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    AN ACT concerning economic development.

 
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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 Department of Commerce and Economic 
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Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 605-927 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 605/605-927  new)
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    Sec. 605-927. Grants to local economic development 
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organizations.
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    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department must develop a 
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program to make grants to local development organizations. 
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Under this program, a county or municipality may apply to the 
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Department for a grant to be awarded to a local development 
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organization in that county or municipality for the purpose of 
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fostering local or regional economic development.  A local 
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development organization is not eligible to receive grant 
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moneys under this Section if it has publicly endorsed any 
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political candidate or if it distributes political 
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questionnaires.  Organizations receiving funds under this 
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Section may be required to submit to audits by the Department.  
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Documents produced under the grant program are subject to the 
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provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
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    (b) For purposes of this Section, "local development 
 


 






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organization" means a private or public entity organized for 
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the purpose of the economic development within a municipality, 
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county, or region of the State.
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    (c) All grant awards under this Section are subject to 
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appropriation and may be used for any of the following:
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        (1) expenses related to the start-up or expansion of a 
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    local development organization;
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        (2) local or regional economic development planning 
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    and related studies; and
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        (3) any other specific use authorized by the Department 
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    relating to the start-up or expansion of and economic 
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    planning by a local economic development organization.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2010.