(70 ILCS 518/10)
Sec. 10. Findings. The General Assembly determines and declares the
following:
(1) that labor surplus areas currently exist in southeastern Illinois;
(2) that the economic burdens resulting from involuntary unemployment fall,
in part, upon the State in
the form of increased need for public assistance and reduced tax revenues and,
in the event that the
unemployed worker and his or her family migrate elsewhere to find work, the
burden may also fall upon
the municipalities and other taxing districts within the areas of unemployment
in the form of reduced tax
revenues, thereby endangering their financial ability to support necessary
governmental services for their
remaining inhabitants;
(3) that the State has a responsibility to help create a favorable climate
for new and improved job
opportunities for its citizens by encouraging the development of tourism, commercial, and
service businesses and
industrial and manufacturing plants within the southeastern region of Illinois;
(4) that a lack of decent housing contributes to urban blight, crime,
anti-social behavior, disease, a higher
need for public assistance, reduced tax revenues, and the migration of workers
and their families away from
areas which fail to offer adequate, decent, and affordable housing;
(5) that decent, affordable housing is a necessary ingredient of life
affording each citizen basic human
dignity, a sense of self worth, confidence, and a firm foundation upon which to
build a family and educate
children;
(6) that in order to foster civic and neighborhood pride, citizens require
access to educational institutions,
recreation, parks and open spaces, entertainment, sports, a reliable
transportation network, cultural
facilities, and theaters; and
(7) that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial,
residential, service,
transportation, and recreational activities and facilities, thereby reducing
the evils attendant upon
unemployment and enhancing the public health, safety, morals, happiness, and
general welfare of the State.
(Source: P.A. 93-968, eff. 8-20-04.) |