103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2810
 
Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Harry Benton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new

     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 shall establish a Worker Relocation Grant Program to award grants to incentivize workers to relocate to the State. Provides that a base grant awarded to a relocating employee shall not exceed $5,000 and an enhanced grant awarded to a relocating employee that satisfies specified criteria shall not exceed exceed $7,500. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary to administer the Worker Relocation Grant Program. Defines terms.
  


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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 
6is amended  by adding Section 605-1110 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new)
8    Sec. 605-1110. Worker Relocation Grant Program.
9    (a) The Department shall establish a Worker Relocation 
10Grant Program to award grants to incentivize workers to 
11relocate to this State.
12    (b) A relocating employee may be eligible for a grant 
13under the program for qualifying expenses, subject to the 
14following:
15        (1) A base grant  awarded to a relocating employee 
16    shall not exceed $5,000.
17        (2) An enhanced grant awarded to a relocating employee 
18    shall not exceed exceed $7,500 and may be awarded if a 
19    relocating employee becomes
a resident in a labor market 
20    area in this State in which:
21            (A) the average annual unemployment rate in the 
22        labor market area exceeds the average annual 
23        unemployment rate in
this State; or
 
 
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1            (B) the average annual wage in this State exceeds 
2        the annual average wage in the labor market area. 
3    (c) As used in this Section: 
4    "Qualifying expenses" means the actual costs a relocating 
5employee incurs for relocation expenses,  limited to the 
6following:
7        (1) closing costs for a primary residence;
8        (2) rental security deposit;
9        (3) one month's rent payment;
10        (4) hiring a moving company;
11        (5) renting moving equipment;
12        (6) shipping cots; and
13        (7) moving supplies.
14    "Relocating employee" means an individual who meets the 
15following criteria on or after July 1, 2024: 
16        (1) incurs qualified relocation expenses;
17        (2) becomes a full-time resident of this State;
18        (3) is subject to Illinois income tax;
19        (4) receives gross salary or wages that equal or 
20    exceed the livable wage in this State; and
21        (5) becomes a full-time employee of an employer  in 
22    this State who attests to the Department that, after 
23    reasonable time and effort, was unable to fill the 
24    relocating employee's position from among Illinois 
25    applicants.
26    (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to 
 
 
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1administer the provisions of this Section.