95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1733

 

Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Keith P. Sommer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3948/25
20 ILCS 3948/50
20 ILCS 3948/45 rep.
20 ILCS 3948/55 rep.

    Amends the Illinois Global Partnership Act. Removes the Partnership's (i) authority over and responsibility for the marketing and representation of the State's agribusiness and (ii) authority to share Department of Agriculture employees.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Illinois Global Partnership Act is amended
5 by changing Sections 25 and 50 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3948/25)
7     Sec. 25. Powers of IGP. IGP has the power to:
8         (1) Host monthly leadership forums to give small groups
9     of top business leaders the ability to interact with top
10     federal, State, and local governmental officials.
11         (2) Manage trips to Washington, D.C., for key business
12     leaders, giving this group exposure to top policy makers in
13     the federal administration and Congress.
14         (3) Manage trips to the State for members of Congress
15     and their staffs, giving this group exposure to Illinois
16     businesses, research facilities, and other statewide
17     highlights.
18         (4) Host monthly trade missions from international
19     companies, introducing these influential travelers to key
20     leaders at Illinois businesses for the expressed purpose of
21     building partnerships with suppliers and customers.
22         (5) Manage trips to other states and foreign countries
23     for Illinois business leaders to give them and their

 

 

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1     respective companies exposure to new and expanding
2     markets.
3         (6) Manage meetings with prospective partners to
4     discuss products, markets, pricing, and other elements of
5     the transaction.
6         (7) Attract international participation in high
7     profile Illinois projects.
8         (8) Make recommendations to the Governor and the
9     members of the General Assembly concerning the role the
10     State performs in international business development.
11         (9) Assist Illinois businesses to engage in, expand,
12     and increase foreign trade.
13         (10) Establish or co-sponsor mentoring conferences,
14     using experienced manufacturing exporters, to explain and
15     provide information to prospective export manufacturers
16     and businesses concerning the process of exporting to both
17     domestic and international opportunities.
18         (11) Provide technical assistance to prospective
19     export manufacturers and businesses seeking to establish
20     domestic and international export opportunities.
21         (12) Coordinate with the Department of Commerce and
22     Economic Opportunity's Small Business Development Centers
23     to link buyers with prospective export manufacturers and
24     businesses.
25         (13) Promote, both domestically and abroad, products
26     made in Illinois in order to inform consumers and buyers of

 

 

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1     their high quality standards and craftsmanship.
2         (14) Develop an electronic data base to compile
3     information on international trade and investment
4     activities in Illinois companies, provide access to
5     research and business opportunities through external data
6     bases, and connect this data base through international
7     communication systems with appropriate domestic and
8     worldwide networks users.
9         (15) Collect and distribute to foreign commercial
10     libraries directories, catalogs, brochures, and other
11     information of value to foreign businesses considering
12     doing business in this State.
13         (16) Establish an export finance awareness program to
14     provide information to banking organizations about methods
15     used by banks to provide financing for businesses engaged
16     in exporting and about other State and federal programs to
17     promote and expedite export financing.
18         (17) Undertake a survey of Illinois' businesses to
19     identify exportable products and the businesses interested
20     in exporting.
21         (18) In cooperation with the Department of
22     Agriculture, (i) provide assistance to those manufacturing
23     and service companies that desire to export agricultural
24     machinery, implements, equipment, other manufactured
25     products, and professional services; (ii) encourage
26     Illinois companies to initiate exporting or increase their

 

 

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1     export sales of agricultural and manufactured products;
2     (iii) cooperate with agencies and instrumentalities of the
3     federal government in trade development activities in
4     overseas markets; (iv) conduct the necessary research
5     within Illinois and in overseas markets in order to assist
6     exporting companies; (v) promote the State of Illinois as a
7     source of agricultural and manufactured products through
8     information and promotion campaigns overseas; and (vi)
9     conduct an information program for foreign buyers of
10     Illinois agricultural and manufactured products.
11         (19) In cooperation with the Department of
12     Agriculture, establish overseas offices for (i) the
13     promotion of the export of Illinois agricultural and
14     manufactured products; (ii) representation of Illinois
15     seaports; (iii) economic development; and (iv) tourism
16     promotion and services.
17         (20) Charge fees for and recover the costs of its
18     services.
19         (21) Participate in the authority and responsibility
20     of the State's international tourism programs,
21     initiatives, undertakings, and efforts. IGP and its board
22     may exercise their powers and shall perform their duties in
23     accordance with the fulfillment of IGP's responsibility
24     for international tourism.
25         (22) Assume from the Department of Agriculture on July
26     1, 2005, all contractual personnel, books, records,

 

 

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1     papers, documents, property both real and personal, and
2     pending business in any way pertaining to the international
3     functions of the Bureau of Marketing; provided that on the
4     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
5     Assembly IGP shall return to the Department of Agriculture
6     everything so assumed and on and after that date this item
7     (22) shall be without effect and shall not be a power of
8     IGP.
9 (Source: P.A. 94-388, eff. 7-29-05.)
 
10     (20 ILCS 3948/50)
11     Sec. 50. Finances; audits; annual report.
12     (a) IGP may accept funds, grants, gifts, and services from
13 the government of the United States or its agencies, from this
14 State or its departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, from
15 any other governmental unit, and from private and civic sources
16 for the purpose of funding any projects authorized by this Act.
17 IGP may receive appropriations.
18     (b) Services of personnel, use of equipment and office
19 space, and other necessary services may be accepted from
20 members of the board as part of IGP's financial support.
21     (c) State funds appropriated for the operations and
22 functions of IGP for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year
23 thereafter should not exceed 60% of IGP's funding from all
24 sources for the fiscal year.
25     (d) The board shall arrange for the annual financial audit

 

 

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1 of IGP by one or more independent certified public accountants
2 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
3 The annual audit results shall be included in the annual report
4 required under subsection (e).
5     (e) IGP shall report annually on its activities and
6 finances to the Governor and the members of the General
7 Assembly.
8     (f) Payments by the IGP to the Department of Agriculture as
9 reimbursement for employee costs as provided in Section 45 and
10 for proportionate lease payments for office space for employees
11 shall be deposited into the Agricultural Premium Fund.
12 (Source: P.A. 94-388, eff. 7-29-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
 
13     (20 ILCS 3948/45 rep.)
14     (20 ILCS 3948/55 rep.)
15     Section 10. The Illinois Global Partnership Act is amended
16 by repealing Sections 45 and 55.