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1 | AN ACT concerning economic development.
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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 605-927 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-927 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 605-927. Grants to local economic development | ||||||
9 | organizations. | ||||||
10 | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department must develop a | ||||||
11 | program to make grants to local development organizations. | ||||||
12 | Under this program, a county or municipality may apply to the | ||||||
13 | Department for a grant to be awarded to a local development | ||||||
14 | organization in that county or municipality for the purpose of | ||||||
15 | fostering local or regional economic development. A local | ||||||
16 | development organization is not eligible to receive grant | ||||||
17 | moneys under this Section if it has publicly endorsed any | ||||||
18 | political candidate or if it distributes political | ||||||
19 | questionnaires. Organizations receiving funds under this | ||||||
20 | Section may be required to submit to audits by the Department. | ||||||
21 | Documents produced under the grant program are subject to the | ||||||
22 | provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. | ||||||
23 | (b) For purposes of this Section, "local development |
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1 | organization" means a private or public entity organized for | ||||||
2 | the purpose of the economic development within a municipality, | ||||||
3 | county, or region of the State. | ||||||
4 | (c) All grant awards under this Section are subject to | ||||||
5 | appropriation and may be used for any of the following: | ||||||
6 | (1) expenses related to the start-up or expansion of a | ||||||
7 | local development organization; | ||||||
8 | (2) local or regional economic development planning | ||||||
9 | and related studies; and | ||||||
10 | (3) any other specific use authorized by the Department | ||||||
11 | relating to the start-up or expansion of and economic | ||||||
12 | planning by a local economic development organization. | ||||||
13 | (d) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
14 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
15 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
16 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
17 | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | ||||||
18 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
19 | implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
20 | the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | ||||||
21 | the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | ||||||
22 | and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the | ||||||
23 | General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
24 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
25 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
26 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be |
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1 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
2 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
3 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this subsection, "rules" | ||||||
4 | is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" | ||||||
6 | are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of | ||||||
7 | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that | ||||||
8 | such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
9 | jurisdiction of the Governor.
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
11 | 1, 2009.
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