SB0043ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. David Reis

Filed: 5/7/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 43

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 43 on page 1, line 5 by inserting "and adding Section 4.1" after "11b"; and

by replacing lines 18 through 26 of page 2 and lines 1 through 16 of page 3 with the following: "Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act."; and

on page 13, by inserting after line 5 the following:

"(820 ILCS 130/4.1 new)

Sec. 4.1. Pilot program.

(a) A pilot program is established under which the provisions of this Act shall apply to projects in one enterprise zone as defined in the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, excepting: (i) a project performed by a business enterprise located in an enterprise zone where that business enterprise existed prior to the adoption of an initiating ordinance pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act; or (ii) a project at an owner-occupied single family residence, excepting single-family tract housing, or at an owner-occupied multi-family residence with 6 or fewer units located in an enterprise zone or an economic development project area.

(b) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall select the enterprise zone under subsection (a) and the Department's selection must be approved by joint resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.

(c) The duration of the pilot program established under this Section shall be 10 years. At the conclusion of the pilot program, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall submit a report containing its findings and recommendations regarding the pilot program to the Governor and the General Assembly.".