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90_HB1478
20 ILCS 655/5.6 new
Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that
the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall not
approve any new enterprise zones after the effective date of
this amendatory Act until it undertakes a detailed policy
review of the entire Illinois enterprise zone program.
Requires completion of the review by December 1, 1997.
Authorizes the Department to hold public hearings, initiate
investigations, subpoena witnesses and documents, and
allocate necessary staff and resources as part of this policy
review. Requires other State agencies to cooperate with the
Department in this policy review. Requires the Department to
publish a final report summarizing its findings and
recommendations. Requires distribution of copies of the
report to the Governor and members of the General Assembly.
Requires that copies shall also be available to the public.
Provides that within 3 months following the publication of
the report, the Department shall promulgate proposed rules
implementing, to the greatest extent possible under current
law, the report's recommendations. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act by
2 adding Section 5.6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by
6 adding Section 5.6 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 655/5.6 new)
8 Sec. 5.6. Policy review. The Department shall not
9 approve any new enterprise zone after the effective date of
10 this amendatory Act of 1997 until the process of policy
11 review mandated by this Section has been completed. The
12 General Assembly finds that, since the enactment of the
13 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, the objectives and goals of
14 enterprise zone creation have become unclear. The Department
15 is therefore directed to undertake a thorough policy review
16 of the Illinois enterprise zone program, to be completed no
17 later than December 1, 1997. In accomplishing this policy
18 review, the Department is authorized to conduct public
19 hearings, initiate investigations, subpoena witnesses and
20 documents, and allocate necessary staff and other resources
21 of the Department. All other State agencies shall fully
22 cooperate with the Department's policy review, and provide
23 the Department with all requested assistance.
24 The Department's policy review shall include the
25 publication of a final report summarizing the Department's
26 findings and recommendations. The contents of this report
27 shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
28 (a) The types of long-term economic and social
29 benefits, if any, that have occurred as the result of the
30 creation of enterprise zones.
31 (b) The effect that the creation of enterprise
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1 zones has had on the tax base of the affected localities.
2 (c) The adverse effects, if any, that have resulted
3 from the relaxation of State regulations under Sections 9
4 and 9.1 of this Act.
5 (d) The specific benefits and costs that result
6 from creating enterprise zones in different regions of
7 the State, including large urban areas, suburban areas,
8 rural areas, middle and small-sized cities, and areas
9 with high concentrations of poverty or underemployment.
10 (e) The optimal scope of the enterprise zone
11 program, in terms of the appropriate number of enterprise
12 zones, the population and geographical area encompassed
13 within enterprise zones, and the appropriate allocation
14 of enterprise zones between the different regions of the
15 State listed in paragraph (d).
16 (f) Recommended statutory language needed to
17 implement the recommendations of the final report.
18 The Department shall distribute copies of its final
19 report to the Governor and each member of the General
20 Assembly, and shall make copies available to the public.
21 Within 3 months following publication of the report, the
22 Department shall promulgate proposed rules implementing, to
23 the greatest extent possible under the current law, the
24 report's recommendations.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.