$HB2666 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

ARTICLE 1

OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

Section 5. In addition to other amounts appropriated, the amount of $9,841,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for operational expenses, awards, grants and permanent improvements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, including prior year costs.

Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

Payable from the Tourism Promotion Fund:

For ordinary and contingent expenses associated

with general administration, grants and

including prior year costs................... 11,000,000

Payable from the Intra-Agency Services Fund:

For overhead costs related to federal

programs, including prior year costs......... 19,209,200

Payable from the Build Illinois Bond Fund:

For ordinary and contingent expenses associated

with the administration of the capital program,

including prior year costs.................... 5,000,000

Section 15. The sum of $18,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity from the Cannabis Business Development Fund for administrative costs, awards, loans and grants Pursuant to Section 7-10 and Section 7-15 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.

Section 20. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF TOURISM

OPERATIONS

Payable from the Tourism Promotion Fund:

For administrative expenses and grants

for the tourism program, including

prior year costs.............................. 4,088,000

For administrative and grant expenses

with advertising and promoting Illinois

Tourism in domestic and international

markets, including prior year costs......... 25,000,000

For Municipal Convention Center and

Sports Facility Attraction Grants

Pursuant to 20 ILCS 665/8b.................... 1,800,000

Total $30,888,000

Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF TOURISM

GRANTS

Payable from the International Tourism Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative Expenses

Associated with the International Tourism Program

Pursuant to 20 ILCS 605/605-707, including prior

year costs.................................... 4,000,000

Payable from the Tourism Promotion Fund:

For the Tourism Attraction Development

Grant Program Pursuant to 20 ILCS 665/8a...... 1,800,000

For Purposes Pursuant to the Illinois

Promotion Act, 20 ILCS 665/4a-1 to

Match Funds from Sources in the Private

Sector.......................................... 600,000

For the Tourism Matching Grant Program

Pursuant to 20 ILCS 665/8-1 for

Counties under 1,000,000...................... 1,250,000

For the Tourism Matching Grant Program

Pursuant to 20 ILCS 665/8-1 for

Counties over 1,000,000......................... 750,000

Total $4,400,000

Payable from Local Tourism Fund:

For Choose Chicago............................. 3,967,000

For grants to Convention and Tourism Bureaus

Bureaus Outside of Chicago................... 18,073,000

For grants, contracts, and administrative

expenses associated with the

Local Tourism and Convention Bureau

Program pursuant to 20 ILCS 605/605-705

including prior year costs...................... 550,000

Total $22,590,000

The Department, with the consent in writing from the Governor, may reapportion not more than ten percent of the total appropriation of Tourism Promotion Fund, in Section 25, among the various purposes therein recommended.

Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

GRANTS

Payable from the Federal Workforce Training Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Associated with the Workforce

Innovation and Opportunity Act and other

Workforce training programs, including refunds

and prior year costs........................ 315,000,000

Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

GRANTS

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For grants, contracts, and administrative

expenses associated with the Illinois

Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation

and Technology, including prior year costs.... 1,500,000

For grants, contracts, and administrative

expenses associated with DCEO

Technology-Based Programs, including

prior year costs.............................. 2,500,000

Total $4,000,000

Payable from the Small Business Environmental

Assistance Fund:

For grants and administrative expenses of the

Small Business Environmental Assistance Program,

including prior year costs...................... 500,000

Payable from the Workforce, Technology,

and Economic Development Fund:

For Grants, Contracts, and Administrative

Expenses Pursuant to 20 ILCS 605/

605-420, including prior year costs........... 2,000,000

Payable from the Commerce and Community Affairs

Assistance Fund:

For grants, contracts and administrative

expenses of the Procurement Technical

Assistance Center Program, including

prior year costs.............................. 1,000,000

For Grants, Contracts, and Administrative

Expenses Pursuant to 20 ILCS 605/

605-500, including prior year costs.......... 15,000,000

For Grants, Contracts, and Administrative

Expenses Pursuant to 20 ILCS 605/605-30,

including prior year costs ................... 3,000,000

Total $19,000,000

Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

OPERATIONS

Payable from South Suburban Brownfields

Redevelopment Fund:

For grants, contracts and administrative

expenses of the South Suburban

Brownfields Redevelopment Program............. 4,000,000

Payable from Economic Research and

Information Fund:

For Purposes Set Forth in

Section 605-20 of the Civil

Administrative Code of Illinois

(20 ILCS 605/605-20)............................ 150,000

Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For the purpose of Grants, Contracts,

and Administrative Expenses associated

with DCEO Job Training Programs, including

prior year costs.............................. 3,000,000

For a grant associated with Job training

to the Chicago Federation of Labor,

including prior year costs.................... 1,500,000

For a grant associated with Job training

to the Chicagoland Regional College Program,

including prior year costs.................... 1,955,000

For a grant associated with job training

to HACIA...................................... 3,200,000

For a grant associated with job training

to Richland Community College................. 1,500,000

For a grant to the Joliet Arsenal

Development Authority, including prior

year costs...................................... 500,000

For a grant associated with the Workforce

Hub Program to United Way of Metropolitan

Chicago....................................... 1,000,000

For grants to Intersect Illinois for

economic development.......................... 3,000,000

For a grant associated with job training to

the Black Chambers of Commerce................ 1,500,000

For a grant to the Metro East Business

Incubator Inc................................... 100,000

For grants and contingent costs

associated with business development

including prior year costs.................... 1,956,300

Total $19,211,300

Payable from the State Small Business Credit

Initiative Fund:

For the Purpose of Contracts, Grants,

Loans, Investments and Administrative

Expenses in Accordance with the State

Small Business Credit Initiative Program,

and other business development programs,

including prior year costs................... 30,000,000

Payable from the Illinois Capital Revolving Loan Fund:

For the Purpose of Contracts, Grants,

Loans, Investments and Administrative

Expenses in Accordance with the Provisions

Of the Small Business Development Act

Pursuant to 30 ILCS 750/9, including

prior year costs.............................. 2,000,000

Payable from the Illinois Equity Fund:

For the purpose of Grants, Loans, and

Investments in Accordance with the

Provisions of the Small Business

Development Act................................. 300,000

Payable from the Large Business Attraction Fund:

For the purpose of Grants, Loans,

Investments, and Administrative

Expenses in Accordance with Article

10 of the Build Illinois Act.................... 500,000

Payable from the Public Infrastructure Construction

Loan Revolving Fund:

For the Purpose of Grants, Loans,

Investments, and Administrative

Expenses in Accordance with Article 8

of the Build Illinois Act..................... 2,250,000

Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

ILLINOIS FILM OFFICE

Payable from the Tourism Promotion Fund:

For Administrative Expenses, Grants,

and Contracts Associated with

Advertising and Promotion, including

prior year costs.............................. 1,390,000

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For all costs associated with the Northwest

Illinois Film Office for the development

of a Quad Cities Regional Film Office........... 100,000

Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT

OPERATIONS

Payable from the International Tourism Fund:

For Grants, Contracts, and Administrative

Expenses associated with the Illinois Office

of Trade and Investment, including

prior year costs.............................. 1,575,000

Payable from the International and Promotional Fund:

For Grants, Contracts, Administrative

Expenses, and Refunds Pursuant to

20 ILCS 605/605-25, including

prior year costs................................ 300,000

Payable from the Tourism Promotion Fund:

For Grants, Contracts, and Administrative

Expenses associated with the Illinois Office

of Trade and Investment, including

prior year costs.............................. 2,747,000

Section 60. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND ENERGY ASSISTANCE

GRANTS

Payable from Supplemental Low-Income Energy

Assistance Fund:

For Grants and Administrative Expenses

Pursuant to Section 13 of the Energy

Assistance Act of 1989, as Amended,

including refunds and prior year costs...... 165,000,000

Payable from Energy Administration Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses associated with DCEO Weatherization

Programs, including refunds and prior

year costs................................... 50,000,000

Payable from Low Income Home Energy

Assistance Block Grant Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses associated with the Low Income Home

Energy Assistance Act of 1981, including

refunds and prior year costs................ 385,000,000

Payable from the Community Services Block Grant Fund:

For Administrative Expenses and Grants to

Eligible Recipients as Defined in the

Community Services Block Grant Act, including

refunds and prior year costs................ 118,000,000

Section 65. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

For Grants to Local Units of Government

or Other Eligible Recipients and for contracts

and administrative expenses, as Defined in

the Community Development Act of 1974, or by

U.S. HUD Notice approving Supplemental allocation

For the Illinois CDBG Program, including refunds

and prior year costs........................ 100,000,000

For Administrative and Grant Expenses Relating

to Training, Technical Assistance and

Administration of the Community Development

Assistance Programs, and for Grants to Local

Units of Government or Other Eligible

Recipients as Defined in the Community

Development Act of 1974, as amended,

for Illinois Cities with populations

under 50,000, including refunds,

and prior year costs........................ 231,000,000

Section 70. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For a grant to the DuPage Special

Recreation Association.......................... 244,400

For a grant to the AllenForce-Veterans

Initiative for assistance to veterans........... 100,000

For costs associated with the

Education and Work Center in Hanover Park....... 225,000

For a grant to the Veterans Assistance

Commission of Will County for

Programmatic expenses........................... 130,000

Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund:

For a grant to the Rural Affairs

Institute at Western Illinois University

for Ordinary and Contingent Expenses............ 160,000

Section 75. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF BROADBAND

Payable from the General Revenue Fund for the

ordinary and contingent expenses associated

with the administration of the broadband program,

including prior year costs.................... 1,000,000

Payable from the Digital Divide Elimination Fund for

grants, contingent expenses, and prior year

costs associated with the Broadband

Deployment Program’s Digital Literacy,

Adoption and Equity Program..................... 500,000

Payable from the Community Affairs

Assistance Fund for grants,

contingent expenses, and expenditures for

Federal broadband awards..................... 25,000,000

Section 80. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for ordinary and contingent expenses associated with the Illinois Works Jobs Program Act 30 ILCS 559/20, including prior year costs.

Section 85. The sum of $570,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the DCEO Projects Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity from federal funds received pursuant to Section 501 of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021, for operational expenses, grants and expenditures related to providing financial assistance and housing stability services to eligible households in accordance with Section 501 of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as amended at any time, and any related federal guidance.

Section 90. The sum of $103,610,285, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2021, from an appropriation heretofore made for such purpose in Article 30, Section 5 of Public Act 101-0637, as amended, is reappropriated from the Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for use in the administration and payment of COVID-19-related grants and expense reimbursement to units of local government, including, but not limited to, local certified public health departments, to cover any costs eligible for payment from federal Coronavirus Relief Fund moneys in accordance with Section 5001 of the federal CARES Act and any related federal guidance, including necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Section 99. Effective Date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2021.