Rep. Dave Winters
Filed: 2/22/2011
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 166
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 166 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Higher Education Green Jobs and Technology Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
7 | "Community college" means a public community college in | ||||||
8 | this State.
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9 | "Green jobs" means jobs in which green technology is | ||||||
10 | employed and may include the occupation codes identified as | ||||||
11 | green jobs by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and | ||||||
12 | any codes identified as green jobs by the Illinois Department | ||||||
13 | of Labor and the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
14 | Opportunity. | ||||||
15 | "Green technology" means technology that (i) promotes | ||||||
16 | clean energy, renewable energy, or energy efficiency, (ii) |
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1 | reduces greenhouse gases or carbon emissions, or (iii) involves | ||||||
2 | the invention, design, and application of chemical products and | ||||||
3 | processes to eliminate the use and generation of hazardous | ||||||
4 | substances.
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5 | "State university" means a public university in this State.
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6 | Section 10. Collaboration; promotion of industry. | ||||||
7 | (a) Representatives from each State university and | ||||||
8 | community college, in conjunction with research centers | ||||||
9 | affiliated with these institutions that focus on clean or | ||||||
10 | sustainable energy and that are located within the same | ||||||
11 | geographic regions, may meet annually to develop collaborative | ||||||
12 | efforts with regard to the green technology industry. | ||||||
13 | (b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Community College Board shall annually publicize on their | ||||||
15 | Internet websites information concerning efforts made by State | ||||||
16 | universities and community colleges to promote the green | ||||||
17 | technology industry, including the development of new academic | ||||||
18 | degree and certificate programs, courses of instruction, and | ||||||
19 | initiatives made by these State universities and community | ||||||
20 | colleges to align green jobs programs with employer needs.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.".
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