103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3942

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Dave Vella

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 605/605-1097 new
30 ILCS 750/9-4.8

    Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish the Small Business Emergency Loan Program. Provides that, from funds made available to the Department from the State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund, the Department shall offer low-interest loans of up to $50,000 to eligible small businesses for working capital, with at least 50% of loan proceeds to be applied for specified purposes. Provides that borrower eligibility and loan terms under the Program shall be as prescribed by the Department. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the Build Illinois Act to make conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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
6is amended by adding Section 605-1097 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1097 new)
8    Sec. 605-1097. Small Business Emergency Loan Program. The
9Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall
10establish and maintain the Small Business Emergency Loan
11Program. From funds made available to the Department from the
12State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund, the Department
13shall offer low-interest loans of up to $50,000 to eligible
14small businesses for working capital, with at least 50% of
15loan proceeds to be applied toward payroll or other eligible
16compensation, including, but not limited to, salaries, wages,
17paid leave, and group healthcare benefits. Borrower
18eligibility and loan terms under the Program shall be as
19prescribed by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules
20necessary for the implementation of this Section.
 
21    Section 10. The Build Illinois Act is amended by changing
22Section 9-4.8 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 750/9-4.8)
2    Sec. 9-4.8. State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund.
3    (a) There is hereby created the State Small Business
4Credit Initiative Fund, also referred to in this Article as
5the "SSBCI Fund", as a special fund in the State treasury.
6    The purpose of the SSBCI Fund is to finance intermediary
7agreements, administration, technical assistance agreements,
8loans, grants, or investments in Illinois. Investments,
9administration grants, and financial aid shall be used for the
10purposes set forth in this Article and for the purposes set
11forth in Section 605-1097 of the Department of Commerce and
12Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
13Illinois. Loan financing shall be in the form of loan
14agreements pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in
15this Article, except that loan agreements entered into under
16Section 605-1097 of the Department of Commerce and Economic
17Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
18shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions of that Section
19and rules adopted under the authority of that Section. All
20loans for the purposes of this Article shall be conditioned on
21the project receiving financing from participating lenders or
22other investors.
23    (b) The following amounts shall be deposited into the
24SSBCI Fund:
25        (1) all receipts, including dividends, principal and

 

 

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1    interest payments, and royalties, from any applicable
2    loan, intermediary, or technical assistance agreement made
3    from the SSBCI Fund or from direct appropriations from the
4    Build Illinois Bond Fund or the General Revenue Fund by
5    the General Assembly entered into by the Department;
6        (2) all proceeds of assets of whatever nature received
7    by the Department as a result of default or delinquency
8    with respect to a loan agreement made from the SSBCI Fund
9    or from direct appropriations by the General Assembly,
10    including proceeds from the sale, disposal, lease, or
11    rental of real or personal property that the Department
12    may receive as a result thereof;
13        (3) any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the
14    SSBCI Fund;
15        (4) any income received from interest on investments
16    of moneys in the SSBCI Fund;
17        (5) all moneys resulting from the collection of
18    premiums, fees charges, costs, and expenses described in
19    subsection (e) of Section 9-3.
20    (c) The Treasurer may invest moneys in the SSBCI Fund in
21securities constituting obligations of the United States
22Government, or in obligations the principal of and interest on
23which are guaranteed by the United States Government, or in
24certificates of deposit of any State or national bank which
25are fully-secured by obligations guaranteed as to principal
26and interest by the United States Government.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-377, eff. 8-25-17.)