SB0252 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0252

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Sen. Christopher Belt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 605/605-1055 new

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Innovation, Automation, and Structural Pilot Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Specifies the purpose of the Program. Provides Program qualification requirements. Provides Program certification requirements. Provides for the adoption of rules. Specifies the duration of the Program. Repeals provisions on January 1, 2029. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 605-1055 as follows:

(20 ILCS 605/605-1055 new)

Sec. 605-1055. Innovation, Automation, and Structural Pilot Program.

(a) There is created the Innovation, Automation, and Structural Pilot Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The Program shall promote innovation through the combined application of technology, artificial intelligence, automation, and distributive generation. The Program shall also support economic development projects in Illinois that offer the unique on-site distributive generation design combined with automation and artificial intelligence set against a commercial and industrial building envelope.

(b) To qualify for the Program, an economic development project must provide the following:

(1) a copy of a planned economic or redevelopment agreement between the entity and local government authority;

(2) at minimum, all Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification approvals;

(3) demonstration of compliance with State or local prevailing wage requirements;

(4) three or more multimode distributive generation technologies with utility interconnection affixed within the design;

(5) possess a research and design partnership with the Sustainable Energy Design Assistance Center, or a comparable institute;

(6) be able to coordinate bilateral knowledge transfer trade mission through the United States Trade and Development Agency or the United States Department of Commerce in promotion of global community sustainability goals;

(7) be able to collaborate with local veteran organizations to transition members of the armed forces and veterans into careers in relevant sectors; and

(8) demonstrate a relationship between research, sustainable development, innovation, workforce development, job creation, and knowledge transfer.

(c) Any economic development project that meets the requirements of subsection (b) shall receive a certificate that will ensure a 10-year extension on any benefits afforded to the project based on the terms of planned economic or redevelopment agreements between the entity and applicable government authority. The certification shall have a 20-year life span, which shall result in one 10-year renewal of the certificate assuming continued compliance with the relevant statutory, rule, and contractual provisions.

(d) The Department shall issue a Program certificate upon receipt of all required documents. All relevant information concerning the Program and application for the Program shall be made available on the Internet website of the Department.

(e) The Department shall adopt all rules necessary for the implementation and administration of the Program created under this Section.

(f) The Program created under this Section shall begin no later than July 1, 2021, and shall end on June 30, 2028.

(g) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2029.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.