Rep. Susana A. Mendoza

Filed: 5/18/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2172

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2172, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
6 Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
7 amended by changing Sections 605-25, 605-550, 605-675, and
8 605-810 and by adding Section 605-725 as follows:
 
9     (20 ILCS 605/605-25)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a)
10     Sec. 605-25. Charges, gifts, and grants for promotional
11 products and services; International and Promotional Fund.
12     (a) To establish, levy, and collect fees and charges and
13 accept gifts, grants, and awards from other governmental
14 entities, for profit organizations, and nonprofit associations
15 in association with or as consideration for the provision of
16 various promotional products and services through its tourism,

 

 

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1 films production promotion, and international business
2 promotion programs. The Director may establish and collect
3 nominal charges for premiums and other promotional materials
4 produced or acquired as part of the Department's activities
5 authorized under the Illinois Promotion Act from individuals
6 and not-for-profit organizations intending to use those
7 premiums and promotional materials for purposes consistent
8 with the provisions of the Illinois Promotion Act, provided,
9 however, that other State agencies shall be charged no more
10 than the cost of the premium or promotional material to the
11 Department.
12     (b) The Director may collect cost reimbursement monies from
13 films and media production entities for police and related
14 production security services in amounts determined by the
15 provider of the security services and agreed to by the
16 production entity. The reimbursements shall result only from
17 the agreed costs of planned police and security services to be
18 rendered to film and media production sites in the State of
19 Illinois.
20     (c) The Director may establish and collect cost-sharing
21 assessments and fees and accept gifts, grants, and awards from
22 private businesses, trade associations, other governmental
23 entities, and individuals desiring to participate in and
24 support the development and conduct of overseas trade, catalog,
25 and distributor shows and activities and to purchase
26 informational materials to foster export sales of Illinois

 

 

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1 products and services as part of the Department's international
2 business programs.
3     (d) All money received pursuant to this Section, except as
4 provided in subsection (e), shall be deposited into the
5 International and Promotional Fund within the State treasury
6 which is hereby created; monies within the Fund shall be
7 appropriated only for expenditure pursuant to this Section.
8     (e) The Department may contract with a vendor for the
9 production of a tourism travel guide. The Department may allow
10 the vendor to sell and collect sales revenues, including
11 in-kind exchanges, for advertisements placed in the travel
12 guide. The Department may allow the vendor to retain any sales
13 revenues it collects as its fee and to cover the costs of
14 producing the travel guide. Any revenue due to the Department,
15 after the vendor retains its share, shall be deposited into the
16 International and Promotional Fund.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
18     (20 ILCS 605/605-550)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.71)
19     Sec. 605-550. Model domestic violence and sexual assault
20 employee awareness and assistance policy.
21     (a) The Department shall convene a task force including
22 members of the business community, employees, employee
23 organizations, representatives from the Department of Labor,
24 and directors of domestic violence and sexual assault programs,
25 including representatives of statewide advocacy organizations

 

 

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1 for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault, to
2 develop a model domestic violence and sexual assault employee
3 awareness and assistance policy for businesses.
4     The Department shall give due consideration to the
5 recommendations of the Governor, the President of the Senate,
6 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for
7 participation by any person on the task force, and shall make
8 reasonable efforts to assure regional balance in membership.
9     (b) The purpose of the model employee awareness and
10 assistance policy shall be to provide businesses with the best
11 practices, policies, protocols, and procedures in order that
12 they ascertain domestic violence and sexual assault awareness
13 in the workplace, assist affected employees, and provide a safe
14 and helpful working environment for employees currently or
15 potentially experiencing the effects of domestic violence or
16 sexual assault. The model plan shall include but not be limited
17 to:
18         (1) the establishment of a definite corporate policy
19     statement recognizing domestic violence and sexual assault
20     as workplace issues as well as promoting the need to
21     maintain job security for those employees currently
22     involved in domestic violence or sexual assault disputes;
23         (2) policy and service publication requirements,
24     including posting these policies and service availability
25     pamphlets in break rooms, on bulletin boards, and in
26     restrooms, and transmitting them through other

 

 

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1     communication methods;
2         (3) a listing of current domestic violence and sexual
3     assault community resources such as shelters, crisis
4     intervention programs, counseling and case management
5     programs, and legal assistance and advocacy opportunities
6     for affected employees;
7         (4) measures to ensure workplace safety including,
8     where appropriate, designated parking areas, escort
9     services, and other affirmative safeguards;
10         (5) training programs and protocols designed to
11     educate employees and managers in how to recognize,
12     approach, and assist employees experiencing domestic
13     violence or sexual assault, including both victims and
14     batterers; and
15         (6) other issues as shall be appropriate and relevant
16     for the task force in developing the model policy.
17     (c) The model policy shall be reviewed by the task force to
18 assure consistency with existing law and shall be made the
19 subject of public hearings convened by the Department
20 throughout the State at places and at times which are
21 convenient for attendance by the public, after which the policy
22 shall be reviewed by the task force and amended as necessary to
23 reflect concerns raised at the hearings. If approved by the
24 task force, the model policy shall be provided as approved with
25 explanation of its provisions to the Governor and the General
26 Assembly not later than one year after the effective date of

 

 

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1 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. The
2 Department shall make every effort to notify businesses of the
3 availability of the model domestic violence and sexual assault
4 employee awareness and assistance policy.
5     (d) The Department, in consultation with the task force,
6 providers of services, the advisory council, the Department of
7 Labor, and representatives of statewide advocacy organizations
8 for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault,
9 shall provide technical support, information, and
10 encouragement to businesses to implement the provisions of the
11 model.
12     (e) Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to
13 prevent businesses from adopting their own domestic violence
14 and sexual assault employee awareness and assistance policy.
15     (f) The Department may shall survey businesses within 4
16 years of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
17 General Assembly to determine the level of model policy
18 adoption amongst businesses and shall take steps necessary to
19 promote the further adoption of such policy.
20 (Source: P.A. 91-592, eff. 8-14-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
21     (20 ILCS 605/605-675)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.66)
22     Sec. 605-675. Exporter award program. The Department may
23 shall establish and operate, in cooperation with the Department
24 of Agriculture and the Illinois Finance Authority, an annual
25 awards program to recognize Illinois-based exporters. In

 

 

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1 developing criteria for the awards, the Department shall give
2 consideration to the exporting efforts of small and medium
3 sized businesses, first-time exporters, and other appropriate
4 categories.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
6     (20 ILCS 605/605-725 new)
7     Sec. 605-725. Incentive grants for the Metropolitan Pier
8 and Exposition Authority. The Department and the Metropolitan
9 Pier and Exposition Authority may enter into grant agreements
10 to reimburse the Authority for incentives awarded by the
11 Authority to attract large conventions, meetings, and trade
12 shows to its facilities. The Department may reimburse the
13 Authority only for incentives provided in consultation with the
14 Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau for conventions,
15 meetings, or trade shows that (i) the Authority certifies have
16 registered attendance in excess of 10,000 individuals, (ii) but
17 for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of the
18 Authority, (iii) have been approved by the Chief Executive
19 Officer of the Authority and the Chairman of the Authority at
20 the time of the incentive, and (iv) have been approved by the
21 Department. Reimbursements shall be made from amounts
22 appropriated to the Department from the Metropolitan Pier and
23 Exposition Authority Incentive Fund for those purposes.
24 Reimbursements shall not exceed $10,000,000 annually.
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1 Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall certify to the
2 Department, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer the
3 amounts provided during the previous calendar year as
4 incentives for conventions, meetings, or trade shows that (i)
5 have been approved by the Authority and the Department, (ii)
6 demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000
7 individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not have
8 used the facilities of the Authority for the convention,
9 meeting, or trade show. The Department may audit the accuracy
10 of the certification.
 
11     (20 ILCS 605/605-810)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part)
12     Sec. 605-810. Reemployment of former employees. When the
13 Department is involved in developing a federal or State funded
14 training or retraining program for any employer, the Department
15 may will assist and encourage that employer in making every
16 effort to reemploy individuals previously employed at the
17 facility. Further, the Department may will provide a list of
18 those employees to the employer for consideration for
19 reemployment and will report the results of this effort to the
20 Illinois Job Training Coordinating Council. This requirement
21 shall be in effect when all of the following conditions are
22 met:
23         (1) The employer is reopening, or is proposing to
24     reopen, a facility that was last closed during the
25     preceding 2 years.

 

 

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1         (2) A substantial number of the persons who were
2     employed at the facility before its most recent closure
3     remain unemployed.
4         (3) The product or service produced by, or proposed to
5     be produced by, the employer at the facility is
6     substantially similar to the product or service produced at
7     the facility before its most recent closure.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-454, eff. 8-16-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
9     Section 10. The Energy Conservation and Coal Development
10 Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
11     (20 ILCS 1105/8)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7408)
12     Sec. 8. Illinois Coal Development Board.
13     (a) There may shall be established as an advisory board to
14 the Department, the Illinois Coal Development Board,
15 hereinafter in this Section called the Board. The Board shall
16 be composed of the following voting members: the Director of
17 the Department, who shall be Chairman thereof; the Deputy
18 Director of the Bureau of Business Development within the
19 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; the President
20 of the University of Illinois or his or her designee; the
21 Director of Natural Resources or that Director's designee; the
22 Director of the Office of Mines and Minerals within the
23 Department of Natural Resources; 4 members of the General
24 Assembly (one each appointed by the President of the Senate,

 

 

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1 the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House, and the
2 House Minority Leader); and 8 persons appointed by the
3 Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, including
4 representatives of Illinois industries that are involved in the
5 extraction, utilization or transportation of Illinois coal,
6 persons representing financial or banking interests in the
7 State, and persons experienced in international business and
8 economic development. These members shall be chosen from
9 persons of recognized ability and experience in their
10 designated field. The members appointed by the Governor shall
11 serve for terms of 4 years, unless otherwise provided in this
12 subsection. The initial terms of the original appointees shall
13 expire on July 1, 1985, except that the Governor shall
14 designate 3 of the original appointees to serve initial terms
15 that shall expire on July 1, 1983. The initial term of the
16 member appointed by the Governor to fill the office created
17 after July 1, 1985 shall expire on July 1, 1989. The initial
18 terms of the members appointed by the Governor to fill the
19 offices created by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall expire on
20 July 1, 1995, and July 1, 1997, as determined by the Governor.
21 A member appointed by a Legislative Leader shall serve for the
22 duration of the General Assembly for which he or she is
23 appointed, so long as the member remains a member of that
24 General Assembly.
25     The Board may shall meet at least annually or at the call
26 of the Chairman. At any time the majority of the Board may

 

 

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1 petition the Chairman for a meeting of the Board. Nine members
2 of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Members of the Board
3 shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred
4 while performing their duties as members of the Board from
5 funds appropriated to the Department for such purpose.
6     (b) The Board shall provide advice and make recommendations
7 on the following Department powers and duties:
8         (1) To develop an annual agenda which may include but
9     is not limited to research and methodologies conducted for
10     the purpose of increasing the utilization of Illinois' coal
11     and other fossil fuel resources, with emphasis on high
12     sulfur coal, in the following areas: coal extraction,
13     preparation and characterization; coal technologies
14     (combustion, gasification, liquefaction, and related
15     processes); marketing; public awareness and education, as
16     those terms are used in the Illinois Coal Technology
17     Development Assistance Act; transportation; procurement of
18     sites and issuance of permits; and environmental impacts.
19         (2) To support and coordinate Illinois coal research,
20     and to approve projects consistent with the annual agenda
21     and budget for coal research and the purposes of this Act
22     and to approve the annual budget and operating plan for
23     administration of the Board.
24         (3) To promote the coordination of available research
25     information on the production, preparation, distribution
26     and uses of Illinois coal. The Board shall advise the

 

 

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1     existing research institutions within the State on areas
2     where research may be necessary.
3         (4) To cooperate to the fullest extent possible with
4     State and federal agencies and departments, independent
5     organizations, and other interested groups, public and
6     private, for the purposes of promoting Illinois coal
7     resources.
8         (5) To submit an annual report to the Governor and the
9     General Assembly outlining the progress and
10     accomplishments made in the year, providing an accounting
11     of funds received and disbursed, reviewing the status of
12     research contracts, and furnishing other relevant
13     information.
14         (6) To focus on existing coal research efforts in
15     carrying out its mission; to make use of existing research
16     facilities in Illinois or other institutions carrying out
17     research on Illinois coal; as far as practicable, to make
18     maximum use of the research facilities available at the
19     Illinois State Geological Survey of the University of
20     Illinois, the Coal Extraction and Utilization Research
21     Center, the Illinois Coal Development Park and
22     universities and colleges located within the State of
23     Illinois; and to create a consortium or center which
24     conducts, coordinates and supports coal research
25     activities in the State of Illinois. Programmatic
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1     to approval by the Department and shall be consistent with
2     the purposes of this Act. The Department may authorize
3     expenditure of funds in support of the administrative and
4     programmatic operations of such a center or consortium
5     consistent with its statutory authority. Administrative
6     actions undertaken by or for such a center or consortium
7     shall be subject to the approval of the Department.
8         (7) To make a reasonable attempt, before initiating any
9     research under this Act, to avoid duplication of effort and
10     expense by coordinating the research efforts among various
11     agencies, departments, universities or organizations, as
12     the case may be.
13         (8) To adopt, amend and repeal rules, regulations and
14     bylaws governing the Board's organization and conduct of
15     business.
16         (9) To authorize the expenditure of monies from the
17     Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund, the Public
18     Utility Fund and other funds in the State Treasury
19     appropriated to the Department, consistent with the
20     purposes of this Act.
21         (10) To seek, accept, and expend gifts or grants in any
22     form, from any public agency or from any other source. Such
23     gifts and grants may be held in trust by the Department and
24     expended at the direction of the Department and in the
25     exercise of the Department's powers and performance of the
26     Department's duties.

 

 

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1         (11) To publish, from time to time, the results of
2     Illinois coal research projects funded through the
3     Department.
4         (12) To authorize loans from appropriations from the
5     Build Illinois Bond Purposes Fund, the Build Illinois Bond
6     Fund and the Illinois Industrial Coal Utilization Fund.
7         (13) To authorize expenditures of monies for coal
8     development projects under the authority of Section 13 of
9     the General Obligation Bond Act.
10     (c) The Board shall also provide advice and make
11 recommendations on the following Department powers and duties:
12         (1) To create and maintain thorough, current and
13     accurate records on all markets for and actual uses of coal
14     mined in Illinois, and to make such records available to
15     the public upon request.
16         (2) To identify all current and anticipated future
17     technical, economic, institutional, market, environmental,
18     regulatory and other impediments to the utilization of
19     Illinois coal.
20         (3) To monitor and evaluate all proposals and plans of
21     public utilities related to compliance with the
22     requirements of Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act
23     Amendments of 1990, or with any other law which might
24     affect the use of Illinois coal, for the purposes of (i)
25     determining the effects of such proposals or plans on the
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1     plans or actions which would maintain or increase the use
2     of Illinois coal.
3         (4) To develop strategies and to propose policies to
4     promote environmentally responsible uses of Illinois coal
5     for meeting electric power supply requirements and for
6     other purposes.
7         (5) (Blank).
8 (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-728, eff. date - See
9 Sec. 999.)
 
10     Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
11 Section 5.723 as follows:
 
12     (30 ILCS 105/5.723 new)
13     Sec. 5.723. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
14 Incentive Fund.
 
15     Section 20. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
16 Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
17     (70 ILCS 210/5)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1225)
18     Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
19 shall also have the following rights and powers:
20         (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation, an
21     assignment of whatever sums of money it may have received
22     from the Fair and Exposition Fund, allocated by the

 

 

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1     Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, and
2     Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over
3     and transfer any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier
4     and Exposition Authority. The Authority has the right and
5     power hereafter to receive sums as may be distributed to it
6     by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois
7     from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the
8     provisions of Sections 5, 6i, and 28 of the State Finance
9     Act. All sums received by the Authority shall be held in
10     the sole custody of the secretary-treasurer of the
11     Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
12         (b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute any
13     contracts heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
14         (c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate
15     and maintain grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out
16     its corporate purposes and duties, and to carry out or
17     otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural,
18     commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to
19     fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory
20     charges for the use thereof. The charges so collected shall
21     be made available to defray the reasonable expenses of the
22     Authority and to pay the principal of and the interest upon
23     any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority
24     shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and
25     Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance, the Chicago
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1     ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago contained
2     in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago:
3     Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health
4     and Safety; Fire Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and
5     Welfare; Utilities and Environmental Protection; Streets,
6     Public Ways, Parks, Airports and Harbors; Electrical
7     Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic
8     Development (only Chapter 5-4 thereof); and Revenue and
9     Finance (only so far as such Title pertains to the
10     Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf of the City of
11     Chicago).
12         (d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with
13     the objects and purposes of this Act.
14         (e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of
15     the State of Illinois for the use of the Illinois National
16     Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia.
17         (f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by
18     condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by the
19     Eminent Domain Act, including, with respect to Site B only,
20     the authority to exercise quick take condemnation by
21     immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent
22     Domain Act, to acquire any privately owned real or personal
23     property and, with respect to Site B only, public property
24     used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking
25     of such public property shall, in the reasonable judgment
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1     the lawful purposes of the Authority in Site A, at Navy
2     Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken
3     or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or,
4     notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and with
5     the agreement of the owner of the property to be taken or
6     acquired, the Authority may convey substitute property or
7     interests in property or enter into agreements with the
8     property owner, including leases, licenses, or
9     concessions, with respect to any property owned by the
10     Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms of just
11     compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in
12     condemnation proceedings shall be used only as provided in
13     this Act. Except as otherwise provided by law, the City of
14     Chicago shall have a right of first refusal prior to any
15     sale of any such property by the Authority to a third party
16     other than substitute property. The Authority shall
17     develop and implement a relocation plan for businesses
18     displaced as a result of the Authority's acquisition of
19     property. The relocation plan shall be substantially
20     similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance
21     and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations
22     promulgated under that Act relating to assistance to
23     displaced businesses. To implement the relocation plan the
24     Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or may
25     exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f),
26     except the immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of

 

 

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1     the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private
2     property within one mile of Site B for the benefit of
3     displaced businesses located on property being acquired by
4     the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be
5     acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the
6     municipality in which the property is located certifies in
7     writing that the acquisition is consistent with the
8     municipality's land use and economic development policies
9     and goals. The acquisition of substitute property is
10     declared to be for public use. In exercising the powers
11     authorized in this subsection (f), the Authority shall use
12     its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area of
13     McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of
14     Chicago.
15         (g) To enter into contracts relating to construction
16     projects which provide for the delivery by the contractor
17     of a completed project, structure, improvement, or
18     specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum price, which
19     contract may provide that the delivery of the project,
20     structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for
21     the fixed maximum price is insured or guaranteed by a third
22     party capable of completing the construction.
23         (h) To enter into agreements with any person with
24     respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings,
25     and facilities of the Authority, including concession,
26     license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as

 

 

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1     the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24,
2     agreements with respect to the use and occupancy of the
3     grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for a
4     term of more than one year shall be entered into in
5     accordance with the procurement process provided for in
6     Section 25.1.
7         (i) To enter into agreements with any person with
8     respect to the operation and management of the grounds,
9     buildings, and facilities of the Authority or the provision
10     of goods and services on terms and conditions as the
11     Authority determines.
12         (j) After conducting the procurement process provided
13     for in Section 25.1, to enter into one or more contracts to
14     provide for the design and construction of all or part of
15     the Authority's Expansion Project grounds, buildings, and
16     facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the
17     Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by
18     subsection (g), shall be for a fixed maximum price not in
19     excess of the funds that are authorized to be made
20     available for those purposes during the term of the
21     contract, and shall be entered into before commencement of
22     construction.
23         (k) To enter into agreements, including project
24     agreements with labor unions, that the Authority deems
25     necessary to complete the Expansion Project or any other
26     construction or improvement project in the most timely and

 

 

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1     efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other
2     actions that might cause disruption or delay and thereby
3     add to the cost of the project.
4         (l) To provide incentives to organizations and
5     entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings,
6     and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings,
7     or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of
8     discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority,
9     subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with
10     respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other
11     inducements. The Authority shall be reimbursed by the
12     Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for
13     incentives that qualify under the provisions of Section
14     605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
15         No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of
16     the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall
17     certify to the Department of Commerce and Economic
18     Opportunity, the State Comptroller, and the State
19     Treasurer the amounts provided during the previous
20     calendar year as incentives for conventions, meetings, or
21     trade shows that (i) have been approved by the Authority
22     and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity,
23     (ii) demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000
24     individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not
25     have used the facilities of the Authority for the
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1     Commerce and Economic Opportunity may audit the accuracy of
2     the certification. Subject to appropriation, on July 15 of
3     each year the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
4     Treasurer shall transfer into the Metropolitan Pier and
5     Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General
6     Revenue Fund the lesser of the amount certified by the
7     Chairman or $10,000,000. No later than 30 days after the
8     transfer, amounts in the Fund shall be paid by the
9     Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the
10     Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to
11     attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its
12     facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in
13     Section 605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of
14     Illinois. Provided that all amounts certified by the
15     Authority have been paid, on the last day of each fiscal
16     year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to
17     the General Revenue Fund.
18      Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the
19 Authority to spend the proceeds of any bonds or notes issued
20 under Section 13.2 or any taxes levied under Section 13 to
21 construct a stadium to be leased to or used by professional
22 sports teams.
23 (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)".