Rep. Ronald A. Wait
Filed: 4/30/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5946




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5946, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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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 605-927 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 605/605-927  new)
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    Sec. 605-927. Grants to local economic development 
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organizations.
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    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department must develop a 
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program to make grants to local development organizations. 
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Under this program, a county or municipality may apply to the 
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Department for a grant to be awarded to a local development 
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organization in that county or municipality for the purpose of 
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fostering local or regional economic development.  A local 
 


 






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development organization is not eligible to receive grant 
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moneys under this Section if it has publicly endorsed any 
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political candidate or if it distributes political 
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questionnaires.  Organizations receiving funds under this 
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Section may be required to submit to audits by the Department.  
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Documents produced under the grant program are subject to the 
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provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
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    (b) For purposes of this Section, "local development 
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organization" means a private or public entity organized for 
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the purpose of the economic development within a municipality, 
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county, or region of the State.
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    (c) All grant awards under this Section are subject to 
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appropriation and may be used for any of the following:
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        (1) expenses related to the start-up or expansion of a 
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    local development organization;
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        (2) local or regional economic development planning 
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    and related studies; and
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        (3) any other specific use authorized by the Department 
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    relating to the start-up or expansion of and economic 
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    planning by a local economic development organization.
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    (d) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that 
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may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head 
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under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to 
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make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions 
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of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, 
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however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to 
 


 






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implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to 
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the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House 
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and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the 
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General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this subsection, "rules" 
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is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" 
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are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of 
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the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that 
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such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor.

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2009.".