103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3144

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Mark L. Walker

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new

    Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a Local Chamber of Commerce Business Program for the purpose of providing grants to certified local chambers of commerce. Provides that grant moneys may be used to market and develop the service area of the chamber of commerce for the purpose of generating local, county, and State business taxes and to provide small businesses with professional development, business guidance, and best practices for sustainability. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
6is amended by adding Section 605-1110 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new)
8    Sec. 605-1110. Local Chamber of Commerce Business Program.
9The Department shall establish a Local Chamber of Commerce
10Business Program for the purpose of providing grants to
11certified local chambers of commerce. Grant moneys may be used
12to market and develop the service area of the chamber of
13commerce for the purposes of generating local, county, and
14State business taxes and to provide small businesses with
15professional development, business guidance, and best
16practices for sustainability. No single chamber of commerce
17shall receive grant funds under this program in excess of
18$50,000 in any State fiscal year.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.