Full Text of HB1544 98th General Assembly
HB1544 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB1544 Introduced , by Rep. Keith Farnham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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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 in the last 10 years. Provides that the survey must contain information regarding (i) why the business left, if applicable, and the location to which the business relocated and (ii) any incentives that are needed to keep and attract the business. Effective immediately.
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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 Section 605-1020 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new) | 8 | | Sec. 605-1020. Survey and report on business incentives. | 9 | | (a) The Department shall contact businesses that are | 10 | | located in the State or have been identified as having left the | 11 | | State in the last 10 years. The Department shall request that | 12 | | the business complete a survey, developed by the Department, | 13 | | that includes information regarding (i) why the business left, | 14 | | if applicable, and the location to which the business relocated | 15 | | and (ii) any incentives that are needed to keep and attract the | 16 | | 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 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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