HB5230enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5230 Enrolled LRB096 17698 HLH 33062 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

(20 ILCS 715/20)

Sec. 20. State development assistance disclosure.

(a) Beginning February 1, 2005 and each year thereafter, every State granting body shall submit to the Department copies of all development assistance agreements that it approved in the prior calendar year.

(b) For each development assistance agreement for which the date of assistance has occurred in the prior calendar year, each recipient shall submit to the Department a progress report. A recipient of multiple development assistance agreements in the same award year and for a single project site may file a consolidated progress report if the applicant's base number of employees and number of jobs to be created and retained as stated in the multiple development assistance agreements or applications are the same. A progress report that shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) Each The application tracking number.

(2) The office mailing address, telephone number, and the name of the chief officer of the granting body.

(3) The office mailing address, telephone number, 4-digit SIC number or successor number, and the name of the chief officer of the applicant or authorized designee for the specific project site for which the development assistance was approved by the State granting body.

(4) The type of development assistance program and value of assistance that was approved by the State granting body.

(5) The applicant's total number of employees at the specific project site on the date that the application was submitted to the State granting body and the applicant's total number of employees at the specific project site on the date of the report, including the number of full-time, permanent jobs, the number of part-time jobs, and the number of temporary jobs, and a computation of the gain or loss of jobs in each category.

(6) The number of new employees and retained employees the applicant stated in its development assistance agreement, if any, if not, then in its application, would be created by the development assistance broken down by full-time, permanent, part-time, and temporary.

(7) A declaration of whether the recipient is in compliance with each the development assistance agreement.

(8) A detailed list of the occupation or job classifications and number of new employees or retained employees to be hired in full-time, permanent jobs, a schedule of anticipated starting dates of the new hires and the actual average wage by occupation or job classification and total payroll to be created as a result of the development assistance.

(9) A narrative, if necessary, describing how the recipient's use of the development assistance during the reporting year has reduced employment at any site in Illinois.

(10) A certification by the chief officer of the applicant or his or her authorized designee that the information in the progress report contains no knowing misrepresentation of material facts upon which eligibility for development assistance is based.

(11) Any other information the Department shall deem necessary to ensure compliance with a development assistance program.

(c) The State granting body, or a successor agency, shall have full authority to verify information contained in the recipient's progress report, including the authority to inspect the specific project site and inspect the records of the recipient that are subject to the development assistance agreement.

(d) By June 1, 2005 and by June 1 of each year thereafter, the Department shall compile and publish all data in all of the progress reports in both written and electronic form.

(e) If a recipient of development assistance fails to comply with subsection (b) of this Section, the Department shall, within 20 working days after the reporting submittal deadlines set forth in (i) the legislation authorizing, (ii) the administrative rules implementing, or (iii) specific provisions in development assistance agreements pertaining to the development assistance programs, suspend within 33 working days any current development assistance to the recipient under its control, and shall be prohibited from completing any current or providing any future development assistance until it receives proof that the recipient has come into compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) of this Section.

(f) The Department shall have the discretion to modify the information required in the progress report required under subsection (b) consistent with the disclosure purpose of this Section for any grants under the Industrial Training Program that are not given as an incentive to a recipient business organization.

(Source: P.A. 93-552, eff. 8-20-03.)

Section 10. The Build Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 10-3 as follows:

(30 ILCS 750/10-3) (from Ch. 127, par. 2710-3)

Sec. 10-3. Powers and Duties. The Department has the power to:

(a) Provide loans from the Build Illinois Bond Fund, the Fund for Illinois' Future, or the Large Business Attraction Fund to a business undertaking a project and accept mortgages or other evidences of indebtedness or security of such business.

(b) Provide grants from the Build Illinois Bond Fund, the Fund for Illinois' Future, or the Large Business Attraction Fund to or for the direct benefit of a business undertaking a project. Any such grant shall (i) be made and used only for the purpose of assisting the financing of the business for the project in order to reduce the cost of financing to the business, (ii) be made only if a participating lender, or other funding source including the applicant, also provides a portion of the financing with respect to the project, and only if the Department determines, on the basis of all the information available to it, that the project would not be undertaken in Illinois unless the grant is provided, (iii) provide no more than 25% of the total dollar amount of any single project cost and be approved for amounts from the Fund not to exceed $500,000 for any single project, unless waived by the Director upon a finding that such waiver is appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this Article, (iv) be made only after the Department has determined that the grant will cause a project to be undertaken which has the potential to create substantial employment in relation to the amount of the grant, and (v) be made with a business that has certified the project is a new plant start-up or expansion and is not a relocation of an existing business from another site in Illinois unless that relocation results in substantial employment growth.

(c) Enter into agreements, accept funds or grants and cooperate with agencies of the federal government, local units of government and local regional economic development corporations or organizations for the purposes of carrying out this Article.

(d) Enter into contracts, letters of credit or any other agreements or contracts with financial institutions necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Article. Any such agreement or contract may include, without limitation, terms and provisions relating to a specific project such as loan documentation, review and approval procedures, organization and servicing rights, default conditions and other program aspects.

(e) Fix, determine, charge and collect any premiums, fees, charges, costs and expenses, including application fees, commitment fees, program fees, financing charges or publication fees in connection with its activities under this Article.

(f) Establish application, notification, contract and other procedures, rules or regulations deemed necessary and appropriate.

(g) Subject to the provisions of any contract with another person and consent to the modification or restructuring of any loan agreement to which the Department is a party.

(h) Take any actions which are necessary or appropriate to protect the State's interest in the event of bankruptcy, default, foreclosure or noncompliance with the terms and conditions of financial assistance or participation provided under this Article, including the power to sell, dispose, lease or rent, upon terms and conditions determined by the Director to be appropriate, real or personal property which the Department may receive as a result thereof.

(i) Acquire and accept by gift, grant, purchase or otherwise, but not by condemnation, fee simple title, or such lesser interest as may be desired, in land, and to improve or arrange for the improvement of such land for industrial or commercial site development purposes, and to lease or convey such land, or interest in land, so acquired and so improved, including sale and conveyance subject to a mortgage, for such price, upon such terms and at such time as the Department may determine, provided that prior to exercising its authority under this subsection, the Director shall find that other means of financing and developing any such project are not reasonably available and that such action is consistent with the purposes and policies of this Article.

(j) Provide grants from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to municipalities and counties to demolish abandoned buildings pursuant to Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section 5-1080 of the Counties Code, for the purpose of making unimproved land available for purchase by businesses for economic development. Such grants shall be provided only when: (1) the owner of property on which the abandoned building is situated has entered into a contract to sell such property; (2) the Department has determined that the grant will be used to cause a project to be undertaken which will result in the creation of employment; (3) the business which has entered into a contract to purchase the property has certified that it will use the property for a project which is a new plant start-up or expansion or a new venture opportunity and is not a relocation of an existing business from another site within the State unless that relocation results in substantial employment growth. If a municipality or county receives grants under this paragraph, it shall file a notice of lien against the owner or owners of such demolished buildings to recover the costs and expenses incurred in the demolition of such buildings pursuant to Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section 5-1080 of the Counties Code. All such costs and expenses recovered by the county or municipality shall be paid to the Department for deposit in the Build Illinois Purposes Account. Priority shall be given to enterprise zones or those areas with high unemployment whose tax base is adversely impacted by the closing of existing factories.

(j-5) A business accepting a grant or loan under this Article shall provide the Department with quarterly reports detailing financial and performance information as requested by the Department during the grant or loan period.

(k) Exercise such other powers as are necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)