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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | amended by adding Section 605-407 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-407 new)
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8 | Sec. 605-407. New Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Council. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) The New Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Council is created within the Department for the purpose of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | advocating, coordinating, and implementing policies to help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | manufacturers in the State compete in the global marketplace. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) The Council, the make-up of which must reflect the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | diversity of the citizens of the State of Illinois, shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | consist of 21 members, as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (1) the Director, or his or her designee, who shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | serve, ex officio, as the chairperson of the Council; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (2) seven members who are manufacturing executives of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Illinois-based businesses, one from a business that is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | headquartered within the City of Chicago, 4 from businesses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | that are headquartered within Cook County (outside of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | City of Chicago) or within Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, or |
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1 | Will counties, and 2 from businesses that are headquartered | ||||||
2 | outside of the Chicagoland area; | ||||||
3 | (3) two members from organizations representing | ||||||
4 | manufacturers, which may include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
5 | the Illinois Manufacturers Association, the Alliance for | ||||||
6 | Illinois Manufacturing, the Illinois State Chamber of | ||||||
7 | Commerce, and the Tooling and Manufacturing Association; | ||||||
8 | (4) two members employed by a community college in the | ||||||
9 | State, one of which is located within the Chicagoland area | ||||||
10 | and the other of which is located outside of the | ||||||
11 | Chicagoland area; | ||||||
12 | (5) two members employed by a research university in | ||||||
13 | the State, one of which is located within the Chicagoland | ||||||
14 | area and the other of which is located outside of the | ||||||
15 | Chicagoland area; | ||||||
16 | (6) one member from a for-profit institution of higher | ||||||
17 | education in the State; | ||||||
18 | (7) four members appointed, one
each, by the President | ||||||
19 | of the Senate, the Minority Leader
of the Senate, the | ||||||
20 | Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the Minority | ||||||
21 | Leader of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
22 | (8) one member appointed by the board of directors of | ||||||
23 | the Illinois Global Partnership; and | ||||||
24 | (9) one member, appointed by the Governor, who | ||||||
25 | represents a labor organization. | ||||||
26 | The Director must appoint the members to the Council set forth |
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1 | under items (2) through (6) of this subsection, and each of the | ||||||
2 | members set forth under item (2) must be appointed from a | ||||||
3 | business firm with not less than 40 and not more than 100 | ||||||
4 | employees and with annual revenues of not less than $3,000,000 | ||||||
5 | and not more than $22,500,000. For the purpose of this | ||||||
6 | subsection, "Chicagoland area" means the Counties of Cook, | ||||||
7 | Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, and Will. | ||||||
8 | (c) The members of the Council shall serve without | ||||||
9 | compensation, but may be reimbursed for their reasonable | ||||||
10 | expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose. | ||||||
11 | (d) In performing its duties and functions under this | ||||||
12 | Section, the Council must study and develop procedures to be | ||||||
13 | used by the State to: | ||||||
14 | (1) create conditions for economic growth and | ||||||
15 | manufacturing investment; | ||||||
16 | (2) identify new regional, national, and international | ||||||
17 | markets; | ||||||
18 | (3) strengthen education, retraining, and economic | ||||||
19 | diversification in the State; | ||||||
20 | (4) partner with educational and technological | ||||||
21 | institutions; | ||||||
22 | (5) increase research and development and encourage | ||||||
23 | innovation; | ||||||
24 | (6) assist manufacturers in the State to retool for new | ||||||
25 | products; and | ||||||
26 | (7) develop a technology transfer and |
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1 | commercialization program.
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2 | (e) The Department must provide administrative and | ||||||
3 | technical assistance to the Council. The Council shall meet at | ||||||
4 | the call of the chairperson and must meet at least 4 times each | ||||||
5 | year. The Council must present its findings and recommendations | ||||||
6 | to the Governor and to the General Assembly no later than | ||||||
7 | December 31 of each year.
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