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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by changing Sections 605-25, 605-550, 605-675, and |
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| 605-810 and by adding Section 605-725 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-25) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a)
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| Sec. 605-25.
Charges, gifts, and grants for promotional |
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| products and
services; International and Promotional Fund.
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| (a) To establish, levy, and collect fees and charges and
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| accept gifts, grants, and awards from other governmental |
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| entities, for
profit
organizations, and
nonprofit associations |
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| in
association with or as consideration for the provision of |
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| various
promotional products and services
through its tourism, |
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| films production promotion, and international
business |
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| promotion programs. The
Director may establish and collect |
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| nominal charges for premiums
and other promotional materials |
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| produced or acquired as part of the
Department's activities |
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| authorized under the Illinois Promotion Act from
individuals |
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| and not-for-profit organizations
intending to use those |
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| premiums and promotional materials for
purposes
consistent |
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| with the provisions of the Illinois Promotion Act, provided,
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| however, that other State agencies shall be charged no more |
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| than the cost
of the premium or promotional material to the |
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| Department.
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| (b) The Director may collect cost reimbursement monies from |
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| films and
media
production entities for police and related |
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| production security services in
amounts determined by the |
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| provider of the security services and
agreed to
by the |
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| production entity. The reimbursements shall
result only from |
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| the
agreed costs of planned police and security services to be |
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| rendered to film
and media production sites in the State of |
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| Illinois.
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| (c) The Director may establish and collect cost-sharing |
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| assessments and
fees
and accept gifts, grants, and awards from |
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| private businesses, trade
associations, other governmental |
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| entities, and individuals desiring to
participate in and |
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| support the development and conduct of overseas trade,
catalog, |
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| and distributor shows and activities and to purchase |
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| informational
materials to foster export sales of Illinois |
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| products and services as part
of the Department's international |
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| business programs.
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| (d) All money
received
pursuant
to this Section , except as |
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| provided in subsection (e), shall be deposited into the |
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| International and
Promotional Fund
within the State treasury |
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| which is hereby created; monies within the Fund
shall be |
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| appropriated only for expenditure pursuant to this Section.
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| (e) The Department may contract with a vendor for the |
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| production of a tourism travel guide. The Department may allow |
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| the vendor to sell and collect sales revenues, including |
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| in-kind exchanges, for advertisements placed in the travel |
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| guide. The Department may allow the vendor to retain any sales |
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| revenues it collects as its fee and to cover the costs of |
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| producing the travel guide. Any revenue due to the Department, |
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| after the vendor retains its share, shall be deposited into the |
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| International and Promotional Fund. |
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| (Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-550) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.71)
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| Sec. 605-550.
Model domestic violence and sexual assault
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| employee awareness and assistance policy.
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| (a) The Department shall convene a task force including |
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| members of the
business community, employees, employee |
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| organizations, representatives from
the Department of Labor, |
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| and directors of domestic violence and sexual assault
programs, |
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| including representatives of statewide advocacy organizations |
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| for the
prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault, to |
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| develop a model domestic
violence and sexual assault employee |
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| awareness and assistance policy for
businesses.
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| The Department shall give due consideration to the |
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| recommendations of the
Governor, the President of the Senate, |
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| and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives for |
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| participation by any person on the task force, and shall
make |
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| reasonable efforts to assure regional balance in membership.
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| (b) The purpose of the model employee awareness and |
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| assistance policy shall
be to provide businesses with the best |
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| practices, policies, protocols, and
procedures in order that |
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| they ascertain domestic violence and sexual assault
awareness |
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| in the workplace, assist affected employees, and provide a safe |
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| and
helpful working environment for employees currently or |
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| potentially experiencing
the effects of domestic violence or |
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| sexual assault. The model plan shall
include but not be limited |
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| to:
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| (1) the establishment of a definite corporate policy |
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| statement recognizing
domestic violence and sexual assault |
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| as workplace issues as well as promoting
the need to |
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| maintain job security for those employees currently |
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| involved in
domestic violence or sexual assault disputes;
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| (2) policy and service publication requirements, |
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| including posting these
policies and service availability |
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| pamphlets in break rooms, on bulletin boards,
and in |
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| restrooms, and transmitting them through other |
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| communication methods;
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| (3) a listing of current domestic violence and sexual |
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| assault community
resources such as shelters, crisis |
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| intervention programs, counseling and case
management |
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| programs, and legal assistance and advocacy opportunities |
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| for
affected employees;
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| (4) measures to ensure workplace safety including, |
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| where appropriate,
designated parking areas, escort |
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| services, and other affirmative safeguards;
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| (5) training programs and protocols designed to |
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| educate employees and
managers in how to recognize, |
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| approach, and assist employees experiencing
domestic |
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| violence or sexual assault, including both victims and |
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| batterers; and
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| (6) other issues as shall be appropriate and relevant |
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| for the task force
in developing the model policy.
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| (c) The model policy shall be reviewed by the task force to |
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| assure
consistency with existing law and shall be made the |
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| subject of public hearings
convened by the Department |
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| throughout the State at places and at times which
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| convenient for attendance by the public, after which the policy |
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| shall be
reviewed by the task force and amended as necessary to |
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| reflect concerns raised
at the hearings. If approved by the |
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| task force, the model policy shall be
provided as approved with |
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| explanation of its provisions to the Governor and the
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| Assembly not later than one year after the effective date of |
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| this
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. The |
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| Department shall make every
effort to notify businesses of the |
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| availability of the model domestic violence
and sexual assault |
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| employee awareness and assistance policy.
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| (d) The Department, in consultation with the task force, |
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| providers of
services, the advisory council, the Department of |
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| Labor, and representatives
of statewide advocacy organizations |
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| for the prevention of domestic violence and
sexual assault, |
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| shall provide technical support, information, and |
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| encouragement
to businesses to implement the provisions of the |
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| model.
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| (e) Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to |
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| prevent businesses
from adopting their own domestic violence |
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| and sexual assault employee awareness
and assistance policy.
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| (f) The Department may shall survey businesses within 4 |
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| years of the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 91st |
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| General Assembly to determine the level
of model policy |
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| adoption amongst businesses and shall take steps necessary to
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| promote the further adoption of such policy.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-592, eff. 8-14-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-675) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.66)
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| Sec. 605-675. Exporter award program. The Department may |
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| shall
establish and
operate, in cooperation with the Department |
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| of Agriculture and the Illinois
Finance Authority, an annual |
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| awards program to
recognize
Illinois-based exporters. In |
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| developing criteria for the awards, the
Department shall give |
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| consideration to the exporting efforts of small and
medium |
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| sized businesses, first-time exporters, and other appropriate
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| categories.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-725 new) |
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| Sec. 605-725. Incentive grants for the Metropolitan Pier |
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| and Exposition Authority. The Department and the Metropolitan |
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| Pier and Exposition Authority may enter into grant agreements |
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| to reimburse the Authority for incentives awarded by the |
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| Authority to attract large conventions, meetings, and trade |
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| shows to its facilities. The Department may reimburse the |
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| Authority only for incentives provided in consultation with the |
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| Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau for conventions, |
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| meetings, or trade shows that (i) the Authority certifies have |
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| registered attendance in excess of 10,000 individuals, (ii) but |
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| for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of the |
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| Authority, (iii) have been approved by the Chief Executive |
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| Officer of the Authority and the Chairman of the Authority at |
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| the time of the incentive, and (iv) have been approved by the |
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| Department. Reimbursements shall be made from amounts |
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| appropriated to the Department from the Metropolitan Pier and |
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| Exposition Authority Incentive Fund for those purposes. |
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| Reimbursements shall not exceed $10,000,000 annually. |
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| No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of the |
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| Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall certify to the |
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| Department, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer the |
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| amounts provided during the previous calendar year as |
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| incentives for conventions, meetings, or trade shows that (i) |
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| have been approved by the Authority and the Department, (ii) |
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| demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000 |
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| individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not have |
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| used the facilities of the Authority for the convention, |
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| meeting, or trade show. The Department may audit the accuracy |
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| of the certification.
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-810) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part)
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| Sec. 605-810. Reemployment of former employees. When the |
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| Department is involved in developing a federal or State
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| training or retraining program for any employer, the Department |
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| may will
assist and encourage that employer in making every |
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| effort to reemploy
individuals previously employed at the |
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| facility. Further, the Department may
will provide a list of |
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| those employees to the
employer for
consideration
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| reemployment and will report the results of this effort to the |
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| Illinois
Job Training Coordinating Council . This requirement |
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| shall be in effect
when all of the following conditions are |
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| met:
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| (1) The employer is reopening, or is proposing to |
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| reopen, a
facility
that was last closed during the |
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| preceding 2 years.
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| (2) A substantial number of the persons who were |
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| employed at
the
facility before its most recent closure |
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| remain unemployed.
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| (3) The product or service produced by, or proposed to |
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| be
produced by,
the employer at the facility is |
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| substantially similar to the product or
service produced at |
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| the facility before its most recent closure.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-454, eff. 8-16-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| Section 10. The Energy Conservation and Coal Development |
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| Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1105/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7408)
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| Sec. 8. Illinois Coal Development Board.
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| (a) There may shall be established as an advisory board to |
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| the
Department, the Illinois Coal
Development Board, |
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| hereinafter in this Section called the Board. The Board
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| be composed of the following voting members: the
Director of |
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Department, who shall be Chairman thereof; the Deputy |
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| Director of the Bureau
of Business Development within the |
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| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; the President |
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| of the University of Illinois or his or her designee; the |
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| Director of
Natural
Resources or that Director's designee; the |
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| Director of the Office of Mines and
Minerals within the |
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| Department of Natural Resources;
4 members of the General |
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| Assembly (one each appointed by the President of
the Senate, |
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| the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House, and the |
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| House
Minority Leader); and 8
persons appointed by the |
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| Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate,
including |
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| representatives of Illinois
industries that are involved in the |
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| extraction, utilization or transportation
of Illinois coal, |
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| persons representing financial or banking interests in the
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| State, and persons experienced in international business and |
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| economic
development. These members shall be chosen from |
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| persons of recognized ability
and experience in their |
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| designated field. The members
appointed by the Governor shall |
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| serve
for terms of 4 years, unless otherwise provided in this |
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| subsection. The
initial terms of the original appointees shall |
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| expire on July 1, 1985, except
that the Governor shall |
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| designate 3 of the original appointees to serve initial
terms |
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| that shall expire on July 1, 1983. The initial term of the |
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| member
appointed by the Governor to fill the office created |
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| after July 1, 1985 shall
expire on July 1, 1989. The initial |
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| terms of the members appointed by the
Governor to fill the |
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| offices created by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall
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| July 1, 1995, and July 1, 1997, as determined by the Governor.
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| A member appointed by
a Legislative Leader shall serve for the |
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| duration of the General Assembly for
which he or she is |
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| appointed, so long as the member remains a member of that
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| General Assembly.
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| The Board may shall meet at least annually or at the call |
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| of the Chairman.
At any time the majority of the Board may |
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| petition the Chairman for a meeting
of the Board. Nine members |
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| of the Board shall constitute a
quorum. Members of the Board |
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| shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses incurred |
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| while performing their duties as members of the Board from
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| funds appropriated to the Department for such purpose.
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| (b) The Board shall provide advice and make recommendations |
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| on
the following Department powers and duties:
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| (1) To develop an annual agenda which may include but |
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| is not limited to
research and methodologies conducted for |
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| the purpose of increasing the
utilization of Illinois' coal |
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| and other fossil fuel resources, with
emphasis on high |
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| sulfur coal, in the following areas: coal extraction,
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| preparation and characterization; coal technologies |
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| (combustion,
gasification, liquefaction, and related |
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| processes); marketing;
public awareness and education, as |
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| those terms are used in the Illinois
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| Development Assistance Act; transportation; procurement of
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| sites and issuance of permits; and environmental impacts.
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| (2) To support and coordinate Illinois coal research, |
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| and to approve
projects consistent with the annual agenda |
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| and budget for coal research and
the purposes of this Act |
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| and to
approve the annual budget and operating plan
for |
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| administration of the Board.
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| (3) To promote the coordination of available research |
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| information on the
production, preparation, distribution |
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| and uses of Illinois coal. The Board
shall advise the |
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| existing research institutions within the State on areas
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| where research may be necessary.
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| (4) To cooperate to the fullest extent possible with |
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| State and federal
agencies and departments, independent |
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| organizations, and other interested
groups, public and |
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| private, for the purposes of promoting Illinois coal
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| resources.
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| (5) To submit an annual report to the Governor and the |
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| accomplishments made in the year, providing an
accounting |
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| of funds received and disbursed, reviewing the status of |
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| research
contracts, and furnishing other relevant |
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| information.
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| (6) To focus on existing coal research efforts in |
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| carrying out its
mission; to make use of existing research
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| facilities in Illinois or other institutions carrying out |
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| research on
Illinois coal; as far as practicable, to make
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| maximum
use of
the research facilities available at the |
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| Illinois State Geological Survey of the University of |
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| Illinois,
the Coal Extraction and Utilization Research |
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| Center, the Illinois Coal
Development Park and |
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| universities and colleges located within
the State of |
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| Illinois; and to create
a
consortium or center which |
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| conducts, coordinates and supports coal research
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| activities in the State of Illinois. Programmatic |
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| activities of such a
consortium or center shall be subject |
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| to approval by the Department and shall be
consistent with |
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| the purposes of this Act. The Department may
authorize
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| expenditure of funds in support of the administrative and |
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| programmatic
operations of such a center or consortium |
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| consistent with its statutory
authority. Administrative |
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| actions undertaken by or for such a center or
consortium |
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| shall be subject to the approval of the Department.
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| research under
this Act, to avoid duplication of effort and |
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| expense by coordinating the
research efforts among various |
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organizations, as |
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| the case may be.
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| (8) To adopt, amend and repeal rules, regulations and |
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| bylaws governing
the Board's organization and conduct of |
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| business.
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| (9) To authorize the expenditure of monies from the |
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| Coal Technology
Development Assistance Fund, the Public |
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| Utility Fund and other funds in
the State Treasury |
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| appropriated to the Department, consistent with the
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| purposes of this Act.
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| (10) To seek, accept, and expend gifts or grants in any |
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public agency or from any other source. Such |
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| gifts and grants may be held
in trust by the Department and |
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| expended at the direction of the
Department and
in the |
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| exercise of the Department's powers and performance of
the |
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| Department's duties.
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| (11) To publish, from time to time, the results of |
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| Illinois coal research
projects funded through the |
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| (12) To authorize loans from appropriations from the |
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| Build Illinois
Bond Purposes Fund, the Build Illinois Bond |
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| Fund and the Illinois
Industrial Coal Utilization Fund.
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| (13) To authorize expenditures of monies for coal |
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| development projects
under the authority of Section 13 of |
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| the General Obligation Bond Act.
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| (c) The Board shall also provide advice and make |
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| recommendations on the following Department powers and duties:
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| (1) To create and maintain thorough, current and |
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| accurate records on
all markets for and actual uses of coal |
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| mined in Illinois, and to make such
records available to |
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| the public upon request.
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| (2) To identify all current and anticipated future |
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| technical,
economic, institutional, market, environmental, |
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| regulatory and other
impediments to the utilization of |
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| Illinois coal.
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| (3) To monitor and evaluate all proposals and plans of |
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| public
utilities related to compliance with the |
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| requirements of Title IV of the
federal Clean Air Act |
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| Amendments of 1990, or with any other law which might
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| affect the use of Illinois coal, for the purposes of (i) |
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| determining the
effects of such proposals or plans on the |
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| use of Illinois coal, and (ii)
identifying alternative |
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| plans or actions which would maintain or increase
the use |
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| of Illinois coal.
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| (4) To develop strategies and to propose policies to |
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| promote
environmentally responsible uses of Illinois coal |
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| for meeting electric
power supply requirements and for |
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| other purposes.
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| (5) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-728, eff. date - See |
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| Sec. 999.)
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| Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5.723 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.723 new)
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| Sec. 5.723. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority |
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| Incentive Fund.
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| Section 20. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority |
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| Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 210/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 1225)
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| Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority |
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| shall also have the
following rights and powers:
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| (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation, an |
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| assignment of
whatever sums of money it may have received |
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| from the Fair and Exposition
Fund, allocated by the |
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| Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois,
and |
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| Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over |
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| and transfer
any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier |
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| and Exposition Authority. The
Authority has the right and |
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| power hereafter to receive sums as may be
distributed to it |
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| by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois
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| from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the |
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| provisions of Sections 5,
6i, and 28 of the State Finance |
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| Act. All sums received by the Authority
shall be held in |
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| the sole custody of the secretary-treasurer of the
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| Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
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| (b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute any |
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| contracts
heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
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| (c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate |
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| and maintain
grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out |
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| its corporate purposes and
duties, and to carry out or |
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| otherwise provide for the recreational,
cultural, |
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| commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to |
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| fix
and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory |
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| charges for the use
thereof. The charges so collected shall |
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| be made available to defray the
reasonable expenses of the |
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| Authority and to pay the principal of and the
interest upon |
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| any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority
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| shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and |
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| Chicago Lakefront
Protection Ordinance, the Chicago |
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| Building Code, the Chicago Zoning
Ordinance, and all |
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| ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago
contained |
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| in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago:
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| Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health |
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| and Safety; Fire
Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and |
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| Welfare; Utilities
and Environmental Protection; Streets, |
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| Public Ways, Parks, Airports and
Harbors; Electrical |
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| Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic
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| Development (only Chapter 5-4 thereof); and Revenue and |
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| Finance (only so far
as such Title pertains to the |
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| Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf
of the City of |
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| Chicago).
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| (d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with |
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| the objects and
purposes of this Act.
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| (e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of |
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| the State of
Illinois for the use of the Illinois National |
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| Guard or the Illinois
Naval Militia.
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| (f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by |
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| condemnation proceedings
in the manner provided by the |
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| Eminent Domain Act,
including, with respect to Site B only, |
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| the authority to exercise quick
take condemnation by |
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| immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent |
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| Domain Act, to acquire any privately
owned real or personal |
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| property and, with respect to Site B only, public
property |
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| used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking |
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| of such
public property shall, in the reasonable judgment |
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| of the owner, interfere
with such rail transportation) for |
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| the lawful purposes of the Authority in
Site A, at Navy |
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| Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken
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| or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or, |
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| notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act and with |
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| the agreement of the owner of the
property to be taken or |
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| acquired, the Authority may convey substitute
property or |
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| interests in property or enter into agreements with the
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| property owner, including leases, licenses, or |
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| concessions, with respect to
any property owned by the |
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| Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms
of just |
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| compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in |
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| condemnation
proceedings shall be used only as provided in |
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| this Act. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the City of |
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| Chicago shall have a right of first
refusal prior to any |
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| sale of any such property by the Authority to a third
party |
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| other than substitute property. The Authority shall |
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| develop and
implement a relocation plan for businesses |
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| displaced as a result of the
Authority's acquisition of |
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| property. The relocation plan shall be
substantially |
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| similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance
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| and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations |
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| promulgated under that
Act relating to assistance to |
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| displaced businesses. To implement the
relocation plan the |
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| Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or
may |
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| exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f), |
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| except the
immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of |
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| the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private |
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| property within one mile
of Site B for the benefit of |
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| displaced businesses located on property being
acquired by |
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| the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be
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| acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the |
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| municipality in which the
property is located certifies in |
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| writing that the acquisition is consistent
with the |
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| municipality's land use and economic development policies |
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| and
goals. The acquisition of substitute property is |
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| declared to be for public
use. In exercising the powers |
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| authorized in this subsection (f), the
Authority shall use |
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| its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area
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| McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of |
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| Chicago.
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| (g) To enter into contracts relating to construction |
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| projects which
provide for the delivery by the contractor |
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| of a completed project,
structure, improvement, or |
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| specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum
price, which |
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| contract may provide that the delivery of the project,
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| structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for |
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| the fixed maximum
price is insured or guaranteed by a third |
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| party capable of completing
the construction.
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| (h) To enter into agreements with any person with |
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| respect to the use
and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, |
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| and facilities of the Authority,
including concession, |
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| license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as
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| the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24, |
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| agreements with respect
to the use and occupancy of the |
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| grounds, buildings, and facilities of the
Authority for a |
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| term of more than one year shall be entered into in |
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| accordance
with the procurement process provided for in |
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| Section 25.1.
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| (i) To enter into agreements with any person with |
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| respect to the
operation and management of the grounds, |
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| buildings, and facilities of the
Authority or the provision |
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| of goods and services on terms and
conditions as the |
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| Authority determines.
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| (j) After conducting the procurement process provided |
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| for in Section 25.1,
to enter into one or more contracts to |
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| provide for the design and
construction of all or part of |
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| the Authority's Expansion Project grounds,
buildings, and |
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| facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the
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| Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by |
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| subsection (g), shall
be for a fixed maximum price not in |
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| excess of the funds that are authorized
to be made |
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| available
for those purposes during the term of the |
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| contract, and shall be entered
into before commencement of |
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| construction.
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| (k) To enter into agreements, including project |
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| agreements with labor
unions, that the Authority deems |
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| necessary to complete the Expansion Project
or any other |
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| construction or improvement project in the most timely
and |
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| efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other |
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| actions that
might cause disruption or delay and thereby |
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| add to the cost of the project.
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| (l) To provide incentives to organizations and |
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| entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings, |
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| and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings, |
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| or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of |
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| discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority, |
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| subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with |
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| respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other |
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| inducements. The Authority shall be reimbursed by the |
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| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for |
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| incentives that qualify under the provisions of Section |
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| 605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. |
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| No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of |
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| the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall |
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| certify to the Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity, the State Comptroller, and the State |
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| Treasurer the amounts provided during the previous |
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| calendar year as incentives for conventions, meetings, or |
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| trade shows that (i) have been approved by the Authority |
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| and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, |
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| (ii) demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000 |
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| individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not |
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| have used the facilities of the Authority for the |
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| convention, meeting, or trade show. The Department of |
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| Commerce and Economic Opportunity may audit the accuracy of |
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| the certification. Subject to appropriation, on July 15 of |
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| each year the Comptroller shall order transferred and the |
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| Treasurer shall transfer into the Metropolitan Pier and |
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| Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General |
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| Revenue Fund the lesser of the amount certified by the |
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| Chairman or $10,000,000. No later than 30 days after the |
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| transfer, amounts in the Fund shall be paid by the |
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| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the |
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| Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to |
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| attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its |
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| facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in |
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| Section 605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of |
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| Illinois. Provided that all amounts certified by the |
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| Authority have been paid, on the last day of each fiscal |
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| year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to |
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| the General Revenue Fund. |
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| Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the |
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| Authority to spend
the proceeds of any bonds or notes issued |
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| under Section 13.2 or any taxes
levied under Section 13 to |
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| construct a stadium to be leased to or used by
professional |
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| sports teams.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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