Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 3/15/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2747

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2747 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by
5 changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 655/4)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604)
7     Sec. 4. Qualifications for Enterprise Zones. (1) An area is
8 qualified to become an enterprise zone which:
9     (a) is a contiguous area, provided that a zone area may
10 exclude wholly surrounded territory within its boundaries;
11     (b) comprises a minimum of one-half square mile and not
12 more than 12 square miles, or 15 square miles if the zone is
13 located within the jurisdiction of 4 or more counties or
14 municipalities, in total area, exclusive of lakes and
15 waterways; however, in such cases where the enterprise zone is
16 a joint effort of three or more units of government, or two or

 

 

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1 more units of government if situated in a township which is
2 divided by a municipality of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, and
3 where the certification has been in effect at least one year,
4 the total area shall comprise a minimum of one-half square mile
5 and not more than thirteen square miles in total area exclusive
6 of lakes and waterways;
7     (c) is a depressed area;
8     (d) satisfies any additional criteria established by
9 regulation of the Department consistent with the purposes of
10 this Act; and
11     (e) is (1) entirely within a municipality or (2) entirely
12 within the unincorporated areas of a county, except where
13 reasonable need is established for such zone to cover portions
14 of more than one municipality or county or (3) both comprises
15 (i) all or part of a municipality and (ii) an unincorporated
16 area of a county.
17     (2) Any criteria established by the Department or by law
18 which utilize the rate of unemployment for a particular area
19 shall provide that all persons who are not presently employed
20 and have exhausted all unemployment benefits shall be
21 considered unemployed, whether or not such persons are actively
22 seeking employment.
23     (3) If an enterprise zone is established prior to the
24 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
25 Assembly and is initially designated as meeting the
26 unemployment-related criteria established by the Department or

 

 

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1 by law, then, on or after the effective date of this amendatory
2 Act of the 96th General Assembly and until December 31, 2012,
3 the enterprise zone may expand its boundaries if (a) the
4 territory into which the zone is expanding had an average
5 unemployment rate in the previous calendar year of more than
6 (i) 10% or (ii) 120% of the State's annual average unemployment
7 rate for that previous calendar year, whichever is less, and
8 (b) the expanded zone area meets the criteria of item (1)(A) of
9 this Section.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-803.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.".