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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 855
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 855 on page 1,
3 immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
4 "Section 3. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by changing Section 46.19a as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 605/46.19a) (from Ch. 127, par. 46.19a)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
8 Sec. 46.19a. Employment and technology grants.
9 (1) Grants to provide training in fields affected by
10 critical demands for certain skills may be made as provided
11 in this subsection.
12 (a) The Director of the Department may make grants
13 to eligible employers or to other eligible entities on
14 behalf of employers as authorized in paragraph (b) to
15 provide training for employees in fields for which there
16 are critical demands for certain skills.
17 (b) The Director may accept applications for
18 training grant funds and grant requests from: (i)
19 entities sponsoring multi-company eligible employee
20 training projects as defined in paragraph (c), including
21 business associations, strategic business partnerships,
22 institutions of secondary or higher education, large
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1 manufacturers for supplier network companies, federal Job
2 Training Partnership Act administrative entities or grant
3 recipients, and labor organizations when those projects
4 will address common training needs identified by
5 participating companies; and (ii) individual employers
6 that are undertaking eligible employee training projects
7 as defined in paragraph (c), including intermediaries and
8 training agents.
9 (c) The Director may make grants to eligible
10 applicants as defined in paragraph (b) for employee
11 training projects that include, but need not be limited
12 to, one or more of the following:
13 (i) training programs in response to new or
14 changing technology being introduced in the
15 workplace;
16 (ii) job-linked training that offers special
17 skills for career advancement or that is preparatory
18 for, and leads directly to, jobs with definite
19 career potential and long-term job security;
20 (iii) training necessary to implement total
21 quality management or improvement or both management
22 and improvement systems within the workplace;
23 (iv) training related to new machinery or
24 equipment;
25 (v) training of employees of companies that
26 are expanding into new markets or expanding exports
27 from Illinois;
28 (vi) basic, remedial, or both basic and
29 remedial training of employees as a prerequisite for
30 other vocational or technical skills training or as
31 a condition for sustained employment;
32 (vii) self-employment training of the
33 unemployed and underemployed with comprehensive,
34 competency-based instructional programs and
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1 services; and
2 (viii) other training activities, projects, or
3 both training activities and projects related to the
4 support, development, or evaluation of job training
5 programs, activities, and delivery systems,
6 including training needs assessment and design.
7 (d) Grants shall be made on the terms and
8 conditions that the Department shall determine, provided,
9 however, that no grant made under the provisions of
10 paragraph (c) of this subsection shall exceed 50% of the
11 direct costs of all approved training programs provided
12 by the employer or the employer's training agent or other
13 entity as defined in paragraph (b). Under this Section,
14 allowable costs include, but are not limited to:
15 (i) administrative costs of tracking,
16 documenting, reporting, and processing training
17 funds or project costs;
18 (ii) curriculum development;
19 (iii) wages and fringe benefits of employees;
20 (iv) training materials, including scrap
21 product costs;
22 (v) trainee travel expenses;
23 (vi) instructor costs, including wages, fringe
24 benefits, tuition, and travel expenses;
25 (vii) rent, purchase, or lease of training
26 equipment; and
27 (viii) other usual and customary training
28 costs.
29 (e) The Director will shall ensure that a minimum
30 of one periodic on-site grant monitoring visit is visits
31 are conducted by the Department either during the course
32 of the grant period or within 6 months following the end
33 of the grant period. The Department shall verify that
34 the grantee's financial management system is structured
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1 to provide for accurate, current, and complete disclosure
2 of the financial results of the grant program in
3 accordance with all provisions, terms, and conditions
4 contained in the grant contract.
5 (f) The Director may establish and collect a
6 schedule of charges from subgrantee entities and other
7 system users under federal job-training programs for
8 participating in and utilizing the department's automated
9 job-training program information systems where such
10 systems and the necessary participation and utilization
11 is a requirement of the federal job-training programs.
12 All monies collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be
13 deposited into the Federal Job-Training Information
14 Systems Revolving Fund created in subsection (5).
15 (2) The Department is authorized to establish a program
16 of grants to universities, community colleges, research
17 institutions, research consortiums, other not-for-profit
18 entities, and Illinois businesses for the purpose of
19 fostering research and development in the high technology and
20 the service sector leading to the development of new products
21 and services that can be marketed by Illinois businesses. All
22 grant awards shall include a contract which may provide for
23 payment of negotiated royalties to the Department if the
24 product or service to be developed by the grantee is
25 subsequently licensed for production.
26 (a) Grants may be awarded to universities and
27 research institutions to assist them in making their
28 faculties and facilities available to Illinois
29 businesses. Such grants may be used by a university or
30 research institution for, including but not limited to
31 the following purposes: (i) to establish or enhance
32 computerized cataloging of all research labs and
33 university staff and make such catalogues available to
34 Illinois businesses; (ii) to market products developed by
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1 the university to Illinois businesses; (iii) to review
2 publications in order to identify, catalog, and inform
3 Illinois businesses of new practices in areas such as
4 robotics, biotechnology; (iv) to build an on-line,
5 information and technology system that relies on other
6 computerized networks in the United States; (v) to assist
7 in securing temporary replacement for faculty who are
8 granted a leave of absence from their teaching duties for
9 the purpose of working full-time for an Illinois business
10 to assist that business with technology transfer.
11 (b) Grants may be awarded to universities and
12 research institutions, research consortiums and other
13 not-for-profit entities for the purpose of identifying
14 and supporting Illinois businesses engaged in high
15 technology and service sector enterprises. Such Illinois
16 businesses identified and funded shall include recipients
17 of Small Business Innovation Research Program funds under
18 subsections (e) through (k) of Section 9 of the Small
19 Business Act. (Title 15 United States Codes, subsections
20 638(e)-638(k)). Entities receiving grants under this
21 paragraph (b) shall be known as commercialization centers
22 and shall engage in one or more of the following
23 activities:
24 (i) directing research assistance for new
25 venture creations;
26 (ii) general feasibility studies of new
27 venture ideas;
28 (iii) furthering the technical and
29 intellectual skills of the managers and owners of
30 Illinois small businesses;
31 (iv) commercialization of technology and
32 research;
33 (v) development of prototypes and testing new
34 products;
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1 (vi) identify and assist in securing
2 financing;
3 (vii) marketing assistance; and
4 (viii) assisting Illinois inventors in finding
5 Illinois manufacturers to produce and market their
6 inventions.
7 A commercialization center may charge a nominal fee
8 or accept royalty agreements for conducting feasibility
9 studies and other services.
10 (c) Grants may be awarded by the Department to
11 Illinois businesses to fund research and consultation
12 arrangements between businesses and universities,
13 community colleges, research institutions, research
14 consortiums and other not-for-profit entities within this
15 State.
16 The Department shall give priority to Illinois small
17 businesses in awarding grants. Each grant awarded under
18 this paragraph (c) shall provide funding for up to 50% of
19 the cost of the research or consultation arrangements,
20 not to exceed $100,000; provided that the grant recipient
21 utilizes Illinois not for profit research and academic
22 institutions to perform the research and development
23 function for which grant funds were requested.
24 (d) Grants may be awarded to research consortium
25 and other qualified applicants, in conjunction with
26 private sector or federal funding, for other creative
27 systems that bridge university resources and business,
28 technological, production and development concerns.
29 (e) For the purposes of subsection (2), (i)
30 "Illinois business" means a "small business concern" as
31 defined in Title 15 United States Code, Section 632,
32 which primarily conducts its business in Illinois; (ii)
33 "high technology" means any area of research or
34 development designed to foster greater knowledge or
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1 understanding in fields such as computer science,
2 electronics, physics, chemistry or biology for the
3 purpose of producing designing, developing or improving
4 prototypes and new processes; (iii) "private sector"
5 shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Title 29 United
6 States Code, Section 1503; (iv) "University" means either
7 a degree granting institution located in Illinois as
8 defined in Section 2 of the Academic Degree Act, or a
9 State-supported institution of higher learning
10 administered by the Board of Trustees of the University
11 of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
12 University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
13 University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
14 University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
15 University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
16 University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern
17 Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern
18 Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western
19 Illinois University, or the Illinois Community College
20 Board; (v) "venture" means any Illinois business engaged
21 in research and development to create new products or
22 services with high growth potential; (vi) Illinois
23 research institutions refers to not-for-profit entities,
24 which include federally-funded research laboratories,
25 that conduct research and development activities for the
26 purpose of producing, designing, developing, or improving
27 prototypes and new processes; and (vii) other
28 not-for-profit entities means non-profit organizations
29 based in Illinois that are primarily devoted to new
30 enterprise or product development.
31 (f) The Department may establish a program of grant
32 assistance on a matching basis to universities, community
33 colleges, small business development centers, community
34 action agencies and other not-for-profit economic
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1 development agencies to encourage new enterprise
2 development and new business formation and to encourage
3 enterprises in this State. The Department may provide
4 grants, which shall be exempt from the provisions of
5 subsection (3) of this Section, to universities,
6 community colleges, small business development centers,
7 community action agencies and other not-for-profit
8 economic development entities for the purpose of making
9 loans to small businesses. All grant applications shall
10 contain information as required by the Department,
11 including the following: a program operation plan; a
12 certification and assurance that the small business
13 applicants have received business development training or
14 education, have a business and finance plan and have
15 experience in the proposed business area; and a
16 description of the support services which the grant
17 recipient will provide to the small business. No more
18 than 10% of the grant may be used by the grant recipient
19 for administrative costs associated with the grant.
20 Grant recipients may use grant funds under this program
21 to make loans on terms and conditions favorable to the
22 small business and shall give priority to those
23 businesses located in high poverty areas, enterprise
24 zones, or both.
25 (3) There is created within the Department, a Technology
26 Innovation and Commercialization Grants-in-Aid Council which
27 shall consist of 2 representatives of the Department of
28 Commerce and Community Affairs appointed by the Department;
29 one representative of the Illinois Board of Higher Education,
30 appointed by the Board; one representative of science or
31 engineering appointed by the Governor; two representatives of
32 business, appointed by the Governor; one representative of
33 small business, appointed by the Governor; one representative
34 of the Department of Agriculture, appointed by the Director
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1 of Agriculture; and one representative of agribusiness,
2 appointed by the Director of Agriculture. The Director of
3 Commerce and Community Affairs shall appoint one of the
4 Department's representatives to serve as chairman of the
5 Council. The Council members shall receive no compensation
6 for their services but shall be reimbursed for their expenses
7 actually incurred by them in the performance of their duties
8 under this subsection. The Department shall provide staff
9 services to the Council. The Council shall provide for review
10 and evaluation of all applications received by the Department
11 under subsection (2) of this Section and make recommendations
12 on those projects to be funded. The Council shall also assist
13 the Department in monitoring the projects and in evaluating
14 the impact of the program on technological innovation and
15 business development within the State.
16 (4) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
17 Treasury to be known as the Technology Innovation and
18 Commercialization Fund. The moneys in such Fund may be used,
19 subject to appropriation, only for making grants pursuant to
20 subsection (2) of this Section and for the purposes of the
21 Technology Advancement and Development Act. All royalties
22 received by the Department shall be deposited in such Fund.
23 (5) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
24 treasury to be known as the Federal Job-Training Information
25 Systems Revolving Fund. The deposit of monies into this fund
26 shall be limited to the collection of charges pursuant to
27 paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this Section. The monies
28 in the fund may only be used, subject to appropriation by the
29 General Assembly for the purpose of financing the maintenance
30 and operation of the automated Federal Job-Training
31 Information Systems pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection
32 (1) of this Section.
33 (6) When the Department is involved in developing a
34 federal or State funded training or retraining program for
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1 any employer, the Department will assist and encourage that
2 employer in making every effort to reemploy individuals
3 previously employed at the facility. Further, the Department
4 will provide a list of said employees to said employer for
5 consideration for reemployment and will report the results of
6 this effort to the Illinois Job Training Coordinating
7 Council. This requirement shall be in effect when the
8 following conditions are met:
9 (a) the employer is reopening, or is proposing to
10 reopen, a facility which was last closed during the
11 preceding 2 years,
12 (b) a substantial number of the persons who were
13 employed at the facility before its most recent closure
14 remain unemployed, and
15 (c) the product or service produced by, or proposed
16 to be produced by, the employer at the facility is
17 substantially similar to the product or service produced
18 at the facility before its most recent closure.
19 (7) The Department, in cooperation with the Departments
20 of Public Aid and Employment Security, may establish a
21 program to encourage community action agencies to establish
22 programs that will help unemployed and underemployed single
23 parents to identify, access, and develop, through such means
24 as counseling or mentoring, internal and external resources
25 that will enable those single parents to become emotionally
26 and financially self-sufficient. The intended primary
27 beneficiaries of the local programs shall be female heads of
28 households who are at least 22 but less than 46 years of age
29 and who are physically able to work but are unemployed or
30 underemployed. The Department may make grants, subject to
31 the availability of funding, to communities and local
32 agencies for the purpose of establishing local programs as
33 described in this subsection (7). A grant under this
34 subsection (7) shall be made for a period of one year and may
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1 be renewed if the Department determines that the program is
2 successful in meeting its objectives. If the Department
3 determines that implementation of a program has resulted in a
4 savings of State moneys that otherwise would have been paid
5 to beneficiaries of the program, the Department, on renewing
6 a grant, may adjust the grant amount for those demonstrated
7 savings. For purposes of this subsection, a person is
8 underemployed if his or her income from employment is less
9 than 185% of the federal official poverty income guideline.
10 (Source: P.A. 88-373; 88-456; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-4,
11 eff. 1-1-96.)
12 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
13 Sec. 46.19a. Employment and technology grants.
14 (1) Grants to provide training in fields affected by
15 critical demands for certain skills may be made as provided
16 in this subsection.
17 (a) The Director of the Department may make grants
18 to eligible employers or to other eligible entities on
19 behalf of employers as authorized in paragraph (b) to
20 provide training for employees in fields for which there
21 are critical demands for certain skills.
22 (b) The Director may accept applications for
23 training grant funds and grant requests from: (i)
24 entities sponsoring multi-company eligible employee
25 training projects as defined in paragraph (c), including
26 business associations, strategic business partnerships,
27 institutions of secondary or higher education, large
28 manufacturers for supplier network companies, federal Job
29 Training Partnership Act administrative entities or grant
30 recipients, and labor organizations when those projects
31 will address common training needs identified by
32 participating companies; and (ii) individual employers
33 that are undertaking eligible employee training projects
34 as defined in paragraph (c), including intermediaries and
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1 training agents.
2 (c) The Director may make grants to eligible
3 applicants as defined in paragraph (b) for employee
4 training projects that include, but need not be limited
5 to, one or more of the following:
6 (i) training programs in response to new or
7 changing technology being introduced in the
8 workplace;
9 (ii) job-linked training that offers special
10 skills for career advancement or that is preparatory
11 for, and leads directly to, jobs with definite
12 career potential and long-term job security;
13 (iii) training necessary to implement total
14 quality management or improvement or both management
15 and improvement systems within the workplace;
16 (iv) training related to new machinery or
17 equipment;
18 (v) training of employees of companies that
19 are expanding into new markets or expanding exports
20 from Illinois;
21 (vi) basic, remedial, or both basic and
22 remedial training of employees as a prerequisite for
23 other vocational or technical skills training or as
24 a condition for sustained employment;
25 (vii) self-employment training of the
26 unemployed and underemployed with comprehensive,
27 competency-based instructional programs and
28 services; and
29 (viii) other training activities, projects, or
30 both training activities and projects related to the
31 support, development, or evaluation of job training
32 programs, activities, and delivery systems,
33 including training needs assessment and design.
34 (d) Grants shall be made on the terms and
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1 conditions that the Department shall determine, provided,
2 however, that no grant made under the provisions of
3 paragraph (c) of this subsection shall exceed 50% of the
4 direct costs of all approved training programs provided
5 by the employer or the employer's training agent or other
6 entity as defined in paragraph (b). Under this Section,
7 allowable costs include, but are not limited to:
8 (i) administrative costs of tracking,
9 documenting, reporting, and processing training
10 funds or project costs;
11 (ii) curriculum development;
12 (iii) wages and fringe benefits of employees;
13 (iv) training materials, including scrap
14 product costs;
15 (v) trainee travel expenses;
16 (vi) instructor costs, including wages, fringe
17 benefits, tuition, and travel expenses;
18 (vii) rent, purchase, or lease of training
19 equipment; and
20 (viii) other usual and customary training
21 costs.
22 (e) The Director will shall ensure that a minimum
23 of one periodic on-site grant monitoring visit is visits
24 are conducted by the Department either during the course
25 of the grant period or within 6 months following the end
26 of the grant period. The Department shall verify that
27 the grantee's financial management system is structured
28 to provide for accurate, current, and complete disclosure
29 of the financial results of the grant program in
30 accordance with all provisions, terms, and conditions
31 contained in the grant contract.
32 (f) The Director may establish and collect a
33 schedule of charges from subgrantee entities and other
34 system users under federal job-training programs for
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1 participating in and utilizing the department's automated
2 job-training program information systems where such
3 systems and the necessary participation and utilization
4 is a requirement of the federal job-training programs.
5 All monies collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be
6 deposited into the Federal Job-Training Information
7 Systems Revolving Fund created in subsection (5).
8 (2) The Department is authorized to establish a program
9 of grants to universities, community colleges, research
10 institutions, research consortiums, other not-for-profit
11 entities, and Illinois businesses for the purpose of
12 fostering research and development in the high technology and
13 the service sector leading to the development of new products
14 and services that can be marketed by Illinois businesses. All
15 grant awards shall include a contract which may provide for
16 payment of negotiated royalties to the Department if the
17 product or service to be developed by the grantee is
18 subsequently licensed for production.
19 (a) Grants may be awarded to universities and
20 research institutions to assist them in making their
21 faculties and facilities available to Illinois
22 businesses. Such grants may be used by a university or
23 research institution for, including but not limited to
24 the following purposes: (i) to establish or enhance
25 computerized cataloging of all research labs and
26 university staff and make such catalogues available to
27 Illinois businesses; (ii) to market products developed by
28 the university to Illinois businesses; (iii) to review
29 publications in order to identify, catalog, and inform
30 Illinois businesses of new practices in areas such as
31 robotics, biotechnology; (iv) to build an on-line,
32 information and technology system that relies on other
33 computerized networks in the United States; (v) to assist
34 in securing temporary replacement for faculty who are
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1 granted a leave of absence from their teaching duties for
2 the purpose of working full-time for an Illinois business
3 to assist that business with technology transfer.
4 (b) Grants may be awarded to universities and
5 research institutions, research consortiums and other
6 not-for-profit entities for the purpose of identifying
7 and supporting Illinois businesses engaged in high
8 technology and service sector enterprises. Such Illinois
9 businesses identified and funded shall include recipients
10 of Small Business Innovation Research Program funds under
11 subsections (e) through (k) of Section 9 of the Small
12 Business Act. (Title 15 United States Codes, subsections
13 638(e)-638(k)). Entities receiving grants under this
14 paragraph (b) shall be known as commercialization centers
15 and shall engage in one or more of the following
16 activities:
17 (i) directing research assistance for new
18 venture creations;
19 (ii) general feasibility studies of new
20 venture ideas;
21 (iii) furthering the technical and
22 intellectual skills of the managers and owners of
23 Illinois small businesses;
24 (iv) commercialization of technology and
25 research;
26 (v) development of prototypes and testing new
27 products;
28 (vi) identify and assist in securing
29 financing;
30 (vii) marketing assistance; and
31 (viii) assisting Illinois inventors in finding
32 Illinois manufacturers to produce and market their
33 inventions.
34 A commercialization center may charge a nominal fee
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1 or accept royalty agreements for conducting feasibility
2 studies and other services.
3 (c) Grants may be awarded by the Department to
4 Illinois businesses to fund research and consultation
5 arrangements between businesses and universities,
6 community colleges, research institutions, research
7 consortiums and other not-for-profit entities within this
8 State.
9 The Department shall give priority to Illinois small
10 businesses in awarding grants. Each grant awarded under
11 this paragraph (c) shall provide funding for up to 50% of
12 the cost of the research or consultation arrangements,
13 not to exceed $100,000; provided that the grant recipient
14 utilizes Illinois not for profit research and academic
15 institutions to perform the research and development
16 function for which grant funds were requested.
17 (d) Grants may be awarded to research consortium
18 and other qualified applicants, in conjunction with
19 private sector or federal funding, for other creative
20 systems that bridge university resources and business,
21 technological, production and development concerns.
22 (e) For the purposes of subsection (2), (i)
23 "Illinois business" means a "small business concern" as
24 defined in Title 15 United States Code, Section 632,
25 which primarily conducts its business in Illinois; (ii)
26 "high technology" means any area of research or
27 development designed to foster greater knowledge or
28 understanding in fields such as computer science,
29 electronics, physics, chemistry or biology for the
30 purpose of producing designing, developing or improving
31 prototypes and new processes; (iii) "private sector"
32 shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Title 29 United
33 States Code, Section 1503; (iv) "University" means either
34 a degree granting institution located in Illinois as
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1 defined in Section 2 of the Academic Degree Act, or a
2 State-supported institution of higher learning
3 administered by the Board of Trustees of the University
4 of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
5 University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
6 University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
7 University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
8 University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
9 University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern
10 Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern
11 Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western
12 Illinois University, or the Illinois Community College
13 Board; (v) "venture" means any Illinois business engaged
14 in research and development to create new products or
15 services with high growth potential; (vi) Illinois
16 research institutions refers to not-for-profit entities,
17 which include federally-funded research laboratories,
18 that conduct research and development activities for the
19 purpose of producing, designing, developing, or improving
20 prototypes and new processes; and (vii) other
21 not-for-profit entities means non-profit organizations
22 based in Illinois that are primarily devoted to new
23 enterprise or product development.
24 (f) The Department may establish a program of grant
25 assistance on a matching basis to universities, community
26 colleges, small business development centers, community
27 action agencies and other not-for-profit economic
28 development agencies to encourage new enterprise
29 development and new business formation and to encourage
30 enterprises in this State. The Department may provide
31 grants, which shall be exempt from the provisions of
32 subsection (3) of this Section, to universities,
33 community colleges, small business development centers,
34 community action agencies and other not-for-profit
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1 economic development entities for the purpose of making
2 loans to small businesses. All grant applications shall
3 contain information as required by the Department,
4 including the following: a program operation plan; a
5 certification and assurance that the small business
6 applicants have received business development training or
7 education, have a business and finance plan and have
8 experience in the proposed business area; and a
9 description of the support services which the grant
10 recipient will provide to the small business. No more
11 than 10% of the grant may be used by the grant recipient
12 for administrative costs associated with the grant.
13 Grant recipients may use grant funds under this program
14 to make loans on terms and conditions favorable to the
15 small business and shall give priority to those
16 businesses located in high poverty areas, enterprise
17 zones, or both.
18 (3) There is created within the Department, a Technology
19 Innovation and Commercialization Grants-in-Aid Council which
20 shall consist of 2 representatives of the Department of
21 Commerce and Community Affairs appointed by the Department;
22 one representative of the Illinois Board of Higher Education,
23 appointed by the Board; one representative of science or
24 engineering appointed by the Governor; two representatives of
25 business, appointed by the Governor; one representative of
26 small business, appointed by the Governor; one representative
27 of the Department of Agriculture, appointed by the Director
28 of Agriculture; and one representative of agribusiness,
29 appointed by the Director of Agriculture. The Director of
30 Commerce and Community Affairs shall appoint one of the
31 Department's representatives to serve as chairman of the
32 Council. The Council members shall receive no compensation
33 for their services but shall be reimbursed for their expenses
34 actually incurred by them in the performance of their duties
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1 under this subsection. The Department shall provide staff
2 services to the Council. The Council shall provide for review
3 and evaluation of all applications received by the Department
4 under subsection (2) of this Section and make recommendations
5 on those projects to be funded. The Council shall also assist
6 the Department in monitoring the projects and in evaluating
7 the impact of the program on technological innovation and
8 business development within the State.
9 (4) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
10 Treasury to be known as the Technology Innovation and
11 Commercialization Fund. The moneys in such Fund may be used,
12 subject to appropriation, only for making grants pursuant to
13 subsection (2) of this Section and for the purposes of the
14 Technology Advancement and Development Act. All royalties
15 received by the Department shall be deposited in such Fund.
16 (5) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
17 treasury to be known as the Federal Job-Training Information
18 Systems Revolving Fund. The deposit of monies into this fund
19 shall be limited to the collection of charges pursuant to
20 paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this Section. The monies
21 in the fund may only be used, subject to appropriation by the
22 General Assembly for the purpose of financing the maintenance
23 and operation of the automated Federal Job-Training
24 Information Systems pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection
25 (1) of this Section.
26 (6) When the Department is involved in developing a
27 federal or State funded training or retraining program for
28 any employer, the Department will assist and encourage that
29 employer in making every effort to reemploy individuals
30 previously employed at the facility. Further, the Department
31 will provide a list of said employees to said employer for
32 consideration for reemployment and will report the results of
33 this effort to the Illinois Job Training Coordinating
34 Council. This requirement shall be in effect when the
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1 following conditions are met:
2 (a) the employer is reopening, or is proposing to
3 reopen, a facility which was last closed during the
4 preceding 2 years,
5 (b) a substantial number of the persons who were
6 employed at the facility before its most recent closure
7 remain unemployed, and
8 (c) the product or service produced by, or proposed
9 to be produced by, the employer at the facility is
10 substantially similar to the product or service produced
11 at the facility before its most recent closure.
12 (7) The Department, in cooperation with the Departments
13 of Human Services and Employment Security, may establish a
14 program to encourage community action agencies to establish
15 programs that will help unemployed and underemployed single
16 parents to identify, access, and develop, through such means
17 as counseling or mentoring, internal and external resources
18 that will enable those single parents to become emotionally
19 and financially self-sufficient. The intended primary
20 beneficiaries of the local programs shall be female heads of
21 households who are at least 22 but less than 46 years of age
22 and who are physically able to work but are unemployed or
23 underemployed. The Department may make grants, subject to
24 the availability of funding, to communities and local
25 agencies for the purpose of establishing local programs as
26 described in this subsection (7). A grant under this
27 subsection (7) shall be made for a period of one year and may
28 be renewed if the Department determines that the program is
29 successful in meeting its objectives. If the Department
30 determines that implementation of a program has resulted in a
31 savings of State moneys that otherwise would have been paid
32 to beneficiaries of the program, the Department, on renewing
33 a grant, may adjust the grant amount for those demonstrated
34 savings. For purposes of this subsection, a person is
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1 underemployed if his or her income from employment is less
2 than 185% of the federal official poverty income guideline.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-373; 88-456; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-4,
4 eff. 1-1-96; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)"; and
5 on page 13, immediately below line 15, by inserting the
6 following:
7 "Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
8 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
9 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
10 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
11 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
12 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
13 any other Public Act.".