Rep. William Davis

Filed: 5/10/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1699

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1699 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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 605-425 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 605/605-425 new)
8     Sec. 605-425. Illinois Steel Development Working Group.
9     (a) The Illinois Steel Development Working Group is
10 established. The Working Group shall promote the increased
11 research, marketing, and use of American steel. The Working
12 Group shall be composed of the following members: the Director
13 or Secretary, or his or her designee, of the Department of
14 Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Capital Development
15 Board, the Illinois Finance Authority, the Illinois Department
16 of Transportation, and the Illinois Toll Highway Authority and
17 4 members of the General Assembly (one each appointed by the
18 President of the Senate, the Senate Minority Leader, the
19 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the House Minority
20 Leader).
21     The Working Group may consult with various groups
22 including, but not limited to, State universities, labor
23 organizations, representatives of the Illinois steel industry,
24 representatives of the construction industry, and trade and

 

 

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1 business organizations.
2     The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his
3 or her designee, shall serve as chairperson.
4     The Working Group shall meet at least annually or at the
5 call of the chairperson.
6     Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
7 expenses incurred while performing their duties as members of
8 the Working Group from funds appropriated to the Department of
9 Commerce and Economic Opportunity for that purpose.
10     (b) The Working Group may provide advice and make
11 recommendations to the Department of Commerce and Economic
12 Opportunity on the following:
13         (1) The promotion and coordination of available
14     research, marketing, and promotional information on the
15     production, preparation, distribution, and uses of
16     American steel.
17         (2) The cooperation to the fullest extent possible with
18     State and federal agencies and departments, independent
19     organizations, and other interested groups, public and
20     private, for the purposes of promoting American steel
21     resources.
22         (3) Reasonable ways, before initiating any research,
23     to avoid duplication of effort and expense through the
24     coordination of the research efforts of various agencies,
25     departments, universities, or organizations.
26         (4) The publication, from time to time, of the results
27     of the research and policy recommendations developed by the
28     Working Group.
29         (5) The identification of all current and anticipated
30     impediments to the use of American steel and the Illinois
31     steel industry.
32         (6) The identification of alternative plans or actions
33     that would maintain or increase the use of American steel
34     and the Illinois steel industry.

 

 

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1         (7) The development of strategies and proposing of
2     policies to promote responsible uses of American steel
3     processed, used, or transported by the Illinois steel
4     industry. ".