Full Text of SB1693 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Article 1. Industrial Biotech Partnership Act | 5 | | Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 | | Industrial Biotech Partnership Act. | 7 | | Section 1-5. Purpose. Illinois will actively pursue | 8 | | expansion of the industrial biotechnology and biorenewables | 9 | | industry. This growing field closely aligns with several key | 10 | | industries that the State is pursuing through the 2019 "Plan | 11 | | to Revitalize the Illinois Economy and Build the Workforce of | 12 | | the Future", such as agriculture, agriculture technology, life | 13 | | sciences, healthcare, and manufacturing. Illinois is well | 14 | | positioned to lead the nation with ample feedstocks, dedicated | 15 | | research facilities, specialized job training programs, and an | 16 | | existing manufacturing base required to lead this industry. | 17 | | Modifications to several existing programs will ensure the | 18 | | State provides the correct aid and incentives to help attract | 19 | | this growing industry. | 20 | | Section 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 21 | | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| 2 | | "Industrial biotechnology" means biotechnology focused on | 3 | | new industrial products, such as industrial materials, | 4 | | chemicals and solvents, and feed and food, and new industrial | 5 | | processes. "Industrial biotechnology" does not include health | 6 | | biotechnology (pharmaceuticals), agricultural biotechnology | 7 | | (transgenic crops), or environmental biotechnology | 8 | | (bioremediation). | 9 | | "Partnership" means the Industrial Biotechnology | 10 | | Public-Private Partnership established under this Act.
| 11 | | Section 1-15. Industrial Biotechnology Public-Private | 12 | | Partnership.
| 13 | | (a) There is hereby established the Industrial | 14 | | Biotechnology Public-Private Partnership as a State-sponsored | 15 | | board consisting of members from State agencies, research | 16 | | facilities, industry, and agriculture, to promote and market | 17 | | Illinois as the leading destination for research, development, | 18 | | and commercialization for industrial biotechnology.
| 19 | | (b) The Partnership shall consist of the following | 20 | | members:
| 21 | | (1) a representative of the Department of Agriculture, | 22 | | appointed by the Director of Agriculture;
| 23 | | (2) a representative of the Department of Commerce and | 24 | | Economic Opportunity, appointed by the Director of | 25 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity;
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| 1 | | (3) a representative of the Department of Labor, | 2 | | appointed by the Director of Labor;
| 3 | | (4) a representative of the National Corn to Ethanol | 4 | | Research Center, appointed by the Director of Commerce and | 5 | | Economic Opportunity;
| 6 | | (5) a representative of the Integrated Bioprocessing | 7 | | Research Laboratory, appointed by the Director of Commerce | 8 | | and Economic Opportunity;
| 9 | | (6) a representative of the National Center for | 10 | | Agricultural Utilization Research, who shall participate | 11 | | in a non-voting capacity, appointed by the Director of | 12 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity in consultation with the | 13 | | Director of the Agricultural Research Service of the | 14 | | United States Department of Agriculture; | 15 | | (7) a representative of an additional State-sponsored, | 16 | | university-affiliated laboratory or research institution | 17 | | conducting industrial biotechnology research, other than | 18 | | the entities described in paragraphs (4) and (5), | 19 | | appointed by the Director of Commerce and Economic | 20 | | Opportunity; | 21 | | (8) a representative of an Illinois agricultural | 22 | | commodity group or farmer organization, appointed by the | 23 | | Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity;
| 24 | | (9) a representative of a grain or oilseed processing | 25 | | company with current facilities located in Illinois, | 26 | | appointed by the Director of Commerce and Economic |
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| 2 | | (10) a representative of a biotechnology company, | 3 | | appointed by the Director of Commerce and Economic | 4 | | Opportunity;
| 5 | | (11) a representative of an environmental group | 6 | | committed to biorenewables, appointed by the Director of | 7 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity; and
| 8 | | (12) a representative of a union of operating | 9 | | engineers, appointed by the Director of Commerce and | 10 | | Economic Opportunity. | 11 | | (c) Members of the Partnership shall be appointed within | 12 | | 90 days after the effective date of this Act. The Partnership | 13 | | may meet quarterly and may hold its first meeting within 90 | 14 | | days after the appointment of all members. At the first | 15 | | meeting of the Partnership, a Chairperson shall be chosen from | 16 | | among the members. Members of the Partnership shall serve | 17 | | without compensation, but may be reimbursed for any expenses | 18 | | incurred in performing their duties.
| 19 | | (d) The Department, or a non-profit organization | 20 | | designated by the Department, shall provide administrative and | 21 | | other support to the Partnership. | 22 | | Section 1-20. Duties. The Partnership shall have the | 23 | | following duties:
| 24 | | (1) Subject to appropriation and matching private | 25 | | funds as provided in Section 1-25, the Partnership shall |
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| 1 | | develop and direct efforts to attract companies to use | 2 | | existing Illinois facilities for research, development, | 3 | | and pre-commercialization activities. Those efforts may | 4 | | include, without limitation: (i) representing Illinois at | 5 | | biotechnology conferences; (ii) developing promotional and | 6 | | marketing materials in coordination with existing research | 7 | | facilities to encourage the use of Illinois facilities; | 8 | | and (iii) facilitating meetings for companies that are | 9 | | prospective candidates for establishing a presence in this | 10 | | State.
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Subject to appropriation and matching private | 12 | | funds as provided in Section 1-25, the Partnership may | 13 | | develop programs to encourage emerging research, | 14 | | development, and commercializing biotechnology companies | 15 | | to locate production facilities in Illinois, including, | 16 | | but not limited to: (i) acting as an information | 17 | | clearinghouse for new companies on all State programs and | 18 | | investment incentives; and (ii) working with local and | 19 | | regional economic development groups. | 20 | | (3) The Partnership may provide advice and | 21 | | recommendations to State agencies on the administration of | 22 | | grant programs directed at industrial biotechnology. | 23 | | (4) On or before January 31 of the next calendar year | 24 | | to occur after the last day of any State fiscal year in | 25 | | which the Partnership receives State funding, the | 26 | | Partnership shall submit a report to the Department |
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| 1 | | describing the use of appropriated funds by the | 2 | | Partnership in the State fiscal year for which the funds | 3 | | were allocated. The report shall include, but not be | 4 | | limited to, marketing materials produced by the | 5 | | Partnership, meetings attended by members of the | 6 | | Partnership related to Partnership business, and the | 7 | | hosting of companies visiting this State. | 8 | | Section 1-25. Funding. The Partnership may receive funding | 9 | | through specific appropriations available for its purposes | 10 | | made to the Department. Moneys appropriated to the Department | 11 | | for the use of the Partnership as provided in this Act shall | 12 | | not be disbursed to the Partnership until the Partnership | 13 | | certifies to the Department that it has received at least $3 in | 14 | | private matching funds for every $1 so disbursed. | 15 | | Section 1-30. Reports. On or before January 31 of the next | 16 | | calendar year to occur after the last day of any State fiscal | 17 | | year in which the Partnership receives State funding, the | 18 | | Department shall submit to the General Assembly and the | 19 | | Governor a report describing the use of appropriated funds by | 20 | | the Partnership in the State fiscal year for which the funds | 21 | | were allocated. | 22 | | Section 1-35. Rules. The Department shall adopt all rules | 23 | | necessary for the implementation of this Act. |
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| 1 | | Section 1-40. Partnership dissolved. The Partnership is | 2 | | dissolved on December 31, 2025. | 3 | | Section 1-45. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 4 | | 2027. | 5 | | Article 90. Amendatory Provisions | 6 | | Section 90-5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 7 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 8 | | is amended by adding Section 605-1095 as follows: | 9 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1095 new) | 10 | | Sec. 605-1095. Industrial Biotechnology Workforce | 11 | | Development Grant Program. | 12 | | (a) The Industrial Biotechnology Workforce Development | 13 | | Grant Program is hereby established as a program to be | 14 | | implemented and administered by the Department. The Program | 15 | | shall provide grants for the purpose of fostering a | 16 | | well-trained and well-skilled industrial biotechnology | 17 | | workforce. | 18 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, grants under the Program may | 19 | | be awarded on an annual basis for one or more of the following: | 20 | | (1) industrial biotechnology apprenticeships or | 21 | | apprenticeship programs; |
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| 1 | | (2) industrial biotechnology talent pipeline | 2 | | management programs that emphasize business-oriented | 3 | | strategies to increase workforce competitiveness, improve | 4 | | workforce diversity, and expand a regional talent pool | 5 | | around high-growth industries; | 6 | | (3) industrial biotechnology industry-aligned | 7 | | credential (digital badging) expansion programs to | 8 | | increase the number of workers with in-demand skills | 9 | | needed to obtain a job or advance within the workplace and | 10 | | for merging competency-based education with responsive | 11 | | workforce training strategies; and | 12 | | (4) high school and community college industrial | 13 | | biotechnology career pathway and pre-apprenticeship | 14 | | program development. | 15 | | (c) To be eligible for grants provided under the Program, | 16 | | an entity must be either: (i) a State-sponsored, | 17 | | university-affiliated laboratory or research institution | 18 | | conducting collaboratives or for-hire research in the | 19 | | development of biorenewable chemicals, bio-based polymers, | 20 | | materials, novel feeds, or additional value-added | 21 | | biorenewables; or (ii) a State-accredited university or | 22 | | community college. An eligible entity must establish that it | 23 | | plans to use grant funds for a purpose specifically provided | 24 | | under subsection (b). | 25 | | (d) On or before January 31 of the next calendar year to | 26 | | occur after the last day of any State fiscal year in which the |
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| 1 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity receives State | 2 | | funding for the Program under this Section, the Department of | 3 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall submit an annual | 4 | | report to the General Assembly and the Governor on the use of | 5 | | grant funds under the Program. The report shall include, but | 6 | | not be limited to: (i) the disbursement of grant funds, | 7 | | categorized by eligible entity; (ii) the number of persons | 8 | | enrolled in or taking advantage of a program established or | 9 | | maintained using grant funds; (iii) the number of persons | 10 | | completing a program established or maintained using grant | 11 | | funds; and (iv) the number of person gaining employment in the | 12 | | industrial biotechnology industry following completion of a | 13 | | program established or maintained using grant funds. | 14 | | (e) The Department shall adopt all rules necessary for the | 15 | | implementation and administration of the Program under this | 16 | | Section. | 17 | | Section 90-10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 18 | | Sections 6z-130 and 6z-131 as follows: | 19 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-130 new) | 20 | | Sec. 6z-130. Industrial Biotechnology Human Capital Fund. | 21 | | (a) The Industrial Biotechnology Human Capital Fund is | 22 | | created as a special fund in the State treasury and may receive | 23 | | funds from any source, public or private, including moneys | 24 | | appropriated for use by the Department of Commerce and |
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| 1 | | Economic Opportunity and laboratories and institutions | 2 | | conducting industrial biotechnology research. Subject to | 3 | | appropriation, the Industrial Biotechnology Human Capital Fund | 4 | | shall receive moneys from the General Revenue Fund until June | 5 | | 30, 2025. Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this | 6 | | Section shall, as a condition of receiving the grant, | 7 | | contribute moneys to the Fund as part of a cost-sharing | 8 | | agreement between the grantee and the Department of Commerce | 9 | | and Economic Opportunity in accordance with rules adopted by | 10 | | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Grants | 11 | | issued under the Section may be for a period of 2 years. An | 12 | | eligible entity issued a grant under this Sections shall be | 13 | | eligible for more than one such grant, but no more than one | 14 | | grant annually, for the purpose of hiring and retaining | 15 | | Experts in Residence; however, such entity may maintain more | 16 | | than one grant at any given time. | 17 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be | 18 | | used for providing grants to laboratories and research | 19 | | institutions for the purpose of hiring and retaining in-house | 20 | | specialists, to be known as experts in residence, with the | 21 | | knowledge and experience in moving industrial biotechnology | 22 | | products through the development phase. | 23 | | (c) To be eligible for grants provided from the Fund, an | 24 | | entity must be a State-sponsored, university-affiliated | 25 | | laboratory or research institution conducting collaboratives | 26 | | or for-hire research in the development of biorenewable |
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| 1 | | chemicals, bio-based polymers, materials, novel feeds, or | 2 | | additional value added biorenewables. Eligible entities must | 3 | | also establish that the Expert-In-Residence they seek to hire | 4 | | or retain using the grant funds possesses expertise in | 5 | | fermentation engineering, process engineering, catalytic | 6 | | engineering, analytical chemistry, or is a scale-up | 7 | | specialist. | 8 | | (d) On or before January 31 of the next calendar year to | 9 | | occur after the last day of any State fiscal year in which the | 10 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity receives State | 11 | | funding for the Program under this Section, the Department of | 12 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall submit an annual | 13 | | report to the General Assembly and the Governor on the use of | 14 | | moneys in the Fund. The report shall include, but not be | 15 | | limited to: (i) the number of laboratories or institutions | 16 | | utilizing moneys in the Fund, including the name of such | 17 | | entities; (ii) the number of experts in residence hired by | 18 | | each laboratory or institution; (iii) the expertise or | 19 | | specialty area of each expert in residence hired or retained; | 20 | | and (iv) a summary of the benefit to the economy of the State | 21 | | of Illinois economy in providing the grants. | 22 | | (e) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 23 | | shall adopt all rules necessary for the implementation of this | 24 | | Section. | 25 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-131 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 6z-131. Industrial Biotechnology Capital Maintenance | 2 | | Fund. | 3 | | (a) The Industrial Biotechnology Capital Maintenance Fund | 4 | | is created as a special fund in the State treasury and may | 5 | | receive funds from any source, public or private, including | 6 | | from moneys appropriated for use by the Department of Commerce | 7 | | and Economic Opportunity and laboratories and institutions | 8 | | conducting industrial biotechnology research. | 9 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be | 10 | | used for providing grants to laboratories and research | 11 | | institutions for the purpose of maintenance and repair of | 12 | | capital assets. Such maintenance and repairs of capital assets | 13 | | shall be designed to extend the serviceable life of equipment | 14 | | and buildings and expand the capacity of equipment and | 15 | | buildings by at least 10%. For the purposes of this Section, | 16 | | "capital assets" means equipment or buildings that have a | 17 | | value greater than $250,000. | 18 | | (c) To be eligible for grants provided from the Fund, an | 19 | | entity must be a State-sponsored, university-affiliated | 20 | | laboratory or research institution conducting collaboratives | 21 | | or for-hire research in the development of biorenewable | 22 | | chemicals, bio-based polymers, materials, novel feeds, or | 23 | | additional value added biorenewables. The Department of | 24 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall determine the | 25 | | disbursement of moneys for the purposes of this Section. Each | 26 | | eligible entity, as a condition of receiving a grant under |
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| 1 | | this Section, shall match up to at least 50% of the moneys to | 2 | | be granted to the entity. | 3 | | (d) On or before January 31 of the next calendar year to | 4 | | occur after the last day of any State fiscal year in which the | 5 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity receives State | 6 | | funding for the Program under this Section, the Department of | 7 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall submit an annual | 8 | | report to the General Assembly and the Governor on the use of | 9 | | moneys in the Fund. The report shall include, but not be | 10 | | limited to: (i) the name of the institution or laboratory | 11 | | receiving funds; (ii) the capital assets that were maintained | 12 | | or repaired at each institution or laboratory; (iii) the | 13 | | expected usable life extension of each maintained or repaired | 14 | | asset; and (iv) the capacity increase of each maintained or | 15 | | repaired asset. | 16 | | (e) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 17 | | shall adopt all rules necessary for the implementation of this | 18 | | Section.
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