98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0075
 
Introduced 1/9/2013, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new
30 ILCS 105/5.826 new

     Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  Provides that the Department shall establish a searchable online database containing information about businesses located in Illinois.  Contains provisions concerning registration of businesses.  Provides that the Department shall charge an initial registration fee of $100 for small businesses and $200 for businesses that are not small businesses.  Provides that the Department shall charge an annual fee of $25 for each registered small business and $50 for each registered business that is not a small business.  Provides that the fees shall be deposited into the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Support Fund.  Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund.
  


LRB098 03867 HLH 33884 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
HB0075LRB098 03867 HLH 33884 b


  
1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic 
5Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 605-1020 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new)
8    Sec. 605-1020. Illinois business database.  The Department 
9shall establish a searchable online database containing 
10information about businesses located in Illinois.  Each 
11business that is located in Illinois and registers with the 
12Department for inclusion in the database shall be included in 
13the database.  The Department shall charge an initial 
14registration fee of $100 for small businesses and $200 for 
15businesses that are not small businesses. Thereafter, the 
16Department shall charge an annual fee of $25 for each 
17registered small business and $50 for each registered business 
18that is not a small business.  Moneys collected from the fees 
19charged under this Section shall be deposited into the Illinois 
20Chamber of Commerce Support Fund, a special fund created in the 
21State treasury.  Moneys in the Illinois Chamber of Commerce 
22Support Fund shall be used by the Department to make grants to 
23the Illinois Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of offering 
 
 
HB0075- 2 -LRB098 03867 HLH 33884 b

1support to its members.
2    As used in this Section, "small business" means a 
3corporation or a concern, including its affiliates, that is 
4independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, 
5and employs fewer than 50 full-time employees or has gross 
6annual sales of less than $4,000,000. 
  
 
7    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
8Section 5.826 as follows:
 
9    (30 ILCS 105/5.826 new)
10    Sec. 5.826. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce Support Fund.