102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0832

 

Introduced 2/10/2021, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Literacy Act. Removes the representative of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity from the Illinois Literacy Council and removes an obsolete reference to the Prairie State 2000 Authority. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may (currently, must) develop an Engineering Excellence Program. Provides that certain actions concerning the new business permitting portal are permissive. Repeals certain provisions concerning the duties of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Illinois Emergency Employment Development Act. Repeals provisions concerning the Illinois 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Advisory Committee and the work incentive demonstration project. Amends the Local Government Consolidation Commission Act of 2011. Repeals provisions concerning compensation for the Local Government Consolidation Commission. Amends the Bikeway Act. Provides that a designee of the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (currently, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) may serve on the interagency council on the bikeways program. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Illinois Literacy Act is amended by
5changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 322/20)
7    Sec. 20. Illinois Literacy Council.
8    (a) The Council shall facilitate the improvement of
9literacy levels of Illinois citizens by providing a forum from
10which representatives from throughout the State can promote
11literacy, share expertise, and recommend policy.
12    (b) The Council shall be appointed by and be responsible
13to the Governor. The Secretary of State shall serve as
14chairman. The Council shall advise the Governor and other
15agencies on strategies that address the literacy needs of the
16State, especially with respect to the needs of workplace
17literacy, family literacy, program evaluation, public
18awareness, and public and private partnerships.
19    (c) The Council will determine its own procedures and the
20number, time, place, and conduct of its meetings. It shall
21meet at least 4 times a year. The Council may be assisted in
22its activities by the Literacy Office. Council members shall
23not receive compensation for their services.

 

 

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1    (d) The Council's membership shall consist of
2representatives of public education, public and private sector
3employment, labor organizations, community literacy
4organizations, libraries, volunteer organizations, the Office
5of the Secretary of State, the Department of Commerce and
6Economic Opportunity, the Illinois Community College Board,
7the Department of Employment Security, the Department of Human
8Services, the State Board of Education, and the Department of
9Corrections, and the Prairie State 2000 Authority.
10    (e) The Council members representing State agencies shall
11act as an interagency coordinating committee to improve the
12system for delivery of literacy services, provide pertinent
13information and agency comments to Council members, and
14implement the recommendations forwarded by the Council and
15approved by the Governor.
16    (f) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
17Council, shall expend moneys to perform Council functions as
18authorized by this Act from the Literacy Advancement Fund, a
19special fund hereby created in the State Treasury. All moneys
20received from an income tax checkoff for the Literacy
21Advancement Fund as provided in Section 507I of the Illinois
22Income Tax Act shall be deposited into the Fund.
23(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
24    Section 10. The Department of Commerce and Economic
25Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois

 

 

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1is amended by changing Sections 605-460 and 605-1007 as
2follows:
 
3    (20 ILCS 605/605-460)
4    Sec. 605-460. Engineering excellence program.
5    (a) Coordination between engineering schools and private
6business is an important tool in fostering innovation.
7Universities have eager students, experienced faculty, and
8state-of-the-art research facilities. Businesses have existing
9markets, production capital, and evolving needs. The General
10Assembly believes that universities and businesses should
11share resources to allow students to participate in the
12research and development area of innovative design and to
13allow businesses to benefit from the developing skills of
14these students.
15    (b) In order to facilitate engineering excellence, the
16Department may shall develop a program to achieve the goals
17set forth in subsection (a). Under this program, the
18Department may must:
19        (1) Annually contact the State's major public and
20    private universities with engineering schools.
21        (2) Request a one-page written summary of the
22    internship, externship, or residency programs operated by
23    the engineering college of each of the contacted
24    universities.
25        (3) Identify the manufacturing businesses within 50

 

 

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1    miles of each university that responded under paragraph
2    (2) that could benefit from assistance in the area of
3    innovative design.
4        (4) Send a letter to each manufacturer identified
5    under paragraph (3), informing it of the university's
6    program and advising the business to contact the
7    university if it wishes to participate in the engineering
8    school's program.
9    (c) The Department may shall adopt rules for the
10implementation of this Section.
11(Source: P.A. 97-721, eff. 6-29-12.)
 
12    (20 ILCS 605/605-1007)
13    Sec. 605-1007. New business permitting portal.
14    (a) By July 1, 2017, the Department shall create and
15maintain, in consultation with the Department of Innovation
16and Technology, a website to help persons wishing to create
17new businesses or relocate businesses to Illinois. The
18Department shall consult with at least one organization
19representing small businesses in this State while creating the
20website.
21    (b) The website may shall include:
22        (1) an estimate of license and permitting fees for
23    different businesses;
24        (2) State government application forms for business
25    licensing or registration;

 

 

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1        (3) hyperlinks to websites of the responsible agency
2    or organization responsible for accepting the application;
3    and
4        (4) contact information for any local government
5    permitting agencies that may be relevant.
6    (c) The Department may shall contact all agencies to
7obtain business forms and other information for this website.
8Those agencies shall respond to the Department before July 1,
92016.
10    (d) The website may shall also include some mechanism for
11the potential business owner to request more information from
12the Department that may be helpful in starting the business,
13including, but not limited to, State-based incentives that the
14business owner may qualify for when starting or relocating a
15business.
16    (e) The Department may shall update the website at least
17once a year before July 1. The Department may shall request
18that other State agencies report any changes in applicable
19application forms to the Department by June 1 of every year
20after 2016.
21(Source: P.A. 99-134, eff. 1-1-16; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
 
22    (20 ILCS 605/605-110 rep.)
23    (20 ILCS 605/605-205 rep.)
24    (20 ILCS 605/605-340 rep.)
25    (20 ILCS 605/605-575 rep.)

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 605/605-825 rep.)
2    (20 ILCS 605/605-860 rep.)
3    Section 15. The Department of Commerce and Economic
4Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
5is amended by repealing Sections 605-110, 605-205, 605-340,
6605-575, 605-825, and 605-860.
 
7    (20 ILCS 630/11 rep.)
8    (20 ILCS 630/17 rep.)
9    Section 20. The Illinois Emergency Employment Development
10Act is amended by repealing Sections 11 and 17.
 
11    (20 ILCS 3987/20 rep.)
12    Section 25. The Local Government Consolidation Commission
13Act of 2011 is amended by repealing Section 20.
 
14    (30 ILCS 375/3 rep.)
15    Section 30. The Local Government Debt Offering Act is
16amended by repealing Section 3.
 
17    (310 ILCS 30/2 rep.)
18    Section 35. The Redevelopment Project Rehousing and
19Capital Improvements Act is amended by repealing Section 2.
 
20    Section 40. The Bikeway Act is amended by changing Section
214 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (605 ILCS 30/4)  (from Ch. 121, par. 604)
2    Sec. 4. In expending funds available for purposes of this
3Act, the Department shall cooperate with municipalities,
4townships, counties, road districts, park districts and other
5appropriate agencies and organizations and, where possible and
6practicable, shall allocate its expenditures among the several
7regions of the State, proportionally to the bicycling
8population.
9    The Secretary of Transportation shall serve as chairman of
10and shall at least quarterly convene an interagency council on
11the bikeways program, comprised of the Director of Natural
12Resources, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
13or his or her designee, the State Superintendent of Education,
14a county engineer or county superintendent of highways chosen
15by the statewide association of county engineers, a
16representative of the Cook County Forest Preserve District,
17and the Secretary of Transportation, for the purpose of
18determining policy and priorities in effectuating the purposes
19of this Act.
20(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    15 ILCS 322/20
4    20 ILCS 605/605-460
5    20 ILCS 605/605-1007
6    20 ILCS 605/605-110 rep.
7    20 ILCS 605/605-205 rep.
8    20 ILCS 605/605-340 rep.
9    20 ILCS 605/605-575 rep.
10    20 ILCS 605/605-825 rep.
11    20 ILCS 605/605-860 rep.
12    20 ILCS 630/11 rep.
13    20 ILCS 630/17 rep.
14    20 ILCS 3987/20 rep.
15    30 ILCS 375/3 rep.
16    310 ILCS 30/2 rep.
17    605 ILCS 30/4from Ch. 121, par. 604