96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0147


 
Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. David Reis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 655/4
  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604







    Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that an area is separately qualified to become an enterprise zone if that area: (i) is located, wholly or partially, within a county that has a population that, according to the most-recent decennial census, is less than the population of the county according to the decennial census that occurred 40 years prior to the most recent decennial census; and (ii) satisfies any additional criteria established by rule of the
Department consistent with the purposes of this Act. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 4 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 655/4)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604)



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    Sec. 4. Qualifications for Enterprise Zones. 
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    (1) Except as provided in subsection (1.5), an
An area is 
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qualified to become an enterprise zone which:

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        (a) is a contiguous area, provided that a zone area may 
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    exclude wholly
surrounded territory within its boundaries;

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        (b) comprises a minimum of one-half square mile and not 
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    more than 12
square miles, or 15 square miles if the zone 
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    is located within the
jurisdiction of 4 or more counties or 
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    municipalities,  in total area,
exclusive of lakes and 
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    waterways;
however, in such cases where the enterprise zone 
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    is a joint effort of
three or more units of government, or 
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    two or more units of government if
situated in a township 
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    which is divided by a municipality of 1,000,000 or
more 
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    inhabitants, and where the certification has been in
effect 
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    at least one year, the total area shall comprise a minimum 
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    of
one-half square mile and not more than thirteen square 
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    miles in total area
exclusive of lakes and waterways;

 


 






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        (c) is a depressed area;

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        (d) satisfies any additional criteria established by 
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    regulation of the
Department consistent with the purposes 
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    of this Act; and

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        (e) is (1) entirely within a municipality or (2) 
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    entirely within
the unincorporated
areas of a county, 
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    except where reasonable need is established for such
zone 
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    to cover portions of more than one municipality or county 
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    or (3)
both comprises (i) all or part of a municipality and 
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    (ii) an unincorporated
area of a county.

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    (1.5) An area is separately qualified to become an 
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enterprise zone if that area: (i) is located, wholly or 
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partially, within a county that has a population that, 
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according to the most-recent decennial census, is less than the 
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population of the county according to the decennial census that 
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occurred 40 years prior to the most recent decennial census; 
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and (ii) satisfies any additional criteria established by rule 
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of the
Department consistent with the purposes of this Act.

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    (2) Any criteria established by the Department or by law 
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which utilize the rate
of unemployment for a particular area 
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shall provide that all persons who
are not presently employed 
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and have exhausted all unemployment benefits
shall be 
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considered unemployed, whether or not such persons are actively

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seeking employment.

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(Source: P.A. 86-803.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 


 






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becoming law.