HB2810 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 29770 SPS 56176 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2810

Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Harry Benton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new

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 a Worker Relocation Grant Program to award grants to incentivize workers to relocate to the State. Provides that a base grant awarded to a relocating employee shall not exceed $5,000 and an enhanced grant awarded to a relocating employee that satisfies specified criteria shall not exceed exceed $7,500. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary to administer the Worker Relocation Grant Program. Defines terms.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 605-1110 as follows:

(20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new)

Sec. 605-1110. Worker Relocation Grant Program.

(a) The Department shall establish a Worker Relocation Grant Program to award grants to incentivize workers to relocate to this State.

(b) A relocating employee may be eligible for a grant under the program for qualifying expenses, subject to the following:

(1) A base grant awarded to a relocating employee shall not exceed $5,000.

(2) An enhanced grant awarded to a relocating employee shall not exceed exceed $7,500 and may be awarded if a relocating employee becomes a resident in a labor market area in this State in which:

(A) the average annual unemployment rate in the labor market area exceeds the average annual unemployment rate in this State; or

(B) the average annual wage in this State exceeds the annual average wage in the labor market area.

(c) As used in this Section:

"Qualifying expenses" means the actual costs a relocating employee incurs for relocation expenses, limited to the following:

(1) closing costs for a primary residence;

(2) rental security deposit;

(3) one month's rent payment;

(4) hiring a moving company;

(5) renting moving equipment;

(6) shipping cots; and

(7) moving supplies.

"Relocating employee" means an individual who meets the following criteria on or after July 1, 2024:

(1) incurs qualified relocation expenses;

(2) becomes a full-time resident of this State;

(3) is subject to Illinois income tax;

(4) receives gross salary or wages that equal or exceed the livable wage in this State; and

(5) becomes a full-time employee of an employer in this State who attests to the Department that, after reasonable time and effort, was unable to fill the relocating employee's position from among Illinois applicants.

(d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to administer the provisions of this Section.