Full Text of HB0832 102nd General Assembly
HB0832sam002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Julie A. Morrison Filed: 5/13/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 832
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 832, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Literacy Act is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 20 as follows:
| 7 | | (15 ILCS 322/20)
| 8 | | Sec. 20. Illinois Literacy Council.
| 9 | | (a) The Council
shall facilitate the improvement of | 10 | | literacy levels of
Illinois citizens by providing a forum from | 11 | | which
representatives from throughout the State can promote
| 12 | | literacy, share expertise, and recommend policy.
| 13 | | (b) The Council shall be appointed by and be responsible | 14 | | to the
Governor. The Secretary of State shall serve as | 15 | | chairman. The
Council shall advise the Governor and other
| 16 | | agencies on strategies that address the literacy needs of
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| 1 | | State, especially with respect to the needs of
workplace | 2 | | literacy, family literacy, program evaluation,
public | 3 | | awareness, and public and private partnerships.
| 4 | | (c) The Council will determine its own procedures and the
| 5 | | number, time, place, and conduct of its meetings. It shall
| 6 | | meet at least 4 times a year. The Council may be assisted
in | 7 | | its activities by the Literacy Office. Council members
shall | 8 | | not receive compensation for their services.
| 9 | | (d) The Council's membership shall consist of | 10 | | representatives of public
education, public and private sector | 11 | | employment, labor organizations, community
literacy | 12 | | organizations, libraries, volunteer organizations, the Office | 13 | | of the
Secretary of State, the Department of Commerce and | 14 | | Economic Opportunity, the
Illinois Community College Board, | 15 | | the Department of Employment Security,
the Department of Human | 16 | | Services, the
State Board of Education, and the Department of | 17 | | Corrections , and the Prairie
State 2000 Authority .
| 18 | | (e) The Council members representing State agencies shall
| 19 | | act as an interagency coordinating committee to improve the
| 20 | | system for delivery of literacy services, provide pertinent
| 21 | | information and agency comments to Council members, and
| 22 | | implement the recommendations forwarded by the Council and
| 23 | | approved by the Governor.
| 24 | | (f) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the | 25 | | Council, shall
expend moneys to perform Council functions as | 26 | | authorized by
this Act from the Literacy Advancement Fund, a |
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| 1 | | special fund hereby created
in the State Treasury. All moneys | 2 | | received from an income tax checkoff for
the Literacy | 3 | | Advancement Fund as provided in Section 507I of the Illinois
| 4 | | Income Tax Act shall be deposited into the Fund.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
| 6 | | Section 10. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 7 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 8 | | is amended by changing Sections 605-460 and 605-1007 as | 9 | | follows: | 10 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-460) | 11 | | Sec. 605-460. Engineering excellence program. | 12 | | (a) Coordination between engineering schools and private | 13 | | business is an important tool in fostering innovation. | 14 | | Universities have eager students, experienced faculty, and | 15 | | state-of-the-art research facilities. Businesses have existing | 16 | | markets, production capital, and evolving needs. The General | 17 | | Assembly believes that universities and businesses should | 18 | | share resources to allow students to participate in the | 19 | | research and development area of innovative design and to | 20 | | allow businesses to benefit from the developing skills of | 21 | | these students. | 22 | | (b) In order to facilitate engineering excellence, the | 23 | | Department may shall develop a program to achieve the goals | 24 | | set forth in subsection (a). Under this program, the |
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| 1 | | Department may must : | 2 | | (1) Annually contact the State's major public and | 3 | | private universities with engineering schools. | 4 | | (2) Request a one-page written summary of the | 5 | | internship, externship, or residency programs operated by | 6 | | the engineering college of each of the contacted | 7 | | universities. | 8 | | (3) Identify the manufacturing businesses within 50 | 9 | | miles of each university that responded under paragraph | 10 | | (2) that could benefit from assistance in the area of | 11 | | innovative design. | 12 | | (4) Send a letter to each manufacturer identified | 13 | | under paragraph (3), informing it of the university's | 14 | | program and advising the business to contact the | 15 | | university if it wishes to participate in the engineering | 16 | | school's program. | 17 | | (c) The Department may shall adopt rules for the | 18 | | implementation of this Section.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-721, eff. 6-29-12.) | 20 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1007) | 21 | | Sec. 605-1007. New business permitting portal. | 22 | | (a) By July 1, 2017, the Department shall , subject to | 23 | | appropriation, create and maintain, in consultation with the | 24 | | Department of Innovation and Technology, a website to help | 25 | | persons wishing to create new businesses or relocate |
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| 1 | | businesses to Illinois. The Department shall consult with at | 2 | | least one organization representing small businesses in this | 3 | | State while creating the website. | 4 | | (b) The website shall include: | 5 | | (1) an estimate of license and permitting fees for | 6 | | different businesses; | 7 | | (2) State government application forms for business | 8 | | licensing or registration; | 9 | | (3) hyperlinks to websites of the responsible agency | 10 | | or organization responsible for accepting the application; | 11 | | and | 12 | | (4) contact information for any local government | 13 | | permitting agencies that may be relevant. | 14 | | (c) The Department shall contact all agencies to obtain | 15 | | business forms and other information for this website. Those | 16 | | agencies shall respond to the Department before July 1, 2016. | 17 | | (d) The website shall also include some mechanism for the | 18 | | potential business owner to request more information from the | 19 | | Department that may be helpful in starting the business, | 20 | | including, but not limited to, State-based incentives that the | 21 | | business owner may qualify for when starting or relocating a | 22 | | business. | 23 | | (e) The Department shall update the website at least once | 24 | | a year before July 1. The Department shall request that other | 25 | | State agencies report any changes in applicable application | 26 | | forms to the Department by June 1 of every year after 2016.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-134, eff. 1-1-16; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
| 2 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-110 rep.)
| 3 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-205 rep.)
| 4 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-340 rep.)
| 5 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-575 rep.)
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-825 rep.)
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-860 rep.)
| 8 | | Section 15. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 9 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 10 | | is amended by repealing Sections 605-110, 605-205, 605-340, | 11 | | 605-575, 605-825, and 605-860. | 12 | | (20 ILCS 630/11 rep.) | 13 | | (20 ILCS 630/17 rep.) | 14 | | Section 20. The Illinois Emergency Employment Development | 15 | | Act is amended by repealing Sections 11 and 17. | 16 | | (20 ILCS 3987/Act rep.) | 17 | | Section 25. The Local Government
Consolidation Commission | 18 | | Act of 2011 is repealed.
| 19 | | (30 ILCS 375/3 rep.)
| 20 | | Section 30. The Local Government Debt Offering Act is | 21 | | amended by repealing Section 3.
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| 1 | | (310 ILCS 30/2 rep.)
| 2 | | Section 35. The Redevelopment Project Rehousing and | 3 | | Capital Improvements Act is amended by repealing Section 2. | 4 | | Section 40. The Bikeway Act is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 4 as follows:
| 6 | | (605 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 604)
| 7 | | Sec. 4. In expending funds available for purposes of this | 8 | | Act, the
Department
shall cooperate with municipalities, | 9 | | townships, counties, road
districts, park districts and other | 10 | | appropriate agencies and
organizations and, where possible and | 11 | | practicable, shall allocate its
expenditures among the several | 12 | | regions of the State, proportionally to
the bicycling | 13 | | population.
| 14 | | The Secretary of Transportation shall serve as chairman of | 15 | | and shall
at least quarterly convene an interagency council on
| 16 | | the
bikeways
program, comprised of the Director of Natural | 17 | | Resources,
the Director of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 18 | | or his or her designee , the State Superintendent of Education, | 19 | | a county
engineer or county superintendent of highways chosen | 20 | | by
the statewide association of county engineers, a | 21 | | representative of the Cook
County Forest Preserve District, | 22 | | and the Secretary of
Transportation, for the
purpose of
| 23 | | determining policy and priorities in effectuating the purposes | 24 | | of this
Act.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.".
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