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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
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 changing Sections 605-25, 605-550, 605-675, and
7 605-810 and by adding Section 605-725 as follows:
 
8     (20 ILCS 605/605-25)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a)
9     Sec. 605-25. Charges, gifts, and grants for promotional
10 products and services; International and Promotional Fund.
11     (a) To establish, levy, and collect fees and charges and
12 accept gifts, grants, and awards from other governmental
13 entities, for profit organizations, and nonprofit associations
14 in association with or as consideration for the provision of
15 various promotional products and services through its tourism,
16 films production promotion, and international business
17 promotion programs. The Director may establish and collect
18 nominal charges for premiums and other promotional materials
19 produced or acquired as part of the Department's activities
20 authorized under the Illinois Promotion Act from individuals
21 and not-for-profit organizations intending to use those
22 premiums and promotional materials for purposes consistent
23 with the provisions of the Illinois Promotion Act, provided,

 

 

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1 however, that other State agencies shall be charged no more
2 than the cost of the premium or promotional material to the
3 Department.
4     (b) The Director may collect cost reimbursement monies from
5 films and media production entities for police and related
6 production security services in amounts determined by the
7 provider of the security services and agreed to by the
8 production entity. The reimbursements shall result only from
9 the agreed costs of planned police and security services to be
10 rendered to film and media production sites in the State of
11 Illinois.
12     (c) The Director may establish and collect cost-sharing
13 assessments and fees and accept gifts, grants, and awards from
14 private businesses, trade associations, other governmental
15 entities, and individuals desiring to participate in and
16 support the development and conduct of overseas trade, catalog,
17 and distributor shows and activities and to purchase
18 informational materials to foster export sales of Illinois
19 products and services as part of the Department's international
20 business programs.
21     (d) All money received pursuant to this Section, except as
22 provided in subsection (e), shall be deposited into the
23 International and Promotional Fund within the State treasury
24 which is hereby created; monies within the Fund shall be
25 appropriated only for expenditure pursuant to this Section.
26     (e) The Department may contract with a vendor for the

 

 

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1 production of a tourism travel guide. The Department may allow
2 the vendor to sell and collect sales revenues, including
3 in-kind exchanges, for advertisements placed in the travel
4 guide. The Department may allow the vendor to retain any sales
5 revenues it collects as its fee and to cover the costs of
6 producing the travel guide. Any revenue due to the Department,
7 after the vendor retains its share, shall be deposited into the
8 International and Promotional Fund.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
10     (20 ILCS 605/605-550)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.71)
11     Sec. 605-550. Model domestic violence and sexual assault
12 employee awareness and assistance policy.
13     (a) The Department shall convene a task force including
14 members of the business community, employees, employee
15 organizations, representatives from the Department of Labor,
16 and directors of domestic violence and sexual assault programs,
17 including representatives of statewide advocacy organizations
18 for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault, to
19 develop a model domestic violence and sexual assault employee
20 awareness and assistance policy for businesses.
21     The Department shall give due consideration to the
22 recommendations of the Governor, the President of the Senate,
23 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for
24 participation by any person on the task force, and shall make
25 reasonable efforts to assure regional balance in membership.

 

 

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1     (b) The purpose of the model employee awareness and
2 assistance policy shall be to provide businesses with the best
3 practices, policies, protocols, and procedures in order that
4 they ascertain domestic violence and sexual assault awareness
5 in the workplace, assist affected employees, and provide a safe
6 and helpful working environment for employees currently or
7 potentially experiencing the effects of domestic violence or
8 sexual assault. The model plan shall include but not be limited
9 to:
10         (1) the establishment of a definite corporate policy
11     statement recognizing domestic violence and sexual assault
12     as workplace issues as well as promoting the need to
13     maintain job security for those employees currently
14     involved in domestic violence or sexual assault disputes;
15         (2) policy and service publication requirements,
16     including posting these policies and service availability
17     pamphlets in break rooms, on bulletin boards, and in
18     restrooms, and transmitting them through other
19     communication methods;
20         (3) a listing of current domestic violence and sexual
21     assault community resources such as shelters, crisis
22     intervention programs, counseling and case management
23     programs, and legal assistance and advocacy opportunities
24     for affected employees;
25         (4) measures to ensure workplace safety including,
26     where appropriate, designated parking areas, escort

 

 

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1     services, and other affirmative safeguards;
2         (5) training programs and protocols designed to
3     educate employees and managers in how to recognize,
4     approach, and assist employees experiencing domestic
5     violence or sexual assault, including both victims and
6     batterers; and
7         (6) other issues as shall be appropriate and relevant
8     for the task force in developing the model policy.
9     (c) The model policy shall be reviewed by the task force to
10 assure consistency with existing law and shall be made the
11 subject of public hearings convened by the Department
12 throughout the State at places and at times which are
13 convenient for attendance by the public, after which the policy
14 shall be reviewed by the task force and amended as necessary to
15 reflect concerns raised at the hearings. If approved by the
16 task force, the model policy shall be provided as approved with
17 explanation of its provisions to the Governor and the General
18 Assembly not later than one year after the effective date of
19 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. The
20 Department shall make every effort to notify businesses of the
21 availability of the model domestic violence and sexual assault
22 employee awareness and assistance policy.
23     (d) The Department, in consultation with the task force,
24 providers of services, the advisory council, the Department of
25 Labor, and representatives of statewide advocacy organizations
26 for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault,

 

 

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1 shall provide technical support, information, and
2 encouragement to businesses to implement the provisions of the
3 model.
4     (e) Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to
5 prevent businesses from adopting their own domestic violence
6 and sexual assault employee awareness and assistance policy.
7     (f) The Department may shall survey businesses within 4
8 years of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
9 General Assembly to determine the level of model policy
10 adoption amongst businesses and shall take steps necessary to
11 promote the further adoption of such policy.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-592, eff. 8-14-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
13     (20 ILCS 605/605-675)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.66)
14     Sec. 605-675. Exporter award program. The Department may
15 shall establish and operate, in cooperation with the Department
16 of Agriculture and the Illinois Finance Authority, an annual
17 awards program to recognize Illinois-based exporters. In
18 developing criteria for the awards, the Department shall give
19 consideration to the exporting efforts of small and medium
20 sized businesses, first-time exporters, and other appropriate
21 categories.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
23     (20 ILCS 605/605-725 new)
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1 and Exposition Authority. The Department and the Metropolitan
2 Pier and Exposition Authority may enter into grant agreements
3 to reimburse the Authority for incentives awarded by the
4 Authority to attract large conventions, meetings, and trade
5 shows to its facilities. The Department may reimburse the
6 Authority only for incentives provided in consultation with the
7 Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau for conventions,
8 meetings, or trade shows that (i) the Authority certifies have
9 registered attendance in excess of 10,000 individuals, (ii) but
10 for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of the
11 Authority, (iii) have been approved by the Chief Executive
12 Officer of the Authority and the Chairman of the Authority at
13 the time of the incentive, and (iv) have been approved by the
14 Department. Reimbursements shall be made from amounts
15 appropriated to the Department from the Metropolitan Pier and
16 Exposition Authority Incentive Fund for those purposes.
17 Reimbursements shall not exceed $10,000,000 annually.
18     No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of the
19 Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall certify to the
20 Department, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer the
21 amounts provided during the previous calendar year as
22 incentives for conventions, meetings, or trade shows that (i)
23 have been approved by the Authority and the Department, (ii)
24 demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000
25 individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not have
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1 meeting, or trade show. The Department may audit the accuracy
2 of the certification.
 
3     (20 ILCS 605/605-810)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part)
4     Sec. 605-810. Reemployment of former employees. When the
5 Department is involved in developing a federal or State funded
6 training or retraining program for any employer, the Department
7 may will assist and encourage that employer in making every
8 effort to reemploy individuals previously employed at the
9 facility. Further, the Department may will provide a list of
10 those employees to the employer for consideration for
11 reemployment and will report the results of this effort to the
12 Illinois Job Training Coordinating Council. This requirement
13 shall be in effect when all of the following conditions are
14 met:
15         (1) The employer is reopening, or is proposing to
16     reopen, a facility that was last closed during the
17     preceding 2 years.
18         (2) A substantial number of the persons who were
19     employed at the facility before its most recent closure
20     remain unemployed.
21         (3) The product or service produced by, or proposed to
22     be produced by, the employer at the facility is
23     substantially similar to the product or service produced at
24     the facility before its most recent closure.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-454, eff. 8-16-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 10. The Energy Conservation and Coal Development
2 Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
3     (20 ILCS 1105/8)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7408)
4     Sec. 8. Illinois Coal Development Board.
5     (a) There may shall be established as an advisory board to
6 the Department, the Illinois Coal Development Board,
7 hereinafter in this Section called the Board. The Board shall
8 be composed of the following voting members: the Director of
9 the Department, who shall be Chairman thereof; the Deputy
10 Director of the Bureau of Business Development within the
11 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; the President
12 of the University of Illinois or his or her designee; the
13 Director of Natural Resources or that Director's designee; the
14 Director of the Office of Mines and Minerals within the
15 Department of Natural Resources; 4 members of the General
16 Assembly (one each appointed by the President of the Senate,
17 the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House, and the
18 House Minority Leader); and 8 persons appointed by the
19 Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, including
20 representatives of Illinois industries that are involved in the
21 extraction, utilization or transportation of Illinois coal,
22 persons representing financial or banking interests in the
23 State, and persons experienced in international business and
24 economic development. These members shall be chosen from

 

 

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1 persons of recognized ability and experience in their
2 designated field. The members appointed by the Governor shall
3 serve for terms of 4 years, unless otherwise provided in this
4 subsection. The initial terms of the original appointees shall
5 expire on July 1, 1985, except that the Governor shall
6 designate 3 of the original appointees to serve initial terms
7 that shall expire on July 1, 1983. The initial term of the
8 member appointed by the Governor to fill the office created
9 after July 1, 1985 shall expire on July 1, 1989. The initial
10 terms of the members appointed by the Governor to fill the
11 offices created by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall expire on
12 July 1, 1995, and July 1, 1997, as determined by the Governor.
13 A member appointed by a Legislative Leader shall serve for the
14 duration of the General Assembly for which he or she is
15 appointed, so long as the member remains a member of that
16 General Assembly.
17     The Board may shall meet at least annually or at the call
18 of the Chairman. At any time the majority of the Board may
19 petition the Chairman for a meeting of the Board. Nine members
20 of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Members of the Board
21 shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred
22 while performing their duties as members of the Board from
23 funds appropriated to the Department for such purpose.
24     (b) The Board shall provide advice and make recommendations
25 on the following Department powers and duties:
26         (1) To develop an annual agenda which may include but

 

 

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1     is not limited to research and methodologies conducted for
2     the purpose of increasing the utilization of Illinois' coal
3     and other fossil fuel resources, with emphasis on high
4     sulfur coal, in the following areas: coal extraction,
5     preparation and characterization; coal technologies
6     (combustion, gasification, liquefaction, and related
7     processes); marketing; public awareness and education, as
8     those terms are used in the Illinois Coal Technology
9     Development Assistance Act; transportation; procurement of
10     sites and issuance of permits; and environmental impacts.
11         (2) To support and coordinate Illinois coal research,
12     and to approve projects consistent with the annual agenda
13     and budget for coal research and the purposes of this Act
14     and to approve the annual budget and operating plan for
15     administration of the Board.
16         (3) To promote the coordination of available research
17     information on the production, preparation, distribution
18     and uses of Illinois coal. The Board shall advise the
19     existing research institutions within the State on areas
20     where research may be necessary.
21         (4) To cooperate to the fullest extent possible with
22     State and federal agencies and departments, independent
23     organizations, and other interested groups, public and
24     private, for the purposes of promoting Illinois coal
25     resources.
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1     General Assembly outlining the progress and
2     accomplishments made in the year, providing an accounting
3     of funds received and disbursed, reviewing the status of
4     research contracts, and furnishing other relevant
5     information.
6         (6) To focus on existing coal research efforts in
7     carrying out its mission; to make use of existing research
8     facilities in Illinois or other institutions carrying out
9     research on Illinois coal; as far as practicable, to make
10     maximum use of the research facilities available at the
11     Illinois State Geological Survey of the University of
12     Illinois, the Coal Extraction and Utilization Research
13     Center, the Illinois Coal Development Park and
14     universities and colleges located within the State of
15     Illinois; and to create a consortium or center which
16     conducts, coordinates and supports coal research
17     activities in the State of Illinois. Programmatic
18     activities of such a consortium or center shall be subject
19     to approval by the Department and shall be consistent with
20     the purposes of this Act. The Department may authorize
21     expenditure of funds in support of the administrative and
22     programmatic operations of such a center or consortium
23     consistent with its statutory authority. Administrative
24     actions undertaken by or for such a center or consortium
25     shall be subject to the approval of the Department.
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1     research under this Act, to avoid duplication of effort and
2     expense by coordinating the research efforts among various
3     agencies, departments, universities or organizations, as
4     the case may be.
5         (8) To adopt, amend and repeal rules, regulations and
6     bylaws governing the Board's organization and conduct of
7     business.
8         (9) To authorize the expenditure of monies from the
9     Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund, the Public
10     Utility Fund and other funds in the State Treasury
11     appropriated to the Department, consistent with the
12     purposes of this Act.
13         (10) To seek, accept, and expend gifts or grants in any
14     form, from any public agency or from any other source. Such
15     gifts and grants may be held in trust by the Department and
16     expended at the direction of the Department and in the
17     exercise of the Department's powers and performance of the
18     Department's duties.
19         (11) To publish, from time to time, the results of
20     Illinois coal research projects funded through the
21     Department.
22         (12) To authorize loans from appropriations from the
23     Build Illinois Bond Purposes Fund, the Build Illinois Bond
24     Fund and the Illinois Industrial Coal Utilization Fund.
25         (13) To authorize expenditures of monies for coal
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1     the General Obligation Bond Act.
2     (c) The Board shall also provide advice and make
3 recommendations on the following Department powers and duties:
4         (1) To create and maintain thorough, current and
5     accurate records on all markets for and actual uses of coal
6     mined in Illinois, and to make such records available to
7     the public upon request.
8         (2) To identify all current and anticipated future
9     technical, economic, institutional, market, environmental,
10     regulatory and other impediments to the utilization of
11     Illinois coal.
12         (3) To monitor and evaluate all proposals and plans of
13     public utilities related to compliance with the
14     requirements of Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act
15     Amendments of 1990, or with any other law which might
16     affect the use of Illinois coal, for the purposes of (i)
17     determining the effects of such proposals or plans on the
18     use of Illinois coal, and (ii) identifying alternative
19     plans or actions which would maintain or increase the use
20     of Illinois coal.
21         (4) To develop strategies and to propose policies to
22     promote environmentally responsible uses of Illinois coal
23     for meeting electric power supply requirements and for
24     other purposes.
25         (5) (Blank).
26 (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-728, eff. date - See

 

 

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1 Sec. 999.)
 
2     Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
3 Section 5.723 as follows:
 
4     (30 ILCS 105/5.723 new)
5     Sec. 5.723. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
6 Incentive Fund.
 
7     Section 20. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
8 Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
9     (70 ILCS 210/5)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1225)
10     Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
11 shall also have the following rights and powers:
12         (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation, an
13     assignment of whatever sums of money it may have received
14     from the Fair and Exposition Fund, allocated by the
15     Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, and
16     Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over
17     and transfer any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier
18     and Exposition Authority. The Authority has the right and
19     power hereafter to receive sums as may be distributed to it
20     by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois
21     from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the
22     provisions of Sections 5, 6i, and 28 of the State Finance

 

 

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1     Act. All sums received by the Authority shall be held in
2     the sole custody of the secretary-treasurer of the
3     Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
4         (b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute any
5     contracts heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
6         (c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate
7     and maintain grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out
8     its corporate purposes and duties, and to carry out or
9     otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural,
10     commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to
11     fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory
12     charges for the use thereof. The charges so collected shall
13     be made available to defray the reasonable expenses of the
14     Authority and to pay the principal of and the interest upon
15     any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority
16     shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and
17     Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance, the Chicago
18     Building Code, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, and all
19     ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago contained
20     in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago:
21     Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health
22     and Safety; Fire Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and
23     Welfare; Utilities and Environmental Protection; Streets,
24     Public Ways, Parks, Airports and Harbors; Electrical
25     Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic
26     Development (only Chapter 5-4 thereof); and Revenue and

 

 

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1     Finance (only so far as such Title pertains to the
2     Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf of the City of
3     Chicago).
4         (d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with
5     the objects and purposes of this Act.
6         (e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of
7     the State of Illinois for the use of the Illinois National
8     Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia.
9         (f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by
10     condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by the
11     Eminent Domain Act, including, with respect to Site B only,
12     the authority to exercise quick take condemnation by
13     immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent
14     Domain Act, to acquire any privately owned real or personal
15     property and, with respect to Site B only, public property
16     used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking
17     of such public property shall, in the reasonable judgment
18     of the owner, interfere with such rail transportation) for
19     the lawful purposes of the Authority in Site A, at Navy
20     Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken
21     or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or,
22     notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and with
23     the agreement of the owner of the property to be taken or
24     acquired, the Authority may convey substitute property or
25     interests in property or enter into agreements with the
26     property owner, including leases, licenses, or

 

 

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1     concessions, with respect to any property owned by the
2     Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms of just
3     compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in
4     condemnation proceedings shall be used only as provided in
5     this Act. Except as otherwise provided by law, the City of
6     Chicago shall have a right of first refusal prior to any
7     sale of any such property by the Authority to a third party
8     other than substitute property. The Authority shall
9     develop and implement a relocation plan for businesses
10     displaced as a result of the Authority's acquisition of
11     property. The relocation plan shall be substantially
12     similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance
13     and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations
14     promulgated under that Act relating to assistance to
15     displaced businesses. To implement the relocation plan the
16     Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or may
17     exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f),
18     except the immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of
19     the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private
20     property within one mile of Site B for the benefit of
21     displaced businesses located on property being acquired by
22     the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be
23     acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the
24     municipality in which the property is located certifies in
25     writing that the acquisition is consistent with the
26     municipality's land use and economic development policies

 

 

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1     and goals. The acquisition of substitute property is
2     declared to be for public use. In exercising the powers
3     authorized in this subsection (f), the Authority shall use
4     its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area of
5     McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of
6     Chicago.
7         (g) To enter into contracts relating to construction
8     projects which provide for the delivery by the contractor
9     of a completed project, structure, improvement, or
10     specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum price, which
11     contract may provide that the delivery of the project,
12     structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for
13     the fixed maximum price is insured or guaranteed by a third
14     party capable of completing the construction.
15         (h) To enter into agreements with any person with
16     respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings,
17     and facilities of the Authority, including concession,
18     license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as
19     the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24,
20     agreements with respect to the use and occupancy of the
21     grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for a
22     term of more than one year shall be entered into in
23     accordance with the procurement process provided for in
24     Section 25.1.
25         (i) To enter into agreements with any person with
26     respect to the operation and management of the grounds,

 

 

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1     buildings, and facilities of the Authority or the provision
2     of goods and services on terms and conditions as the
3     Authority determines.
4         (j) After conducting the procurement process provided
5     for in Section 25.1, to enter into one or more contracts to
6     provide for the design and construction of all or part of
7     the Authority's Expansion Project grounds, buildings, and
8     facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the
9     Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by
10     subsection (g), shall be for a fixed maximum price not in
11     excess of the funds that are authorized to be made
12     available for those purposes during the term of the
13     contract, and shall be entered into before commencement of
14     construction.
15         (k) To enter into agreements, including project
16     agreements with labor unions, that the Authority deems
17     necessary to complete the Expansion Project or any other
18     construction or improvement project in the most timely and
19     efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other
20     actions that might cause disruption or delay and thereby
21     add to the cost of the project.
22         (l) To provide incentives to organizations and
23     entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings,
24     and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings,
25     or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of
26     discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority,

 

 

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1     subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with
2     respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other
3     inducements. The Authority shall be reimbursed by the
4     Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for
5     incentives that qualify under the provisions of Section
6     605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
7         No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of
8     the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall
9     certify to the Department of Commerce and Economic
10     Opportunity, the State Comptroller, and the State
11     Treasurer the amounts provided during the previous
12     calendar year as incentives for conventions, meetings, or
13     trade shows that (i) have been approved by the Authority
14     and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity,
15     (ii) demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000
16     individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not
17     have used the facilities of the Authority for the
18     convention, meeting, or trade show. The Department of
19     Commerce and Economic Opportunity may audit the accuracy of
20     the certification. Subject to appropriation, on July 15 of
21     each year the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
22     Treasurer shall transfer into the Metropolitan Pier and
23     Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General
24     Revenue Fund the lesser of the amount certified by the
25     Chairman or $10,000,000. No later than 30 days after the
26     transfer, amounts in the Fund shall be paid by the

 

 

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1     Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the
2     Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to
3     attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its
4     facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in
5     Section 605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of
6     Illinois. Provided that all amounts certified by the
7     Authority have been paid, on the last day of each fiscal
8     year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to
9     the General Revenue Fund.
10      Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the
11 Authority to spend the proceeds of any bonds or notes issued
12 under Section 13.2 or any taxes levied under Section 13 to
13 construct a stadium to be leased to or used by professional
14 sports teams.
15 (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)