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State Government Administration Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on May 04, 2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1354
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1354 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-215 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-215 new) |
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| Sec. 605-215. Interagency Military Base Support and |
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| Economic Development Committee. |
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| (a) To coordinate the State's activities on and to act as a |
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| communications center for issues relating to current and former |
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| military bases in the State, the Interagency Military Base |
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| Support and Economic Development Committee is created as an |
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| entity within the Department. |
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| (b) The Committee shall be composed of the following 6 ex |
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| officio members or their designees: the Director of Commerce |
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| and Economic Opportunity, the Secretary of Transportation, the |
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| Director of Natural Resources, the Director of the |
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| Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of Revenue, and |
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| the Adjutant General of the Department of Military Affairs. In |
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| addition, 4 members of the General Assembly shall be appointed, |
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| one each appointed by the President of the Senate, the Senate |
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| Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, |
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| and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. The |
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| chair of the committee, in consultation with the full |
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| Committee, shall appoint 8 public members to serve as |
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| representatives from the counties, or adjoining counties, of a |
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| current or former military base site as necessary to carry out |
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| the work of the Commission. |
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| (c) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall |
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| serve as chair of the Committee, and shall oversee the |
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| administration of the Committee and its functions. Expenses |
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| necessary to carry out the function of the Committee shall be |
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| shared among the agencies represented on the Committee pursuant |
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| to an interagency agreement and from funds appropriated for |
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| this purpose or from existing funds within the budgets of those |
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| agencies. General Assembly appointees shall serve for the |
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| duration of the General Assembly in which the appointee is |
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| appointed, but the appointee's term shall expire if the |
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| appointee no longer remains a member of that General Assembly. |
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| The Committee shall meet not less than quarterly. |
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| (d) Each member of the Committee must request reimbursement |
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| from his or her individual agency for actual and necessary |
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| expenses incurred while performing his or her duties as a |
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| member of the Committee. Public members shall be reimbursed |
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| from funds appropriated to the Department for that purpose. |
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| (e) The Committee shall provide advice and recommendations |
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| to the Department on the following: |
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| (1) The formation of a strategic plan for State and |
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| local military base retention, realignment, and reuse |
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| efforts. |
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| (2) The issues impacting current and former military |
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| bases in the State, including infrastructure requirements, |
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| environmental impact issues, military force structure |
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| possibilities, tax implications, property considerations, |
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| and other issues requiring State agency coordination and |
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| support. |
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| (3) The status of community involvement and |
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| participation in retention, realignment, and reuse efforts |
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| and the community support for economic development before |
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| and after a military base closing. |
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| (4) The State's retention, realignment, and reuse |
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| advocacy efforts on the federal level. |
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| (5) The development of impact studies concerning the |
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| closing of a base on the community, housing, the economy, |
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| schools, and other public and private entities, including |
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| additional economic development ideas to minimize the |
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| impact in the event of the base closing. |
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| (6) The development of future economic expansion plans |
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| for areas that are subject to closure or realignment.
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| (f) The Committee, in cooperation with the Department, |
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| shall keep the Governor and General Assembly informed |
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| concerning the progress of military base retention, |
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| realignment, reuse, and economic development efforts in the |
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| State. |
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| (g) The Committee shall serve as the central information |
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| clearinghouse for all military base reuse, retention, and |
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| realignment activities. This shall include: (i) serving as a |
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| liaison between the State and community organizations that |
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| support the long-term viability of military bases; (ii) |
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| communicating with the State's congressional delegation; and |
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| (iii) generally coordinating with the public, governmental |
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| bodies, and officials in communicating about the future of |
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| military bases in the State.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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