102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3331
 
Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Jeff Keicher
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

     Creates the Brownfields Investigation and Cleanup Grants Act. Creates the Brownfields Investigation and Cleanup Grants Program to award competitive grants and loans for assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites to promote their redevelopment and reuse and to create jobs at the brownfield sites. Provides that the Program shall be staffed and supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency.  Requires the Agency to adopt rules to govern the operation of the Program. Provides that the Program shall be funded using moneys appropriated by the United States federal government to Illinois for economic development related to COVID-19 relief. Contains other provisions.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Brownfields Investigation and Cleanup Grants Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
8    "Program" means the Brownfields Investigation and Cleanup 
9Grants Program.

 
10    Section 10. Brownfields Investigation and Cleanup Grants 
11Program. The Brownfields Investigation and Cleanup Grants 
12Program is created. The Program shall be used to award 
13competitive grants and loans for assessment and cleanup of 
14brownfield sites to promote their redevelopment, their reuse, 
15and the creation of jobs at the brownfield sites. The grants 
16and loans may be paid directly to applicants or may be used as 
17secondary funding through community redevelopment entities.
 
18    Section 15. Supervisory agency. The Program shall be 
19staffed and supervised by the Agency.  The Agency shall adopt 
20rules to govern the operation of the Program.
 
 
 
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1    Section 20. Funding; federal COVID-19 relief.  The Program 
2shall be funded using moneys appropriated by the United States 
3federal government to Illinois for economic development 
4related to COVID-19 relief.
 
5    Section 25. Beneficiaries. The Agency, at its discretion, 
6may mandate that some or all of the beneficiaries of funding 
7provided under this Act be entities that adhere to the 
8Prevailing Wage Act.