(70 ILCS 535/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 7452)
Sec. 2.
Findings.
The General Assembly hereby determines and declares:
(a) That labor surplus areas currently exist in the Will County and
Kankakee County area;
(b) That the economic burdens resulting from involuntary unemployment
fall in part upon the State in the form of increased need for
public assistance and reduced tax revenues and, in the event that the
unemployed worker and his family migrate elsewhere to find work, may also
fall upon the municipalities and other taxing districts within the areas of
unemployment in the form of reduced tax revenues, thereby endangering their
financial ability to support necessary governmental services for their
remaining inhabitants;
(c) That the State has a responsibility to help create a favorable
climate for new and improved job opportunities for its citizens by
encouraging the development of commercial and service businesses and
industrial and manufacturing plants within the Will County and Kankakee
County area;
(d) That in order to foster civic and neighborhood pride, citizens
require access to educational institutions, recreation, parks and open
spaces, entertainment and sports, a reliable transportation network,
cultural facilities and theaters;
(e) That the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial,
commercial, service, transportation and recreational activities
and facilities, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment and
enhancing the public health, safety, morals, happiness and general welfare
of this State.
(Source: P.A. 86-1481.)
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