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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 | ||||||
| 6 | is amended by adding Section 605-1055 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-1055 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 605-1055. Innovation, Automation, and Structural | ||||||
| 9 | Pilot Program. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) There is created the Innovation, Automation, and | ||||||
| 11 | Structural Pilot Program to be implemented and administered by | ||||||
| 12 | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The | ||||||
| 13 | Program shall promote innovation through the combined | ||||||
| 14 | application of technology, artificial intelligence, | ||||||
| 15 | automation, and distributive generation. The Program shall | ||||||
| 16 | also support economic development projects in Illinois that | ||||||
| 17 | offer the unique on-site distributive generation design | ||||||
| 18 | combined with automation and artificial intelligence set | ||||||
| 19 | against a commercial and industrial building envelope. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) To qualify for the Program, an economic development | ||||||
| 21 | project must provide the following: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) a copy of a planned economic or redevelopment | ||||||
| 23 | agreement between the entity and local government | ||||||
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| 1 | authority; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) at minimum, all Leadership in Energy and | ||||||
| 3 | Environmental Design (LEED) certification approvals; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) demonstration of compliance with State or local | ||||||
| 5 | prevailing wage requirements; | ||||||
| 6 | (4) three or more multimode distributive generation | ||||||
| 7 | technologies with utility interconnection affixed within | ||||||
| 8 | the design; | ||||||
| 9 | (5) possess a research and design partnership with the | ||||||
| 10 | Sustainable Energy Design Assistance Center, or a | ||||||
| 11 | comparable institute; | ||||||
| 12 | (6) be able to coordinate bilateral knowledge transfer | ||||||
| 13 | trade mission through the United States Trade and | ||||||
| 14 | Development Agency or the United States Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Commerce in promotion of global community sustainability | ||||||
| 16 | goals; | ||||||
| 17 | (7) be able to collaborate with local veteran | ||||||
| 18 | organizations to transition members of the armed forces | ||||||
| 19 | and veterans into careers in relevant sectors; and | ||||||
| 20 | (8) demonstrate a relationship between research, | ||||||
| 21 | sustainable development, innovation, workforce | ||||||
| 22 | development, job creation, and knowledge transfer. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) Any economic development project that meets the | ||||||
| 24 | requirements of subsection (b) shall receive a certificate | ||||||
| 25 | that will ensure a 10-year extension on any benefits afforded | ||||||
| 26 | to the project based on the terms of planned economic or | ||||||
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| 1 | redevelopment agreements between the entity and applicable | ||||||
| 2 | government authority. The certification shall have a 20-year | ||||||
| 3 | life span, which shall result in one 10-year renewal of the | ||||||
| 4 | certificate assuming continued compliance with the relevant | ||||||
| 5 | statutory, rule, and contractual provisions. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) The Department shall issue a Program certificate upon | ||||||
| 7 | receipt of all required documents. All relevant information | ||||||
| 8 | concerning the Program and application for the Program shall | ||||||
| 9 | be made available on the Internet website of the Department. | ||||||
| 10 | (e) The Department shall adopt all rules necessary for the | ||||||
| 11 | implementation and administration of the Program created under | ||||||
| 12 | this Section. | ||||||
| 13 | (f) The Program created under this Section shall begin no | ||||||
| 14 | later than July 1, 2021, and shall end on June 30, 2028. | ||||||
| 15 | (g) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2029.
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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