97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5261

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Wayne Rosenthal

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 605/605-215

    Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Changes the name of the Interagency Military Base Support and Economic Development Committee to the Military Base Support and Economic Development Committee. Changes the Committee's composition. Authorizes public member appointee term durations and term limits to be set by the Chair of the Committee. Requires the Committee to provide its recommendations to various State agencies instead of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Removes a provision that requires the Committee to cooperate with the Department in order to keep the Governor and General Assembly informed concerning the progress of military base retention, realignment, reuse, and economic development efforts in the State.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by changing Section 605-215 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-215)
8    Sec. 605-215. Interagency Military Base Support and
9Economic Development Committee.
10    (a) To coordinate the State's activities on and to act as a
11communications center for issues relating to current and former
12military bases in the State, the Interagency Military Base
13Support and Economic Development Committee is created as an
14entity within the Department.
15    (b) The Committee shall be composed of the following 7 ex
16officio members or their designees: the Lieutenant Governor,
17the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the
18Secretary of Transportation, the Director of Natural
19Resources, the Director of the Environmental Protection
20Agency, the Director of Revenue, and the Adjutant General of
21the Department of Military Affairs. In addition, 4 members of
22the General Assembly shall be appointed, one each appointed by
23the President of the Senate, the Senate Minority Leader, the

 

 

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1Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
2Leader of the House of Representatives. The chair and
3vice-chair of the committee, in consultation with the full
4Committee, may shall appoint no more than 8 public members to
5serve as representatives from the counties, or adjoining
6counties, of (i) a current military base sites, (ii) or former
7military base sites, or (iii) former military base sites that
8closed after December 31, 1992, located in one of the following
9counties: Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clinton, Cook,
10Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Henry, Jo
11Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, Logan, Macon,
12Macoupin, Madison, Marshall, Mason, McHenry, McLean, Menard,
13Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt,
14Randolph, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Stark, Stephenson,
15Tazewell, Vermilion, Washington, Whiteside, Will, and
16Woodford. Public member appointee term durations and term
17limits may be set by the chair. site as necessary to carry out
18the work of the Commission.
19    (c) The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as chair of the
20Committee, and the Director of Commerce and Economic
21Opportunity shall serve as vice-chair and shall oversee the
22administration of the Committee and its functions. Expenses
23necessary to carry out the function of the Committee shall be
24shared among the agencies represented on the Committee pursuant
25to an interagency agreement and from funds appropriated for
26this purpose or from existing funds within the budgets of those

 

 

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1agencies. General Assembly appointees shall serve for the
2duration of the General Assembly in which the appointee is
3appointed, but the appointee's term shall expire if the
4appointee no longer remains a member of that General Assembly.
5The Committee shall meet not less than quarterly.
6    (d) Each member of the Committee must request reimbursement
7from his or her individual agency for actual and necessary
8expenses incurred while performing his or her duties as a
9member of the Committee. Public members shall be reimbursed
10from funds appropriated to the Department for that purpose.
11    (e) The Committee shall provide advice and recommendations
12to the applicable State agencies Department on the following:
13        (1) The formation of a strategic plan for State and
14    local military base retention, realignment, and reuse
15    efforts.
16        (2) The issues impacting current and former military
17    bases in the State, including infrastructure requirements,
18    environmental impact issues, military force structure
19    possibilities, tax implications, property considerations,
20    and other issues requiring State agency coordination and
21    support.
22        (3) The status of community involvement and
23    participation in retention, realignment, and reuse efforts
24    and the community support for economic development before
25    and after a military base closing.
26        (4) The State's retention, realignment, and reuse

 

 

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1    advocacy efforts on the federal level.
2        (5) The development of impact studies concerning the
3    closing of a base on the community, housing, the economy,
4    schools, and other public and private entities, including
5    additional economic development ideas to minimize the
6    impact in the event of the base closing.
7        (6) The development of future economic expansion plans
8    for areas that are subject to closure or realignment.
9    (f) The Committee, in cooperation with the Department,
10shall keep the Governor and General Assembly informed
11concerning the progress of military base retention,
12realignment, reuse, and economic development efforts in the
13State.
14    (g) The Committee shall serve as the central information
15clearinghouse for all military base reuse, retention, and
16realignment activities. This shall include: (i) serving as a
17liaison between the State and community organizations that
18support the long-term viability of military bases; (ii)
19communicating with the State's congressional delegation; and
20(iii) generally coordinating with the public, governmental
21bodies, and officials in communicating about the future of
22military bases in the State.
23(Source: P.A. 94-674, eff. 8-23-05.)