Sen. Deanna Demuzio
Filed: 3/15/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2747 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2747 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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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. (1) 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 is 
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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 is 
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a joint effort of
three or more units of government, or two or 
 


 






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more units of government if
situated in a township which is 
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divided by a municipality of 1,000,000 or
more inhabitants, and 
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where the certification has been in
effect at least one year, 
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the total area shall comprise a minimum of
one-half square mile 
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and not more than thirteen square miles in total area
exclusive 
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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 of 
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this Act; and
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    (e) is (1) entirely within a municipality or (2) entirely 
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within
the unincorporated
areas of a county, except where 
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reasonable need is established for such
zone to cover portions 
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of more than one municipality or county or (3)
both comprises 
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(i) all or part of a municipality and (ii) an unincorporated

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area of a county.
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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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    (3)  If an enterprise zone is established prior to the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General 
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Assembly and is initially designated as meeting the 
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unemployment-related criteria established by the Department or 
 


 






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by law, then, on or after the effective date of this amendatory 
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Act of the 96th General Assembly and until December 31, 2012, 
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the enterprise zone may expand its boundaries if (a)  the 
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territory into which the zone is expanding had an average 
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unemployment rate in the previous calendar year of more than 
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(i)  10%  or (ii) 120% of the State's annual average unemployment 
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rate for that previous calendar year, whichever is less, and 
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(b)  the expanded zone area meets the criteria of  item (1)(A) of 
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this Section. 
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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.".