Full Text of HB5805 096th General Assembly
HB5805 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5805
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias - Robert W. Pritchard - Kay Hatcher - Patricia R. Bellock - Roger L. Eddy, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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30 ILCS 105/5.755 new |
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Creates the Illinois Emergency Employment Development Act. Authorizes the Governor to appoint an Illinois Emergency Employment Development Coordinator to administer the Act, and specifies the Coordinator's other duties and powers. Creates the Illinois Emergency Development Task Force to advise the Coordinator. Authorizes funds appropriated under the Act to be used to subsidize employee wages and benefits, to reimburse the Department of Employment Security for certain expenses, and to provide child care, workers' compensation coverage, and job search assistance. Specifies the powers and duties of Employment Administrators. Specifies the contractual assurances that businesses must give to remain eligible for subsidies under the Act. Sets forth criteria for allocating funds among eligible businesses. Requires businesses to repay 70% of amounts received if eligible applicants do not continue in their employment beyond 6 months. Prohibits eligible employers from terminating, laying off, or reducing the working hours of employees in order to hire an individual with funds made available under this Act. Creates a work incentive demonstration project. Provides for the termination of the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Emergency Employment Development Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective July 1, 2010.
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Illinois Emergency Employment Development Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the | 7 |
| following terms have the meanings given them in this Section | 8 |
| unless the context clearly requires otherwise. | 9 |
| "Coordinator" means the Illinois Emergency Employment | 10 |
| Development Coordinator appointed under Section 10. | 11 |
| "Department" means the Illinois Department of Employment | 12 |
| Security. | 13 |
| "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | 14 |
| Employment Security. | 15 |
| "Eligible business" means a for-profit business. | 16 |
| "Eligible employer" means an eligible government agency, | 17 |
| an eligible non-profit agency, or an eligible business. | 18 |
| "Eligible government agency" means a county, municipality, | 19 |
| school district, or other unit of local government, a State | 20 |
| agency, or a federal agency office in Illinois. | 21 |
| "Eligible job applicant" means a person who: | 22 |
| (1) has been a resident of this
State for at least one | 23 |
| month, |
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| (2) is unemployed, | 2 |
| (3) is not
receiving and is not qualified to receive | 3 |
| unemployment
compensation or workers' compensation, and | 4 |
| (4) is determined by
the Employment Administrator to be | 5 |
| likely to be available for
employment by an eligible | 6 |
| employer for the duration of the job. | 7 |
| "Eligible non-profit agency" means an organization exempt | 8 |
| from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section | 9 |
| 501(c)(3), as amended. | 10 |
| "Employment Administrator" means the administrative entity | 11 |
| designated by the
Coordinator to administer the provisions of | 12 |
| this Act in each
service delivery area. The Coordinator may | 13 |
| designate an
administrative entity authorized under the Job | 14 |
| Training
Partnership Act or its predecessor administrative | 15 |
| entity
authorized under United States Code, Title 29, Section | 16 |
| 801, et
seq., or a job training or placement agency with proven
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| effectiveness. | 18 |
| "Household" means a group of persons
living at the same | 19 |
| residence consisting of, at a maximum,
spouses and the minor | 20 |
| children of each. | 21 |
| "Job Training
Partnership Act" means the federal Job | 22 |
| Training Partnership Act
of 1982 (JTPA), Statutes at Large, | 23 |
| volume 92, page 1322. | 24 |
| "Program" means the Illinois
Emergency Employment | 25 |
| development program created by this Act consisting of temporary | 26 |
| work relief projects in the
government and non-profit agencies |
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| and new job creation in the
private sector.
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| "Service delivery area"
means an area designated as a | 3 |
| service delivery area by the
Coordinator. | 4 |
| Section 10. Illinois Emergency Employment Development | 5 |
| Coordinator. | 6 |
| (a) The Governor shall appoint an Illinois Emergency | 7 |
| Employment Development Coordinator to
administer the | 8 |
| provisions of this Act. The Coordinator
shall be within the | 9 |
| Department of Employment Security, but shall
be responsible | 10 |
| directly to the Governor. The Coordinator shall
have the powers | 11 |
| necessary to carry out the purposes of the
program. | 12 |
| (b) The Coordinator shall: | 13 |
| (1) obtain an inventory of community needs from each | 14 |
| unit of local government and compile a statewide inventory | 15 |
| of
needs within 30 days after his or her appointment; | 16 |
| (2) enter into a contract with one or more Employment
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| Administrators in each service delivery area; | 18 |
| (3) review the emergency employment development plan
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| submitted by the Employment Administrator of each service
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| delivery area and approve satisfactory plans. If an | 21 |
| Employment Administrator submits an unsatisfactory plan, | 22 |
| the Coordinator
shall assist the Employment Administrator | 23 |
| in developing a
satisfactory one; | 24 |
| (4) coordinate the program with other State agencies; | 25 |
| (5) coordinate administration of the program with the
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| general assistance program; | 2 |
| (6) set policy regarding disbursement of program | 3 |
| funds; and | 4 |
| (7) perform general program marketing and monitoring
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| functions. | 6 |
| (c) The
Coordinator shall administer the program within the | 7 |
| Department. The Director
shall provide administrative support | 8 |
| services to the Coordinator
for the purposes of the program. | 9 |
| (d) The Coordinator shall ensure
that all eligible | 10 |
| employers and Employment Administrators comply
with this Act | 11 |
| and all other applicable State and federal
laws, including | 12 |
| those relating to: | 13 |
| (1) affirmative action; | 14 |
| (2) occupational health and safety standards; | 15 |
| (3) environmental
standards; and | 16 |
| (4) fair labor practices. | 17 |
| (e) The Coordinator may: | 18 |
| (1) make public or private investigations within or | 19 |
| without
this State necessary (i) to determine whether any | 20 |
| person has
violated or is about to violate this Act, a | 21 |
| contract
entered into under it, or any rule or order | 22 |
| adopted under
it or (ii) to aid in the enforcement of this | 23 |
| Act or the
rules adopted under it; | 24 |
| (2) require or permit any person to file a written
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| statement under oath or otherwise, as the Director
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| determines, as to all the facts and circumstances |
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| concerning the
matter being investigated; | 2 |
| (3) publish information contained in any order issued | 3 |
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the Coordinator; | 4 |
| (4) hold hearings, upon reasonable notice, on any | 5 |
| matter
arising out of the administration of this Act; and | 6 |
| (5) conduct investigations and hold hearings for the
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| purpose of compiling information with a view to | 8 |
| recommending
changes in this Act to the General Assembly. | 9 |
| (f) The Attorney General shall assign from his or her staff | 10 |
| one or
more assistant attorneys general to the Coordinator. | 11 |
| (g) Whenever it appears to the Coordinator that any person
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| has violated a provision of this Act, a contract entered
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| under it, or a rule or order adopted under it: | 14 |
| (1) The Coordinator may issue and cause to be served | 15 |
| upon the person an
order requiring the person to cease and | 16 |
| desist from the
violation. The order must be calculated to | 17 |
| give reasonable
notice of the right of the person to | 18 |
| request a hearing on it and
must state the reasons for the | 19 |
| entry of the order. A hearing
must be held not later than 7 | 20 |
| days after a request for the
hearing is received by the | 21 |
| Coordinator, after which and within
20 days after the date | 22 |
| of the hearing, the Coordinator shall issue a
further order | 23 |
| vacating the cease and desist order or making it
permanent | 24 |
| as the facts require. If no hearing is requested
within 30 | 25 |
| days after service of the order, the order becomes final
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| and remains in effect until it is modified or vacated by |
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| the
Coordinator. If the person to whom a cease and desist | 2 |
| order is
issued fails to appear at the hearing after being | 3 |
| duly notified,
the person shall be deemed in default, and | 4 |
| the proceeding may be
determined against him upon | 5 |
| consideration of the cease and
desist order, the | 6 |
| allegations of which may be deemed to be true; | 7 |
| (2) The Coordinator may bring an action in the circuit | 8 |
| court of the
appropriate county to enjoin the violation and | 9 |
| to enforce
compliance with the provisions of this Act, a | 10 |
| contract
entered into under them, or any rule or order | 11 |
| adopted under
them, and he or she may refer the matter to | 12 |
| the Attorney General. Upon
a proper showing, a permanent or | 13 |
| temporary injunction,
restraining order, or writ of | 14 |
| mandamus shall be granted. The
court may not require the | 15 |
| Coordinator to post a bond.
Any injunction proceeding under | 16 |
| the provisions of this Act may be brought on for hearing | 17 |
| and disposition upon an
order to show cause returnable upon | 18 |
| not more than 8 days
notice to the defendant. The case has | 19 |
| precedence over other
cases upon the court calendar and may | 20 |
| not be continued without
the consent of the State, except | 21 |
| upon good cause shown to the
court, and then only for a | 22 |
| reasonable length of time necessary
in the opinion of the | 23 |
| court to protect the rights of the
defendant. | 24 |
| (h) The Coordinator shall report to the General Assembly
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| and the Governor on a quarterly basis: | 26 |
| (1) the number of
persons employed; |
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| (2) the number and type of employers under the
program; | 2 |
| (3) the amount of money spent in each service delivery
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| area for wages for each type of employment and each type of
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| other expense; | 5 |
| (4) the number of persons who have completed
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| participation in the program and their current employment,
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| educational, or training status; and | 8 |
| (5) any other information
requested by the General | 9 |
| Assembly or the Governor or deemed pertinent
by the | 10 |
| Coordinator. | 11 |
| (i) The Director
may adopt rules necessary to implement | 12 |
| this Act.
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| Section 15. Illinois Emergency Employment Development Task | 14 |
| Force. | 15 |
| (a) The Illinois Emergency Employment Development Task | 16 |
| Force is created within the Department to advise the | 17 |
| Coordinator in the administration of this Act. | 18 |
| (b) The Task Force shall consist of
9 members as follows: | 19 |
| the Coordinator, the Director, the Director of Commerce and | 20 |
| Economic Opportunity, the Director of Labor, and the
Secretary | 21 |
| of Human Services, ex officio; plus a representative of labor, | 22 |
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representative of business, a representative of non-profit
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| employers, and a representative of an Employment | 24 |
| Administrator, appointed by the Coordinator. The Coordinator
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| shall serve as the chairperson.
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| (c) The terms,
compensation, and removal of the appointed | 2 |
| members shall be
governed by an administrative rule adopted by | 3 |
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| (d) The Task Force shall meet at the call
of the | 5 |
| Coordinator. | 6 |
| Section 20. Allocation of funds among service
delivery | 7 |
| areas.
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| (a) 90% of the funds available for allocation to
employment | 9 |
| administrators for the program must be allocated
among service | 10 |
| delivery areas as follows: each service delivery
area shall be | 11 |
| eligible to receive that proportion of the funds
available | 12 |
| which equals the number of unemployed persons in the
service | 13 |
| delivery area divided by the total number of unemployed
persons | 14 |
| in the State for the 12-month period ending on the most
recent | 15 |
| March 31.
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| (b) 10% of the funds available for allocation to
employment | 17 |
| administrators under the program must be allocated at
the | 18 |
| discretion of the Coordinator to Employment Administrators:
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| (1) who will maximize the use of the funds through
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| coordination with other programs and State, local, and | 21 |
| federal
agencies, through the use of matching funds or | 22 |
| through the
involvement of low-income constituent groups;
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| (2) who have demonstrated need beyond the allocation
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| available under subsection (a); and
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| (3) who have demonstrated outstanding performance in |
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creation.
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| Section 25. Allocation within service delivery
areas; | 3 |
| priorities.
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| (a) Allocation of funds
among eligible job applicants | 5 |
| within a service delivery area
shall be determined by the | 6 |
| Employment Administrator in each
service delivery area. The | 7 |
| Employment Administrator shall give
priority to:
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| (1) applicants living in households with no other | 9 |
| income
source; and
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| (2) applicants who would otherwise be eligible to | 11 |
| receive
general assistance under Article VI of the Illinois | 12 |
| Public Aid Code.
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| (b) Allocation of funds among
eligible employers within a | 14 |
| service area shall be determined by
the Employment | 15 |
| Administrator within each service delivery area
according to | 16 |
| the priorities in Sections 45 and 50. The
Employment | 17 |
| Administrator shall give priority to funding private
sector | 18 |
| jobs to the extent that eligible businesses apply for
funds. If | 19 |
| possible, no more than 60% of the funds may be
allocated for | 20 |
| jobs with eligible government and non-profit
agencies. | 21 |
| (c) If the
Coordinator designates more than one Employment | 22 |
| Administrator in
a service delivery area, the Coordinator shall | 23 |
| determine the
allocation of funds to be distributed by each | 24 |
| Employment Administrator in the service delivery area.
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| Section 30. Use of funds. Funds appropriated for the | 2 |
| purposes of this Act may
be used as follows:
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| (1) to provide a State contribution for wages and | 4 |
| fringe
benefits for eligible job applicants for a maximum | 5 |
| of 1,040
hours over a maximum period of 26 weeks per job | 6 |
| applicant. For
eligible job applicants participating in a | 7 |
| job training program,
the State contribution for wages may | 8 |
| be used for a maximum
period of 52 weeks per job applicant. | 9 |
| The State contribution
for wages shall be up to $4 per hour | 10 |
| for each eligible job
applicant employed. The State | 11 |
| contribution for fringe benefits
may be up to $1 per hour | 12 |
| for each eligible job applicant
employed. However, the | 13 |
| employer may use funds from other
sources to provide | 14 |
| increased wages to the applicants it
employs. At least 75% | 15 |
| of the funds appropriated for the
program must be used to | 16 |
| pay wages for eligible job applicants;
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| (2) to reimburse the Department in
an amount not to | 18 |
| exceed 1% of the funds appropriated
for the actual cost of | 19 |
| administering this Act, and to
reimburse the Employment | 20 |
| Administrators in an amount not to
exceed 4.5% of the funds | 21 |
| appropriated for their actual
cost of administering this | 22 |
| Act. The Director and the Employment Administrators shall
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| reallocate funds from other sources to cover the | 24 |
| administrative
costs of this program whenever possible;
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| (3) to provide child care services or subsidies to
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| applicants employed under this Act;
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| (4) to provide workers' compensation coverage to | 2 |
| applicants
employed by government or non-profit agencies | 3 |
| under this Act;
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| (5) to provide job search assistance, labor market
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| orientation, job-seeking skills, and referrals for other | 6 |
| services;
or | 7 |
| (6) to purchase supplies and materials for projects
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| creating permanent improvements to public property in an | 9 |
| amount
not to exceed 1% of the funds appropriated.
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| The Employment Administrator of each service delivery area
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| shall submit to the Coordinator a spending plan establishing
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| that funds allocated to the service delivery area will be used
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| within one year after the effective date, in the manner | 14 |
| required by this Act.
Any funds allocated to a service delivery | 15 |
| area for which there
is no spending plan approved by the | 16 |
| Coordinator shall be returned to the Department
and may be | 17 |
| reallocated by the Coordinator to other Employment
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| Administrators.
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| Section 35. Employment Administrators; powers and
duties.
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| (a) The Employment Administrator
for each service delivery | 21 |
| area has the powers and duties given
in this Section and any | 22 |
| additional duties given by the
Coordinator.
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| (b) Each Employment Administrator
shall develop an | 24 |
| emergency employment development plan for its
service delivery | 25 |
| area under guidelines developed by the
Coordinator and submit |
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| it to the Coordinator within the period
allowed by the | 2 |
| Coordinator. To the extent feasible, the
Employment | 3 |
| Administrator shall seek input from potential
eligible | 4 |
| employers and the public.
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| (c) Each Employment Administrator shall
publicize the | 6 |
| program within its service delivery area to seek
maximum | 7 |
| participation by eligible job applicants and employers.
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| (d) Each Employment Administrator shall
enter into | 9 |
| contracts with eligible employers setting forth the
terms of | 10 |
| their participation in the program as required by
this Act.
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| (e) Each Employment Administrator shall screen job | 12 |
| applicants and employers to
achieve the best possible placement | 13 |
| of eligible job applicants
with eligible employers.
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| (f) Each
Employment Administrator shall maintain a list of | 15 |
| eligible job
applicants unable to secure employment under the | 16 |
| program at the
time of application. The list shall prioritize | 17 |
| eligible job
applicants and shall be used to fill jobs with | 18 |
| eligible
employers as they become available.
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| (g) Each Employment Administrator shall cooperate with
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| local educational and training institutions to coordinate and
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| publicize the availability of their resources to assure that
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| applicants may receive training needed before or while employed
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| in jobs which are available under the program.
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| (h) Each Employment Administrator may
disburse funds not to | 25 |
| exceed 1% of the amount allocated
to its service delivery area | 26 |
| for the purchase of supplies and
materials for projects |
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| creating permanent improvements to public
property.
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| Section 40. Duties of other agencies. | 3 |
| (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 4 |
| shall
publicize the Illinois Emergency Employment Development | 5 |
| program
and shall provide staff assistance as requested by | 6 |
| Employment Administrators in the screening of businesses and | 7 |
| the collection
of data to the extent feasible under its | 8 |
| existing budget and
staff complement.
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| (b) The Board of Higher Education and the Community College | 10 |
| Board
shall review their policies for
post-secondary | 11 |
| vocational education to ensure that the programs
serve the | 12 |
| training needs of economically disadvantaged persons.
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| Education programs shall attempt to provide training that will
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| help individuals to obtain and retain employment. The training
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| may include customized short-term training, basic skills
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| training, programs to develop work habits, and other services
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| designed for eligible job applicants and persons employed under
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| this Act. Examples of education programs include, but
are not | 19 |
| limited to, adult vocational programs, adult basic or
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| continuing education, area vocational-technical institutes,
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| colleges, secondary education programs, and private and
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| proprietary schools.
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| (c) The Secretary of Human Services shall provide to each | 24 |
| Employment Administrator
lists of currently licensed local day | 25 |
| care facilities, updated
quarterly, to be available to all |
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| persons employed under
this Act.
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| Section 45. Eligible government and non-profit
agency | 3 |
| employment.
A government or non-profit agency is an eligible | 4 |
| employer
with respect to temporary work relief projects that | 5 |
| are
determined by the Employment Administrator to have | 6 |
| long-term
benefit to or be needed by the community, including, | 7 |
| but not
limited to, jobs in permanent public improvement | 8 |
| projects,
residential or public building weatherization | 9 |
| projects,
reforestation projects, mine land reclamation | 10 |
| projects, tree planting
or trimming projects, soil | 11 |
| conservation projects, natural
resource development projects, | 12 |
| and community social service
programs such as child care and | 13 |
| home health care programs.
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| Section 50. Business employment. | 15 |
| (a) A business employer
is an eligible employer if it | 16 |
| enters into a written contract,
signed and subscribed to under | 17 |
| oath, with the Employment Administrator in its service delivery | 18 |
| area, containing
assurances that:
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| (1) funds received by the business shall be used only | 20 |
| as
permitted under this Act;
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| (2) the business has submitted a plan to the Employment
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| Administrator (i) describing the duties and proposed
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| compensation of each employee proposed to be hired under | 24 |
| the
program; and (ii) demonstrating that, with the funds |
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| provided
under this Act, the business is likely to succeed | 2 |
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continue to employ persons hired under the program;
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| (3) the business will use the funds exclusively for
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| compensation and fringe benefits of eligible job | 5 |
| applicants, and
the employees hired with the funds will | 6 |
| receive fringe
benefits and other terms and conditions of | 7 |
| employment comparable
to those provided to other employees | 8 |
| of the business who do
comparable work;
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| (4) the funds are necessary to allow the business to | 10 |
| begin,
or to employ additional people, but will not be used | 11 |
| to fill positions that
would be filled even in the absence | 12 |
| of funds from this program;
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| (5) the business will cooperate with the Coordinator | 14 |
| and
the Employment Administrator in collecting data to | 15 |
| assess the
results of the program; and
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| (6) the business is in compliance with all applicable
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| affirmative action, fair labor, health, safety, and
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| environmental standards.
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| (b) In allocating funds among eligible
businesses, the | 20 |
| Employment Administrator shall give priority to
businesses | 21 |
| which best satisfy the following criteria:
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| (1) have a high potential for growth and long-term job
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| creation;
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| (2) are labor intensive; | 25 |
| (3) meet the definition of a small business as defined | 26 |
| in
Section 5 of the Small Business Advisory Act;
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| (4) make high use of local and Illinois resources; | 2 |
| (5) are under ownership of women and minorities; | 3 |
| (6) make high use of new technology; | 4 |
| (7) produce energy conserving materials or services or | 5 |
| are
involved in development of renewable sources of energy; | 6 |
| and
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| (8) have their primary place of business in Illinois. | 8 |
| (c) A business receiving funds under this
program shall | 9 |
| repay 70% of the amount received
for each eligible job | 10 |
| applicant employed, who does
not continue in the employment of | 11 |
| the business beyond the
6-month subsidized period. If the | 12 |
| employee continues in the
employment of the business for one | 13 |
| year or longer after the
6-month subsidized period, the | 14 |
| business need not repay any of
the funds received for that | 15 |
| employee's wages and fringe benefits. If the employee
continues | 16 |
| in the employment of the business for a period of less
than one | 17 |
| year after the expiration of the 6-month subsidized
period, the | 18 |
| business shall receive a proportional reduction in
the amount | 19 |
| it must repay. If an employer dismisses an employee
for good | 20 |
| cause and works in good faith with the Employment Administrator | 21 |
| to employ and train another person referred by the
Employment | 22 |
| Administrator, the payback formula shall apply as if
the | 23 |
| original person had continued in employment.
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| A repayment schedule shall be negotiated and agreed to by
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| the Employment Administrator and the business prior to the
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| disbursement of the funds and is subject to renegotiation. The
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| Employment Administrator shall forward payments received under
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| this subdivision to the Coordinator on a monthly basis. The
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| Coordinator shall deposit these payments into the Illinois
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| Emergency Employment Development Fund.
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| Section 55. Illinois Emergency Employment Development | 6 |
| Fund. The Illinois Emergency Employment Development Fund
is | 7 |
| created as a special fund in the State treasury. All payments | 8 |
| from businesses
pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 50 shall | 9 |
| be deposited into this Fund,
and all amounts in the Fund shall | 10 |
| be appropriated to the
Department for the purpose of making
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| disbursements pursuant to Section 20.
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| Section 60. Worker displacement prohibited. | 13 |
| (a) An eligible
employer may not terminate, lay off, or | 14 |
| reduce the working hours
of an employee for the purpose of | 15 |
| hiring an individual with
funds available under this Act.
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| (b) An eligible employer may
not hire an individual with | 17 |
| funds available under this Act if any other person is on layoff | 18 |
| from the same or a
substantially equivalent job.
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| (c) In order to qualify as
an eligible employer, a | 20 |
| government or non-profit agency or
business must certify to the | 21 |
| Employment Administrator that each
job created and funded under | 22 |
| this Act:
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| (1) will result in an increase in employment | 24 |
| opportunities
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| (2) will not result in the displacement of currently
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| employed workers, including partial displacement such as
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| reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or | 5 |
| employment
benefits; and
| 6 |
| (3) will not impair existing contracts for service or
| 7 |
| result in the substitution of program funds for other funds | 8 |
| in
connection with work that would otherwise be performed.
| 9 |
| Section 65. Work incentive demonstration project. | 10 |
| (a) In order to
maximize the opportunity for recipients of | 11 |
| aid to families with
dependent children to take full advantage | 12 |
| of the jobs created by
this Act, the Secretary of Human | 13 |
| Services shall
inform each applicant or recipient of benefits | 14 |
| of the availability of this
program. | 15 |
| (b) The
Secretary of Human Services shall make changes in | 16 |
| the State plan and rules, or
seek any waivers or demonstration | 17 |
| authority necessary to
minimize the barriers to participation | 18 |
| in the programs or to
employment. Changes shall be sought in | 19 |
| the following areas,
including, but not limited to, allowances, | 20 |
| child care, work
expenses, the amount and duration of earning | 21 |
| incentives, medical
care coverage, limitations on the hours of | 22 |
| employment, and the
diversion of payments to wage subsidies. | 23 |
| The Secretary of Human Services shall
implement each change as | 24 |
| soon as possible.
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| (c) Participants shall receive
medical assistance and |
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| other benefits provided under the aid to
families with | 2 |
| dependent children program according to the
applicable | 3 |
| standards and any authority granted by the Department
of Health | 4 |
| and Human Services.
| 5 |
| (d) The Secretary of Human Services and the Director of | 6 |
| Health and Human Services may
adopt rules, including temporary | 7 |
| rules, for the implementation
of this Section. | 8 |
| Section 75. Termination; notification. | 9 |
| The Director shall immediately
terminate the Illinois | 10 |
| Emergency Employment Development program
if and when none of | 11 |
| the money appropriated remains. The Director shall
immediately | 12 |
| notify the Secretary of Human Services of the
program's | 13 |
| termination. The Secretary of Human Services shall
immediately | 14 |
| notify each local agency referring recipients of the program's | 15 |
| termination and require
the local agency to cease transferring | 16 |
| recipients.
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| On the date the program is terminated, any balance
| 18 |
| remaining in the Illinois Emergency Employment Development
| 19 |
| Fund shall revert
to the General Revenue Fund. Repayments under | 20 |
| Section 50(c) that are made into the Fund on or after that date | 21 |
| shall be deposited in
the General Revenue Fund.
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| Section 80. Unemployed and underemployed; employment by | 23 |
| State
and other governmental units.
| 24 |
| (a) The State of Illinois, its departments,
agencies and |
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| instrumentalities, and any unit of local government,
school | 2 |
| district or other body corporate and politic, may employ
| 3 |
| unemployed and underemployed persons as defined in the federal
| 4 |
| Emergency Employment Act of 1971, as amended, and Comprehensive
| 5 |
| Employment and Training Act of 1973, as amended, and eligible
| 6 |
| job applicants under this Act pursuant to the terms of
those | 7 |
| Acts.
| 8 |
| (b) The provisions of Illinois law relating to preference | 9 |
| in employment and promotion of
persons having served in the | 10 |
| armed services, the provisions of
any law, rule or regulation, | 11 |
| the provisions of any city charter
or any ordinance or | 12 |
| resolution, or the provisions of any other
law or statute in | 13 |
| conflict with the provisions of the federal
Emergency | 14 |
| Employment Act of 1971, as amended, and Comprehensive
| 15 |
| Employment and Training Act of 1973, as amended, and eligible
| 16 |
| job applicants under this Act shall not be applicable to
the | 17 |
| employment of the persons specified in subsection (a) of this | 18 |
| Section.
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| Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 20 |
| Section 5.755 as follows: | 21 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.755 new) | 22 |
| Sec. 5.755. The Illinois Emergency Employment Development | 23 |
| Fund.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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