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1     AN ACT concerning economic development.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5 Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 605-685 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 605/605-685 new)
8     Sec. 605-685. Business park certification program.
9     (a) The Department may, subject to appropriation,
10 establish and maintain a program devoted to encouraging the
11 rapid establishment of businesses and employers in business
12 parks by developing standards for the development, location,
13 and maintenance of business parks in the State and by
14 certifying business parks that meet or exceed those standards.
15     (b) The Department may, subject to appropriation,
16 advertise the program to encourage business park certification
17 and business development and location in certified business
18 parks.
19     (c) The Department must adopt rules to administer the
20 provisions of this Section.
21     (d) A business park that meets the Department's
22 certification standards and that was established before the
23 effective date of this amendatory Act may receive certification
24 under the program.
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
26 1, 2006.