Full Text of HB2083 97th General Assembly
HB2083 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB2083 Introduced 2/22/2011, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 605/605-456 new | | 20 ILCS 605/605-460 new | | 20 ILCS 605/605-465 new | |
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Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to conduct a survey of certain businesses that are located in the State or have been identified as having left the State. Provides that the Department shall develop a program to facilitate engineering excellence through coordination between engineering schools and private businesses. Provides that the Department's official website must contain a comprehensive list of economic benefits available to businesses.
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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 adding Sections 605-456, 605-460, and 605-465 as | 7 | | follows: | 8 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-456 new) | 9 | | Sec. 605-456. Survey and report on business incentives. | 10 | | (a) The Department shall contact businesses that are | 11 | | located in the State or have been identified as having left the | 12 | | State. The Department shall request that the business complete | 13 | | a survey, developed by the Department, that includes | 14 | | information regarding (i) why the business left, if applicable, | 15 | | and the location to which the business relocated and (ii) any | 16 | | incentives that are needed to keep and attract the business. | 17 | | (b) The Department shall compile the results of the surveys | 18 | | and any other relevant information provided to the Department. | 19 | | By each July 1, the Department shall report to the General | 20 | | Assembly upon its compilation of the previous year's survey | 21 | | responses and any of the other relevant information. The report | 22 | | must identify, at a minimum, the most common responses, | 23 | | categorized by industry and region, regarding (i) why |
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| 1 | | businesses left Illinois, (ii) what incentives would have | 2 | | influenced businesses to remain in Illinois, and (iii) to which | 3 | | cities and states the businesses have relocated. | 4 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section, a business is defined | 5 | | as one that is engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for | 6 | | the purpose of manufacturing, processing, assembling, | 7 | | warehousing, or distributing products, conducting research and | 8 | | development, providing tourism services, or providing services | 9 | | in interstate commerce, office industries, or agricultural | 10 | | processing, but excluding retail, retail food, health, or | 11 | | professional services. | 12 | | (d) The Department shall adopt rules for the implementation | 13 | | of this Section. | 14 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-460 new) | 15 | | Sec. 605-460. Engineering excellence program. | 16 | | (a) Coordination between engineering schools and private | 17 | | business is an important tool in fostering innovation. | 18 | | Universities have eager students, experienced faculty, and | 19 | | state-of-the-art research facilities. Businesses have existing | 20 | | markets, production capital, and evolving needs. The General | 21 | | Assembly believes that universities and businesses should | 22 | | share resources to allow students to participate in the | 23 | | research and development area of innovative design and to allow | 24 | | businesses to benefit from the developing skills of these | 25 | | students. |
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| 1 | | (b) In order to facilitate engineering excellence, the | 2 | | Department shall develop a program to achieve the goals set | 3 | | forth in subsection (a). Under this program, the Department | 4 | | must: | 5 | | (1) Annually contact the State's major public and | 6 | | private universities with engineering schools. | 7 | | (2) Request a one-page written summary of the | 8 | | internship, externship, or residency programs operated by | 9 | | the engineering college of each of the contacted | 10 | | universities. | 11 | | (3) Identify the manufacturing businesses within 50 | 12 | | miles of each university that responded under paragraph (2) | 13 | | that could benefit from assistance in the area of | 14 | | innovative design. | 15 | | (4) Send a letter to each manufacturer identified under | 16 | | paragraph (3), informing it of the university's program and | 17 | | advising the business to contact the university if it | 18 | | wishes to participate in the engineering school's program. | 19 | | (c) The Department shall adopt rules for the implementation | 20 | | of this Section. | 21 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-465 new) | 22 | | Sec. 605-465. Comprehensive website information. | 23 | | (a) The Department's official website must contain a | 24 | | comprehensive list of State, local, and federal economic | 25 | | benefits available to businesses in each of the State's |
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| 1 | | counties and municipalities that the Department includes on its | 2 | | website. In order to do so: | 3 | | (1) The Department annually must request a summary of | 4 | | available economic benefits from each of the State's | 5 | | counties and municipalities that are linked to the | 6 | | Department's website. | 7 | | (2) The information obtained under paragraph (1) must | 8 | | be published on the related web pages of the Department's | 9 | | website. | 10 | | (3) The Department's website shall also provide | 11 | | information regarding available federal economic benefits | 12 | | to the extent possible. | 13 | | (b) The Department shall adopt rules for the implementation | 14 | | of this Section.
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