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90_HB3231
20 ILCS 605/46.75 new
20 ILCS 700/2003 from Ch. 127, par. 3702-3
20 ILCS 801/1-15
30 ILCS 105/5.480 new
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the
Technology Advancement and Development Act, the Department of
Natural Resources Act, and the State Finance Act. Permits
the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to receive
funds to be expended for programs assisting public aid
recipients, economically disadvantaged and other youth, and
other eligible individuals in obtaining employment skills and
employment. Creates the necessary special fund in the State
treasury. Renames the Governor's Science Advisory Committee
as the Illinois Science and Technology Advisory Committee.
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 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by adding Section 46.75 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 605/46.75 new)
7 Sec. 46.75. Federal Workforce Development Fund.
8 (a) The Department may accept gifts, grants, awards,
9 matching contributions, interest income, appropriations, and
10 cost sharings from individuals, businesses, governments, and
11 other third-party sources, on terms that the Director deems
12 advisable, for any or all of the following purposes:
13 (1) to assist welfare recipients, including
14 recipients under the Temporary Assistance to Needy
15 Families (TANF) program, to obtain and retain employment
16 and become economically self-sufficient;
17 (2) to assist economically disadvantaged and other
18 youth to make a successful transition from school to
19 work; and
20 (3) to assist other individuals targeted for
21 services through federal education, training, and
22 workforce development programs to obtain
23 employment-related skills and obtain employment.
24 (b) The Federal Workforce Development Fund is created as
25 a special fund in the State treasury, and all moneys received
26 under this Section shall be deposited into that Fund. Moneys
27 in the Federal Workforce Development Fund may be expended for
28 purposes consistent with the conditions under which those
29 moneys are received, subject to appropriations made by the
30 General Assembly for those purposes.
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1 Section 10. The Technology Advancement and Development
2 Act is amended by changing Section 2003 as follows:
3 (20 ILCS 700/2003) (from Ch. 127, par. 3702-3)
4 Sec. 2003. Grant evaluation and amounts.
5 (a) The Department shall evaluate grant applications
6 based upon criteria provided under this Section. The
7 Department shall not award any Challenge Grant that is not
8 recommended for funding by the Illinois Governor's Science
9 and Technology Advisory Committee or associated private
10 sector coalition. In determining which grant applicants
11 shall be awarded a Challenge Grant, the Department shall
12 conduct an evaluation of prior compliance with loan or grant
13 agreements for any grant applicant previously funded by the
14 Department. In addition, the Department shall consider the
15 following criteria in determining grant awards: the
16 relationship of a proposed advanced technology project to the
17 State's future economic growth; the qualifications and
18 expertise of consultants, firms or organizations undertaking
19 the effort; the potential for leveraging federal or private
20 research dollars, or both, for the initiative; the extent of
21 the capacity of the applicant or the applicant partnership or
22 consortium to finance the initiative; the potential for
23 adapting, commercializing or adopting the results of the
24 applicant's project for the economic benefit of the State;
25 and the likelihood that the project has a potential for
26 creating new jobs or retaining current jobs in the State.
27 (b) The Director of the Department shall determine the
28 level of the grant award and shall determine the share of
29 total directly attributable costs of an advanced technology
30 project which may be considered for funding under this
31 Article.
32 (c) The Department and the Department of Natural
33 Resources are hereby authorized to cooperate with and provide
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1 support to the Illinois Governor's Science and Technology
2 Advisory Committee and its associated private sector
3 coalition. Such support may include the provision of office
4 space and may be technical, advisory or operational in
5 nature.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
7 Section 15. The Department of Natural Resources Act is
8 amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
9 (20 ILCS 801/1-15)
10 Sec. 1-15. General powers and duties.
11 (a) It shall be the duty of the Department to
12 investigate practical problems, implement studies, conduct
13 research and provide assistance, information and data
14 relating to the technology and administration of the natural
15 history, entomology, zoology, and botany of this State; the
16 geology and natural resources of this State; the water and
17 atmospheric resources of this State; and the archeological
18 and cultural history of this State.
19 (b) The Department shall obtain, store, and process
20 relevant data; recommend technological, administrative, and
21 legislative changes and developments; cooperate with other
22 federal, state, and local governmental research agencies,
23 facilities, or institutes in the selection of projects for
24 study; cooperate with the Board of Higher Education and with
25 the public and private colleges and universities in this
26 State in developing relevant interdisciplinary approaches to
27 problems; evaluate curricula at all levels of education and
28 provide assistance to instructors; and sponsor an annual
29 conference of leaders in government, industry, health, and
30 education to evaluate the state of this State's environment
31 and natural resources.
32 (c) The Director, in accordance with the Personnel Code,
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1 shall employ such personnel, provide such facilities, and
2 contract for such outside services as may be necessary to
3 carry out the purposes of the Department. Maximum use shall
4 be made of existing federal and state agencies, facilities,
5 and personnel in conducting research under this Act.
6 (d) In addition to its other powers, the Department has
7 the following powers:
8 (1) To obtain, store, process, and provide data and
9 information related to the powers and duties of the
10 Department under this Act. This subdivision (d)(1) does
11 not give authority to the Department to require reports
12 from nongovernmental sources or entities.
13 (2) To cooperate with and support the Illinois
14 Governor's Science and Technology Advisory Committee and
15 the Illinois Coalition for the purpose of facilitating
16 the effective operations and activities of such entities.
17 Support may include, but need not be limited to,
18 providing space for the operations of the Committee and
19 the Illinois Coalition.
20 (e) The Department is authorized to make grants to local
21 not-for-profit organizations for the purposes of development,
22 maintenance and study of wetland areas.
23 (f) The Department has the authority to accept, receive
24 and administer on behalf of the State any gifts, bequests,
25 donations, income from property rental and endowments. Any
26 such funds received by the Department shall be deposited into
27 the Natural Resources Fund, a special fund which is hereby
28 created in the State treasury, and used for the purposes of
29 this Act or, when appropriate, for such purposes and under
30 such restrictions, terms and conditions as are predetermined
31 by the donor or grantor of such funds or property. Any
32 accrued interest from money deposited into the Natural
33 Resources Fund shall be reinvested into the Fund and used in
34 the same manner as the principal. The Director shall maintain
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1 records which account for and assure that restricted funds or
2 property are disbursed or used pursuant to the restrictions,
3 terms or conditions of the donor.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
5 Section 20. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
6 Section 5.480 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 105/5.480 new)
8 Sec. 5.480. The Federal Workforce Development Fund.
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.