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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic 
5Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 605-1020 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new)
8    Sec. 605-1020. Survey and report on business incentives.
9    (a) The Department shall contact businesses that are 
10located in the State or have been identified as having left the 
11State in the last 10 years.  The Department shall request that 
12the business complete a survey, developed by the Department, 
13that includes information regarding (i) why the business left, 
14if applicable, and the location to which the business relocated 
15and (ii) any incentives that are needed to keep and attract the 
16business.
17    (b) The Department shall compile the results of the surveys 
18and any other relevant information provided to the Department.  
19By each July 1, the Department shall report to the General 
20Assembly upon its compilation of the previous year's survey 
21responses and any of the other relevant information.  The report 
22must identify, at a minimum, the most common responses, 
23categorized by industry and region, regarding (i) why 
 
 
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1businesses left Illinois, (ii) what incentives would have 
2influenced businesses to remain in Illinois, and (iii) to which 
3cities and states the businesses have relocated.
4    (c) For the purposes of this Section, a business is defined 
5as one that is engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for 
6the purpose of manufacturing, processing, assembling, 
7warehousing, or distributing products, conducting research and 
8development, providing tourism services, or providing services 
9in interstate commerce, office industries, or agricultural 
10processing, but excluding retail, retail food, health, or 
11professional services. 
12    (d) The Department shall adopt rules for the implementation 
13of this Section. 
 
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.