 
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.